Programme Manager in Luton

Energy Jobline ZR; Luton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Luton Borough Council, in partnership with Connect2Luton, is seeking a Programme Manager to lead the Neighbourhood Services Investment Work Programme and ensure coordinated delivery across multiple projects.

The role requires significant experience in managing large programmes, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to turn strategic priorities into operational delivery within time and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• Significant demonstrable experience of managing large, complex programmes and projects.
• Experience in Neighbourhood Services or similar area.
• Proven ability to assess risk while developing services and priorities.
• Strategic thinker who translates strategy into operational delivery.
• Ability to produce and present robust reports with clear analysis.
• Degree level or equivalent management qualification (MBA, Diploma, Chartered Manager).

Responsibilities

• Oversee programme management and delivery of Neighbourhood Services Investment programme.
• Lead delivery of identified work streams within time, budget and quality.
• Motivate and manage managers and staff across the Council to deliver plans.
• Prepare timely reports and progress updates for senior leadership and members.
• Develop work programme structure, PIDs and business cases with objectives and timescales.
• Monitor programme performance, risks and mitigations.
• Collaborate with communications, procurement, legal and other services to realise programme goals.

Skills

Programme management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Reporting

Governance

Education

Degree level or equivalent Management qualification (MBA, Diploma in Management, Chartered Manager)

Job description

Job Description

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Programme Manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council.

Purpose of post:

• To provide effective Program Management and Operational Delivery of the Neighbourhood Services Investment Work Program
• To support the strategic and operational delivery, particularly relating to members' priorities linked across Neighbourhood Services and other departments as needed.
• To ensure that there is coordinated delivery across multiple inter-related projects, active stakeholder engagement and communication to implement and enhance a one-council approach to priority street scene & public realm issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the programme management and operational delivery of the Neighbourhood Services Investment and Members Priorities programme of works.
• To lead on the delivery of all the identified project work streams, ensuring that they achieve their objectives and are delivered to high quality standards, within target timescales and within budget.
• Review, develop, motivate and lead managers and staff from across the Council to ensure programmes of work and integration plans within the work programme are properly executed and both statutory and governance requirements met.
• To prepare timely reports, briefings, presentations and progress reports for the Director of Neighbourhood Service, internal leadership meetings and relevant member-led meetings.
• To build and develop the current Neighborhood Services priority Work Programme plan structure and work streams; PIDs and business cases which include objectives and outcomes , areas of activity, criteria to evaluate success, timescales, risks logs and mitigating actions.
• To ensure robust monitoring of the overall programme and each of the project work streams to ensure that they are delivered according to the project plan, quality standards, budget and timescales. Keeping abreast of relevant policies and best practice that could impact on the delivery of the work programme.
• To work with other internal services including communications, procurement, legal and others to ensure full realisation of the programme's goals and aims.

Skills and experience:

• Significant demonstrable experience of managing large complex programmes and projects and achieving deliverables within a recognised programme management methodology
• Demonstrable experience and achievement of measurable/evidence based results in Neighbourhood Services or similar area
• Proven experience and ability to assess risk whilst effectively developing services and strategic priorities
• Thinking and acting strategically with the capability to translate strategy into operational delivery
• Proven ability to formulate and implement strategies, policies, procedures, processes and systems
• Ability to anticipate, interpret and manage change and achieve results through influence and negotiation with a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to produce and present high quality reports setting out information, robust analysis and interpretation in a lucid and persuasive manner in the context of evidence
• Degree level or equivalent Management qualification i.e. MBA, Diploma in Management, Chartered Manager

The work programme focuses on the following areas of work:

• Street cleansing, fly tipping and litter
• Parks, play improvements
• Community safety and anti-social behaviour
• Parking, traffic and street management

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.