Programme Manager

Millbank Holdings Ltd; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic infrastructure company in Helensburgh is seeking a Programme Manager to lead stakeholder engagement and governance across infrastructure activities. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and programme management experience. This hybrid role allows for flexible working arrangements with site attendance as needed. Previous experience with stakeholder management is essential, and SC clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme management or governance management.
• Strong ability to manage stakeholders effectively at all levels.
• Creative and innovative approach to engaging stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish governance arrangements with stakeholders.
• Implement an Infrastructure Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
• Provide updates on engagement events to senior management.
• Facilitate collaboration workshops and site visits.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

MS O365 proficiency

Job description

The Opportunity

This role will work with a wide range of diverse people across the project teams and external stakeholders to ensure effective and timely stakeholder engagement. This role will work closely with major programme leads and team members to forward plan activities that require team input and to embed and maintain robust and effective governance and reporting arrangements, ensuring the correct SMEs at the right level participate in discussions and information gathering to enable effective decision making and investment prioritisation.

Your duties and responsibilities

• Work closely with major infrastructure programmes and key stakeholders at HMNB Clyde to establish the following:
• Robust governance arrangements across / between infrastructure programmes, ensuring alignment with wider naval base activities and governance arrangements, striving to minimise the time spent in meetings
• Engagement, governance and reporting processes for DHI with Capability Integration teams to ensure a coherent approach and alignment with the strategic vision (EMP)
• Improved Stakeholder Engagement on infrastructure activities across One Clyde. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Establish and enact an Infrastructure Stakeholder Engagement Plan that ensures, inclusion, collaboration, opportunity, coherence, innovation and clarity across current and planned infrastructure activities at HMNB Clyde
• Create a stakeholder map(s) for infrastructure related activities
• iCreate a forward plan of activities that require One Clyde SME / stakeholder input.
• Routine meetings (online, F2F)
• Presentations
• Formal Boards
• Site visits
• Collaboration workshops (onsite, offsite)
• Provide regular updates to AHISG and senior management on engagement events (completed, scheduled, forward plan), articulating the purpose, outcomes, benefits, risks and other key points.
• Implement efficient and effective ways of communicating information across the One Clyde community.

Qualifications & experience

• MS O365 proficient.
• Programme management / governance management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and engagement at all levels.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Organised with ability to work on own initiative and be proactive.

It’s great if you also have the following

• Security - The incumbent of this role must be a minimum of SC cleared and a sole UK national.

The setting for the role

Working arrangements – The incumbent of this role must be able to do hybrid working with the ability to attend the site up to 2 days per week and / or to meet business needs, as requested. There may be a requirement to attend meetings in other locations (e.g. Glasgow) to support business needs.

Get in touch now

If you’re seeking a new opportunity where you will be responsible for all programme management and believe you have the relevant skills and experience our client is seeking, then apply now or contact Jordan Tipping via LinkedIn.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.