Strategic Assurance & Change Delivery Lead

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

EV car benefit scheme

Healthcare plans

28 days paid annual leave

Job summary

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a SAF Change Delivery Specialist to turn strategic assurance reform into practical ways of working across appraisal, assurance and the centre of excellence teams. You will support major change initiatives linked to the Single Assurance Framework and place-based business case development.

This 12-month fixed-term role requires experience delivering programmes from inception to evaluation, writing evidence-based business cases, and strong stakeholder

Qualifications

• Experience of managing programme delivery from inception to evaluation.
• Experience of writing evidenced-based business cases, proposals and delivery plans.
• In-depth understanding and experience of programme assurance & appraisal including the application of Assurance Frameworks.
• Knowledge of governance, legal, and financial requirements in public programmes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• HMT Green Book Practitioner qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the WMCA Assurance Change Programme, turning strategic reform into practical ways of working across appraisal, assurance and centre of excellence teams.
• Contribute to programme planning, mobilisation and delivery activity for portfolio-based and place-based approaches, including Integrated Settlement-related work and place-based business case development.
• Provide technical and coordination support to assurance change initiatives, ensuring alignment with WMCA Single Assurance Framework and governance requirements.
• Build strong working relationships with internal teams, local authorities, central government departments and programme delivery leads to support engagement and transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Coordinate workstreams, milestones, risks, dependencies, actions and documentation with clear audit trails and governance artefacts.
• Prepare high-quality business cases, delivery plans, briefings, reports and presentations, while capturing learning and feedback.

Skills

Programme delivery

Business cases

Governance knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

HMT Green Book

Project management

Influencing

Job description

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a SAF Change Delivery Specialist to turn strategic assurance reform into practical ways of working across appraisal, assurance and the centre of excellence teams. You will support major change initiatives linked to the Single Assurance Framework and place-based business case development.

This 12-month fixed-term role requires experience delivering programmes from inception to evaluation, writing evidence-based business cases, and strong stakeholder