What's involved with this role: Interim PMO Manager - Design & Transformation Service Job Ref: Surrey 99416 Pay Rate: £36.73 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months City: REIGATE Manage the Corporate Programme Management Office (PMO). Scheduling and programming priority transformation programmes to ensure effective assurance, realisation of benefits and timely delivery within budget to agreed standards. Coordinate across all directorates to ensure a well managed programme of activity with regular reporting. Overall responsibility for the programme management office including communications, procurement, quality assurance, risk and budget management to deliver the councils transformation programme. Drive ongoing development and be the custodian of corporate PMO standards, templates and tools, including the PPM academy. Working closely with the Asst. Director Transformation to ensure and maintain effective governance mechanisms in place. Key Responsibilities: Direct, manage and monitor the operation of an efficient and effective service ensuring the work of the team supports service objectives and that necessary resources are secured. Lead major projects and reviews within a defined area of work to optimise and enhance service delivery. Policy & Compliance Ensure legal, regulatory and policy compliance of relevant schemes/ initiatives. Contribute to and where appropriate lead the development of practical strategies, works programmes and service improvement in own area of specialism and monitor and control their implementation to manage and mitigate risks. People and partnerships Directly or matrix manage a diverse group of staff to ensure the successful delivery of a service. Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised. Work with managers, service representatives and partners to identify and apply cost effective means of delivering improvements to business processes and strategies. Resources Review the operations of the teams to identify improvements in systems, processes, procedures and working methods, and propose changes to secure greater efficiency and compliance. Monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with organisational policies and procedures. Analysis, Reporting & Documentation Analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant data applying judgement and technical expertise to identify risk, support the resolution of issues and support decision making. Qualifications: Degree or professional qualification in Project or Programme Management is desirable. Preferably qualified in either P3O, Managing Successful Programmes, Association of Project Management, Prince 2 etc. Membership of an appropriate professional body may be required. Knowledge: Authoritative knowledge of the legislation, regulations and technical requirements relevant to the role. Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems. Experience: Substantial experience working at a senior level in a relevant role. Experience in setting up and running a fast paced high profile PMO delivering major transformation programmes is essential. Experience of identifying, managing and delivering benefits (financial & non financial) Skills & Abilities: Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with high level negotiation and influencing skills. Advanced problem solving and analytical skills with the capacity to devise and implement practical and creative solutions. Proven ability to assess risks and benefits in a complex environment and respond appropriately. Proven ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners/professionals. Proven ability to deliver technically complex programmes of work to deliver agreed outcomes and objectives. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please