Programme Manager

Summary: The Freelance Programme Manager will oversee the transition and mobilisation of a significant Facilities Management contract for a UK Government department. This role demands strong leadership and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful service delivery and governance throughout the project. The position requires immediate availability and BPSS clearance. The role is remote with potential site visits across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery programme to develop and implement the client transition plan, coordinating all stakeholders across functional workstreams.
• Build strong working relationships across the project team, ensuring active engagement with workstream owners.
• Provide clear, concise, and timely reporting to key stakeholders and sponsors, including plan updates and management of RAID logs.
• Oversee the seamless handover from transition to operations at go-live, ensuring stabilisation is well-managed.
• Drive successful closure of mobilisation, ensuring lessons learned are captured and shared.
• Manage and update the project plan, aligned with client strategic and tactical goals.
• Identify and allocate resources as required to meet daily delivery demands throughout the transition phase.
• Ensure effective stakeholder management, escalation processes, and governance are maintained.
• Lead on change management initiatives to ensure objectives are met efficiently.
• Maintain all programme documentation and coordinate its collation to support overall delivery and audit readiness.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in programme management within facilities management, involving both hard and soft services.
• Experience working on large-scale mobilisation or transition programmes, preferably for government bodies.
• Strong stakeholder and team management skills with a collaborative approach.
• Familiarity with project management tools.
• Exceptional organisational, communication, and reporting skills.
• BPSS Clearance is essential.

Salary (Rate): £550

City: undetermined

Country: England

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other