About The Role
Full‑time, 37 hours per week (flexibility available, part‑time considered). Permanent. Salary from £72,000 per year, depending on experience, plus a car allowance and bonus. Hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham.
We are recruiting Strategic Programme Leads for the Water, Wastewater and WINEP portfolios of Northumbrian Water Group.
Responsibilities
Reporting directly to the Head of PMO, you will:
- Work across multiple teams – Strategic Planning, Tactical Planning, Regulation, Environment, Customer, Communications and Assets Design & Construction – to ensure the Programme is delivered on time, within budget and meets all scope requirements.
- Document, clarify and communicate programme strategic requirements, objectives, drivers, benefits and outcomes to delivery teams, ensuring the portfolio aligns with all required objectives.
- Own and lead the collating of reporting information for the portfolio, working with the PMO reporting team.
- Manage Issues, Risk & Opportunity at the portfolio level and identify programme‑level efficiency opportunities.
- Ensure robust Project Controls are in place across multiple delivery vehicles.
- Prioritise in‑AMP delivery, with a secondary focus on preparations for the next AMP.
About You
- Experienced project delivery professional with strong stakeholder management capabilities, capable of working in high complexity and delivering results.
- Able to operate within a complex, multi‑regulator environment with multiple directors and teams working together.
- Skilled in managing external stakeholder meetings and maintaining external change control aligned with internal change control.
- Proficient in handling large volumes of data, understanding context, spotting problems and engaging subject‑matter experts to resolve issues.
- Capable of leading a programme – setting baselines, monitoring and controlling performance across Scope, Cost, Schedule, Risk, Opportunity, Issue and Change Control.
EEO & Diversity
We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. We encourage all applicants to bring their authentic selves to work. Our colleague network groups include Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability & neurodiversity).
This role requires completion of a DBS check prior to employment. Candidates with certain unspent convictions will not be considered.
Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme with employer match up to 11%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- Discount scheme covering days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award‑winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – salary sacrifice cars and cycle‑to‑work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – community savings scheme, financial education and low‑cost loans through Salary Finance. 4x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Development opportunities, interest‑free qualification loans and coverage for relevant professional body subscriptions.
Additional Information
This role is defined as a safety or security critical role. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test as part of the formal offer of employment. Failure to pass the test may result in a revocation of the offer.
About Us
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England and 1.5 million people in the South East as Essex & Suffolk Water. We are committed to delivering great service and putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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