Programme Delivery Manager

Barnardos; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking a Programme Delivery Manager to oversee complex, high-impact programmes. This role involves managing risks, leading teams, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. The ideal candidate will have formal programme management qualifications and significant experience in delivering multi-workstream programmes. This is a full-time, hybrid position with opportunities for professional development and a commitment to equity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

26 days annual leave, increasing with service

Access to personal pension scheme

Death in service cover

Discounts on high street shops

Free access to employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large, multi-workstream programmes in complex environments.
• Ability to drive performance across diverse teams.
• Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-value programmes aligned to strategic goals.
• Manage risks and keep delivery on track.
• Act as escalation point for programme issues.

Skills

Programme management (MSP, APM PMQ, AgilePM)

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Formal qualifications in programme management

Tools

Dynamics D365

Job description

Barnardo's is looking for an exceptional Programme Delivery Manager to join our Transformation & Delivery team. In this key role, you’ll lead the delivery of complex, high-impact programmes, ensuring strategic alignment, strong governance, and sustained momentum across multiple projects.

Programme Delivery Manager

Location: Hybrid with occasional travel (minimum requirement to travel to London once per month)

Contract: Full-time fixed term for 12 months

What you’ll do

• Lead high-value, complex cross-directorate programmes aligned to Barnardo's strategic goals.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and change processes to keep delivery on track.
• Act as the key escalation point for programme-level issues.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement across teams.
• Coach and mentor Delivery Managers, embedding Agile and benefits-led practices.
• The role includes line management responsibilities.

What we’re looking for

• Formal qualifications in programme management (MSP, APM PMQ, AgilePM).
• Proven experience delivering large, multi-workstream programmes in complex environments with ambitious timescales and deliverables.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to influence and engage across all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to drive performance and foster collaboration across diverse teams.
• Prior experience of system implementation and system development, ideally Dynamics D365.

Why Barnardo's?

Join a team committed to equity, inclusion, and making a real difference for children, young people and their families. You’ll work in a dynamic environment where your expertise shapes impactful outcomes.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata.
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme.
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options.
• Service related sick pay from day 1.
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution.
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Interest free season ticket loans.
• Discounts and cashback from high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure / theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal.
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores.
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support.
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer.
• T&C’s.

Apply today and help us deliver change that matters.

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