Director of Transformation – AR

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Carrington Blake Recruitment seeks an experienced Interim Director of Transformation to lead a major council-wide change programme. You will steer strategic initiatives, drive improvements in service delivery and ensure financial sustainability.

Working with senior leaders, elected Members and external partners, you will build a transformation portfolio, deliver measurable benefits, strengthen governance and ensure delivery of statutory recommendations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong background in local government or public sector environments.
• Proven track record delivering financial savings and measurable improvements.
• Experience managing complex corporate change programmes with multiple workstreams.
• Deep understanding of governance, assurance, and performance management.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders including Chief Executives and elected Members.
• Experience addressing audit recommendations or statutory requirements.
• Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to deploy change at senior levels amid competing priorities.

Responsabilités

• Lead and oversee major transformation and improvement programmes across the Council.
• Drive delivery of statutory recommendations and the continuous improvement plan.
• Identify opportunities to improve services and achieve financial savings.
• Ensure programmes deliver measurable financial benefits aligned with MTFS.
• Strengthen governance, performance monitoring, assurance and accountability.
• Establish Transformation and Budget Oversight & Assurance Board with financial oversight.
• Work with external auditors, government representatives and key stakeholders.
• Lead transformation workstream leads and teams to deliver objectives.
• Promote innovative, data-led approaches to service improvement.
• Build relationships with senior leaders and partners to secure broad support.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership, deputising when required.

Connaissances

Transformation leadership

Public sector experience

Financial savings

Governance & performance

Stakeholder management

Audit & statutory requirements

Leadership & communication

Programme management

Change management

Description du poste

Interim Director of Transformation

Local Authority | Temporary / Interim Contract

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Interim Director of Transformation to lead a major council-wide transformation and improvement programme within a local authority.

This is a key strategic leadership position, responsible for driving organisational change, improving service delivery, strengthening governance and ensuring the Council achieves long-term financial sustainability.

Working closely with the Strategic Director of Change and Improvement, Executive Mayor, elected Members and senior leadership team, you will play a central role in addressing statutory recommendations and delivering the Council's continuous improvement plan.

You will lead the development and delivery of a new transformation portfolio, ensuring that improvements are measurable, financially sustainable and aligned with the Council's wider priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee major organisation-wide transformation and improvement programmes across the Council.
• Drive the delivery of statutory recommendations and the Council's continuous improvement plan.
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery, streamline processes and achieve financial savings.
• Ensure transformation programmes deliver measurable financial benefits in line with the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).
• Strengthen corporate governance, performance monitoring, assurance and accountability.
• Establish and support the Transformation and Budget Oversight & Assurance Board, ensuring effective financial oversight and decision-making.
• Work closely with external auditors, Ministerial Envoys, government representatives and other key stakeholders.
• Lead and manage transformation workstream leads and associated teams, ensuring programmes are delivered effectively and against agreed objectives.
• Promote innovative, technology and data-led approaches to service improvement.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, elected Members and external partners to secure organisation-wide support for change.
• Provide strategic, tactical and operational leadership, deputising for the Strategic Director of Change and Improvement when required.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Significant experience leading large-scale organisational transformation and improvement programmes.
• Strong experience within local government or a comparable public-sector environment.
• Proven track record of delivering financial savings, efficiencies and measurable organisational improvements.
• Experience managing complex corporate change programmes and multiple workstreams.
• Strong understanding of governance, assurance, performance management and organisational accountability.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, including Chief Executives, Directors, elected Members and external partners.
• Experience developing and implementing corporate improvement plans and addressing audit recommendations or statutory requirements.
• Excellent leadership, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complex programmes, competing priorities and organisational change at a senior level.

Additional Information

• This position requires a Basic DBS check.
• This is a politically restricted post.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced transformation leader with a strong understanding of local government and the challenges facing large public-sector organisations.

You will have the credibility and experience to influence at the highest level, lead complex organisational change, deliver significant financial improvements and ensure the Council achieves sustainable, measurable progress.