Mobilisation and Change Programme Manager

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for Mobilisation and Change Programme Manager on an initial 6 Month Fixed Term Contract basis to join our Programme Management team within our Service Operations segment.  We are able to base this role from home, but national travel will be required.

The role of the Mobilisation and Change Programme Manager is to monitor and coordinate the mobilisation, transition and transformation phases of a mobilisation, demobilisation or change management project, ensuring that all contractual and operational needs are met.

Role Responsibility

• Define and implement project and programme plans based on the requirements of the client and Sodexo to deliver against set objectives.
• Identify the required project resources and be “the conduit” between clients, the client’s SME team, Sodexo SME’s, operations & business development.
• Build open and effective relationships with all key project stakeholders
• Plan and design the programme of activity and proactively monitor its overall progress, escalating risks and issues and implementing corrective action as appropriate, ensuring stakeholders and business teams are prepared and ready to accept the deliverables 
• Issuing progress reports and ensuring deadlines are met in a timely and efficient manner
• Define and follow the programme’s governance framework to support successful deployment of the project or programme.
• Effectively coordinate and manage programme/project interdependencies
• Proactively manage and work with your stakeholders to mitigate risks & issues that may jeopardise successful delivery, escalating where necessary
• Maintain overall integrity and coherence of the programme, developing and supporting the programme environment to manage dependencies
• Manage third-party contributions to the programme
• Manage effective communications with stakeholders, including reporting and escalation processes
• Initiate extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the programme are identified or issues arise as appropriate
• Provide regular milestone reporting of programme progress across the governance framework
• Working with the finance team define, monitor and regularly report the project budget
• Ensure that a change control and variations procedure is in place, and actively used to assess the effect of changes to the projects on costs, timescales, risk etc
• Ensure an effective and orderly handover at the start of the project from the sales team to the mobilisation team
• Ensure an effective and orderly handover at the end of the project to the operational team
• Contribute to continuous improvement approach by capturing and recording lesson learnt
• Ensure that appropriate records are maintained to evidence compliance with governance requirements to enable subsequent audits 
   

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, including risk management, budget and resource allocation procedures
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Tenacity so as to drive the delivery of outcomes in challenging client / organisational environments
• Ability to find innovative ways of solving &/or pre-empting problems
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office including MS Project
• Excellent interpersonal skills 

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Integrated Facilities Management
• Experience of inputting to / supporting / leading bid activity
• Good knowledge of project management disciplines i.e. PRINCE2 / MSP / APMP etc
• Experience of soft, hard or full IFM

Package Description

Competitive Salary, 23 days holiday, plus benefits (Pro Rata)
 

About the Company

Sodexo UK & Ireland employs around 36,000 people and delivers On-site Service Solutions to clients at over 2,300 locations including offices, hospitals, schools, defense sites, prisons, sporting events and visitor attractions.  With an annual turnover of over £1bn, Sodexo delivers a diverse range of services from catering, cleaning, reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to further engage ex-forces personnel and reservists.  Those applying for roles with us who meet the essential criteria advertised under the ‘ideal candidate’ on the vacancy advertised, are guaranteed to progress within the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.