Programme Manager - Estates

Programme Manager

FTC - 2 years - Hybrid

Up to £52,000 per annum.

Ideally Immediate Start - (Will accept up to 3 months for ideal candidate)

Our Higher Education Client is currently recruiting for a Programme Manager to join the Estates team at their institution based in Sussex.

Please note this is not an IT based role - However some IT experience is okay.

The successful candidate will be a critical member of a team delivering the University's portfolio of projects. Our programme managers are responsible for delivering change through their programmes. The role requires effective co-ordination and leadership.

Sitting in the Education and Students portfolio the Library Programme aims to create a consistent approach to delivering our new and refurbished Library and study space and services (including the operating model) across campus alongside the ability for our students to find the available study space to fit their learning needs wherever that might be on campus.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing stakeholders and members of programme teams and organisation, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
• Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of programmes, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, that align with organisational practice
• Preparing, gaining approval of, refining and updating business cases that justify programmes in terms of benefits, costs and risks. Identifying, defining, evaluating, planning, tracking and realising the business benefits
• Developing and agreeing budgets for programmes and controlling forecast and actual costs against them

Essential Criteria:

• Prince2 certification or equivalent
• Good programme experience
• Sound track record of initiating and managing large-scale programmes within a complex organisation
• Ability to build effective delivery teams from different resource pools.
• Ability to build effective relationships with, and command the respect of, a wide range of stakeholders, including senior staff members.
• Critical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills

For a confidential conversation about this position please get in contact with Tom Atkinson.