Delivery Project Manager X2

As a Delivery Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of high-priority change projects across up to three directorates, ensuring every initiative aligns with the Council’s transformation vision and strategic direction.

You’ll apply specialist disciplines such as process redesign and change management, with a strong focus on ensuring project purpose, scope and impact are fully researched, evidenced and understood. Robust project controls will be key to enabling timely, informed decision-making as you manage the full lifecycle, from using data to shape business cases to coordinating deliverables.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking two Delivery Project Managers with proven experience in delivering projects that generate measurable benefits and achieve required financial and organisational impact.

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate a proactive and outcomes-focused approach with limited supervision, responding creatively to a dynamic environment, anticipating challenges, and taking personal ownership for adapting plans and removing barriers to maintain project momentum.

• Exhibit advanced organisational and time management skills to successfully manage multiple high priority projects across designated directorates, coordinating deliverables under tight deadlines, ensuring efficient project delivery.

• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, expressing information clearly and concisely, providing meaningful challenge, advice and feedback on project governance and delivery to all stakeholders, alongside a commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

Recruitment Details

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough nestled in the Thames Gateway between London and Kent which means it combines the perfect blend of city vibe and the tranquillity of Kent. It's got award-winning parks, open spaces, and heritage sites. The borough has excellent transport connections, including the Elizabeth Line and proximity to the M25. Bexley offers fantastic amenities such as libraries, leisure centres, and shopping areas. Our borough is also home to numerous primary and secondary schools, as well as further education institutions.

Our Offer to you

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

Recruitment Information

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  [email protected]

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees.  The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

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