Job Description

Programme Manager

Location: Farnborough - hybrid working 2 days per week on-site

Rate: £650 per day via umbrella

Length: 6 months

To support the successful delivery of a complex business system change programme across UK Defence. Responsible for the delivery of capability, its effective and efficient roll-out, the adoption of change and realisation of benefits.

Key Accountability's:

* Delivery of the project outcomes to agreed baseline (time, cost, quality)

* Support delivery and implementation of Change Management initiatives to realise benefits in the Business

* Implementing and embedding change and new ways of working alongside Business as Usual project delivery

* Help resolving conflicts within the programme and collaborating across the organisation

* Reporting progress to programme / portfolio manager

* Manage all stakeholders & supporting functions to ensure that the data is updated regularly to report against

* Ensure all meetings have formal & agreed recording of minutes, actions, decisions, and those are managed through to completion.

* Leading the generation and execution of associated plans, working in collaboration with Functions and Business Units

* Support achievement of business performance KPIs (milestone adherence, productivity, progress)

* Be the champion for what you are delivering, by providing project briefs to management and attending coordination meetings to demonstrate synergies between projects

* Establish and grow strong & trusted relationships with stakeholders.

* Proactive management to avoid issues occurring wherever possible, if not then the satisfactory resolution of conflicts (including prioritisation calls) within the project and collaborating across the business.

* Ensure all activities across project delivery are conducted in line with the Operating Framework

* Establish and maintain clear communication & data storage, utilised by all project team members

* Operating in a Safe & Secure manner.

Key Competencies

* Influence and align others towards this common purpose, and to empower & inspire people to achieve success.

* Integrity; being open, honest and doing the right thing. Keeping promises, admitting when I don't have the answer and when I have made a mistake.

* Communication; being able to effectively communicate as part of a two-way interaction, using a range of techniques, to ensure the received meaning matches the transmitted meaning.

* Stakeholder Management; being able to identify, plan and implement actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the programme outcomes.

* Teamwork; being able to create an environment where a group of people with diverse personalities, skills, experiences and perspectives are empowered to collaborate towards a common goal.

* Human Resource Management; supporting functional teams (including HR) to develop and manage our people in line with legal requirements and policy.

* Negotiation & Conflict Management; being able to identify and address differences of objective, attitude or perception in order to produce an agreed outcome for all parties.

* Change Management; being able to develop and enact a structured approach to change in support of the business's vision, enrolling the impacted people to embrace the changes required to deliver the desired benefits.

* Benefits Management; being able to identify, plan, agree and realise tangible and intangible benefits from the activities conducted within the programme