Digital Programme Manager at Homes England, Remote/UK Offices, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of Homes England we are looking for a Digital Programme Manager (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Remote working with occasional travel across London, Leeds and Newcastle. 

Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead complex transformation programmes within Homes England 's Integrated Change Programme.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record of delivering large-scale business and digital transformation initiatives, with experience operating across organisational change, digital, data and technology environments. Experience delivering cyber security or digital resilience programmes would be highly advantageous.

Working within a complex stakeholder environment, you will be responsible for delivering programme outcomes, benefits, governance, financial control and strategic change objectives.

As a Digital Programme Manager your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the delivery of complex transformation programmes and workstreams.
• Drive successful outcomes across business, digital, data and technology initiatives.
• Develop and maintain programme plans, budgets, governance and reporting.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies and benefits realisation.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Provide leadership and direction across matrix-managed resources and suppliers.
• Ensure programmes are delivered to agreed scope, cost, quality and timelines.
• Support the development of business cases and assurance activities.

Essential:

• Significant experience delivering complex programmes within government, public sector or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven programme leadership across large-scale business and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of programme governance, assurance and delivery controls.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Desirable:

• Delivery of cyber security, information security or digital resilience programmes.
• Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) delivery experience.
• Central Government experience.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.