Programme Management Office Manager

Location: Ealing

Salary: £58,248 - £61,617 per annum, inclusive (Grade 15)

The Role

The Housing and Environment directorate is in a period of major change, addressing some of the biggest challenges the council faces: responding to the homelessness crisis, preparing for the housing regulator and ensuring they are a fit-for-purpose landlord, building on their Travel in Ealing Charter and delivering sustainable travel solutions, as well as cross-cutting programmes to digitally transform their housing services and to develop their workforce. To effectively manage business-as-usual as well as these major changes, they require high quality programme management that tracks delivery and robust performance against some challenging targets.

To help them meet these challenges, they are recruiting an experienced Programme Management Office Expert to lead their PMO and who will report into the Head of Strategy, Performance and Improvement as a core part of their new service. They have the basics in place, with regular reporting, tools, resource, and standards and they are seeking a talented individual to develop and drive their programme management.

You will be passionate about making Ealing a better place, be able to see and appreciate things from their residents' perspective, and be motivated to do things better, faster and for less cost, to make things happen.

Skills and Qualifications

• You will be an experienced and innovative PMO professional, with technical skills, who has made an effective contribution to the programme management of a large organisation.
• You can communicate effectively, coach and support project managers, align delivery with strategic goals, manage and mitigate risks and coordinate effectively.
• You will have significant experience of project and programme methodologies and be able to demonstrate tangible delivery including benefits realisation.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable council, please click apply.

Closing date: 17 th October 2024

This post is subject to Ealing's enhanced vetting process.