Delivery Programme Manager (Job Share)

Delivery Programme Manager - Children's Services

This is a job-share position (two days per week) within the Transformation & Delivery Unit, where you will act as a dedicated change and improvement business partner, providing strategic direction and leadership for a complex portfolio of work for the Children’s Services directorate.

Your primary purpose is to own and build a clear pipeline of change and improvement projects, ensuring appropriate prioritisation and resource allocation to deliver positive outcomes and significant efficiencies for the Council and its residents. This includes applying specialist disciplines such as process redesign and change management.

A key focus of the role is building strong, long-term relationships with service-level stakeholders, understanding their change requirements and ensuring the purpose, scope and impact of all projects are properly researched, evidenced and successfully delivered.

Candidate Profile

The core requirement for this role is to contribute to the success of the Transformation & Delivery Unit by ensuring all programmes and projects align with corporate priorities and actively use data to inform robust business cases and strategic decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Technical Expertise: Proven experience in a programme management role, with a strong track record of leading the end-to-end delivery of a complex change portfolio in a public or private setting, including owning and building the work pipeline for designated directorates. 

• Strategic Design: Operational management experience ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required quality standards, supported by robust governance and reporting frameworks

• Methodological Excellence: A thorough understanding of programme and project management frameworks, methodologies, and tools, ensuring all portfolio elements adhere to established governance and reporting frameworks.

• Stakeholder Influence: Extensive experience influencing and building trust with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, providing meaningful challenge, advice, and feedback

Recruitment Details

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

Interviews are scheduled to be held on:

Wednesday 4th March 2026

Personal Statement: Please upload your personal statement under the Relevant Experience and Skills section and ensure this fully aligns to the role criteria. This should not be more than two sides of A4.

Using AI in Your Application: We recognise that AI tools may be helpful when preparing your application. However, it’s important to use them responsibly. Your submission must reflect your own experience and ideas. Plagiarism, including copying content from online sources or using AI-generated material without personal input, may result in your application being withdrawn.

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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