
National Programme Manager (Shared Services)
Historic England
- Closing: 11:59pm, 11th Aug 2024 BST
Perks and benefits
Flexible working hours
Work from home option
Retirement benefits
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Additional parental leave
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Paid emergency leave
Extra holiday
Sabbatical Opportunities
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Payroll giving
Salary sacrifice
Team social events
Team lunches
Extracurricular clubs
Cycle to work scheme
Candidate happiness
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Job Description
Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. We are looking for a National Programme Manager to join the team on a 12 month fixed term contract.
What you will be doing
The National Programme Manager will play a lead role in the delivery of programmes and projects to realise Historic England’s Strategy and Corporate Plan through the provision of shared Finance and Human Resources services.
You will manage the successful and timely delivery of projects and programmes, to budget and within the Public Value Framework, helping to manage and monitor programmes, ensure the timeliness of delivery and feed into corporate reporting and communications.
Salary
National £38,067 pro-rata
Cambridge £40,984 pro-rata
What we are looking for
Demonstrable experience of planning and managing complex and multiple projects and/or programmes while maintaining a focus on delivery and quality
The ability to build and sustain positive and effective working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
Confident and adaptable style, able to work constructively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Strong negotiation, communication and influencing skills, with ability to work across functional and stakeholder groups.
Proven track record in planning workload to meet tight deadlines and a superb attention to detail.
Flexible – able to creatively problem solve and re-prioritise when required
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Provisional interview dates: 20th August 2024 - Virtual
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/af1p05wl/zw-ifr-national-programme-manager-jd-jul-2024.docx
Removing bias from the hiring process
Applications closed Sun 11th Aug 2024
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You won't need a CV to apply to this job
Applications closed Sun 11th Aug 2024