Programme Manager Policy and Change - #1759664

• Hours: 37 hours
• Contract: Fixed term - 12 months (Mat cover)
• Salary: £49,764 - £52,805
• Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)
  
  

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) brings together the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield and to serve the communities and businesses of South Yorkshire. From transport to housing, from business growth to skills, the MCA has a great story to tell. We have ambitions to deliver recovery and renewal for people, businesses and places across South Yorkshire.

Please note that SYMCA follows a structured salary grading system for all roles, and the offered salary for each post will be at the starting point within the specified grade. We value the skills and experience of potential candidates, and there will be opportunities for salary enhancements as you grow within South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is currently in the process of reviewing its terms and conditions of employment including pay and grading. As part of this project, the post advertised may be subject to changes in the near future. All changes and any impact on individual posts will be discussed further should you be successfully appointed to the position you have applied for.

All applications must be accompanied by a detailed cover letter to outline your interest and suitability for the role (no more than 2 A4 sheets).

Key Responsibilities

As Programme Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation has a robust, high quality and consistent approach to programme management and delivery across the Mayoral Combined Authority.

You will lead on the oversight of performance of our corporate priority projects providing support, check and challenge, trouble-shooting issues and providing regular reports to the Executive Leadership Board and Mayor working in a fast paced environment.

Responsibilities Include

• Leading the programme oversight of organisational priorities and key corporate change programmes.
• Proactively support, seek out and lead the development and delivery of complex and strategic projects and initiatives.
• Identifying and defining an ambitious work programme to embed and deliver the six principles that underpin the work of the organisation, monitoring performance.
• Working closely with the organisation’s leads on corporate performance and governance to identify emerging corporate priorities and with colleagues develop action plans to deliver improvement.
• Maintaining oversight of the development of corporate policies, strategies and action plans, report on progress on their development, identify and resolve delivery challenges.
• Managing the development of an appropriate proportionate programme management framework to enable the Executive Leadership Team and Chief Executive to track progress on both ongoing corporate priorities and new incoming activities.
  
  

Please see the full role profile attached.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You’ll have previous experience of managing multiple complex projects simultaneously through strong organisational and project management skills; with proven experience of working with senior executive leadership in a complex organisation including presenting professional advice and guidance in the form of reports, dashboards and briefs to a variety of audiences.

We’d love to hear from candidates with the following:

• Degree, or equivalent professional attainment in a relevant subject
• Good knowledge of a Combined Authority’s partnership, stakeholder, and political landscape.
• Experience of establishing business systems, processes and procedures to increase efficiency.
• Logical and analytical reasoning plus persistence to support problem solving.
• High professional standards with the ability to work on own initiative and perform duties with a high degree of tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to forge partnerships and establish relationships.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• Highly flexible, adaptable, and resilient to meet and embrace changing circumstances and demands and in personal style.
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to persuade, influence and advocate.
  
  

Benefits

All colleagues have access to a local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of benefits include -

Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in additional to your normal annual leave

Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time.

Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway!

Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on the job training and qualifications

Holiday – Up to 36 days annual leave (depending on length of service). Pro-rata for part time colleagues.

Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.