To develop and lead the local authority waste procurement programme to achieve seamless, compliant and value for money waste services from strategic inception and project planning through to negotiation and delivery. The role is responsible for leading and managing a multidisciplinary team, including officers from across the council and external advisors as required, to ensure the robust delivery of outcomes.
80-90% remote working with travel only for specific meetings as required by the programme.
Term: 13 months
Monday to Friday 37 hours
£700 per day outside IR35
Key Skills and Experience:
• PMO3, MSP, PRINCE2 or equivalent programme/project management qualification or equivalent by significant experience.
• Experience of presenting and a high level of skill in using other communication tools in a project environment to a wide range of stakeholders of different levels, including expressing complex technical, system concepts and ideas clearly and concisely to a non-specialist audience.
• Knowledge and understanding of the dynamics and complexities of public sector and the Local Government environment and its impact on service provision, staff and relationships with key stakeholders.
• Excellent understanding and application of financial management, business case development, benefits realisation planning and supplier management.
• Excellent understanding and experience of the application of the project development lifecycle
• Understanding of transformation and change strategies and how to implement them.
• Evidence of success working at a senior level managing complex and high risk procurements and programmes.
• Demonstrable experience of negotiating, influencing and delivering successful outcomes in partnership and collaborative projects.
• Demonstrable achievement in successfully producing successful outcomes from managing projects to time and budget in a multi-disciplinary and partnership environment.
• Demonstrable experience of having worked in a political environment, skills in understanding and responding to different perspectives and taking a cross-organisational perspective with the ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships at all levels of the organisation and with external partners.
• Equal opportunities Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
Full role and responsibilities:
1. To develop and deliver a programme for the successful procurement of key waste contracts, with the objective of ensuring seamless service delivery, compliance with statutory duties and value for money.
2. To lead and manage the delivery of the programme, working with staff across the Council, and external consultants (as appropriate) to ensure that projects are delivered successfully on time and on budget through good project management discipline, strong governance and proactive management of risks and issues.
3. To work in partnership with senior managers, leaders and members to inform, challenge & influence enabling the delivery of the waste procurement programme.
4. To procure as necessary and manage any commissions with consultants required to deliver the waste procurement programme and award of contract. Ensure that any commissions achieve value for money.
5. Ensure the programme is delivered through the effective use of resources, including (as appropriate) the project budget by forecasting and controlling the expenditure incurred related to the delivery of the programme.
6. Ensure that the programme is well communicated through management information and governance to internal team members, partners and other internal and external stakeholders to encourage positive engagement.
7. To lead and manage the mobilisation of the contracts to deliver services effective from 1 April 2025.
8. To maximise personal productivity, minimise duplication and errors and manage our information efficiently and securely to reduce risk and provide auditable records though effective use of Office 365 and our internal IT systems and applications.
9. Actively challenge and seek to eliminate any directly or indirectly discriminatory practice or behaviours.
10. Demonstrate awareness and understanding of other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs and ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons.
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Bamberry Consulting is a specialist recruitment company for public sector operating since 2012.
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