West Sussex County Council
Transformation Management Office (TMO) – Manager
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Transformation Management Office (TMO) – Manager
Join us at the forefront of transformational change.
The Opportunity
- Salary: £48,226 to £51,356 per annum
- Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
- Contract type: Two year Fixed term or Secondment opportunity until 31/08/2028
- Location: County Hall, Chichester and working from home (Hybrid approach)
- Interview date: Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th August
Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.
We are seeking an experienced TMO Manager to join our enterprise-wide Transformation Management Office, supporting the delivery of strategic change across the Council. You will work with a range of stakeholders across the organisation to promote consistent ways of working, support governance arrangements, and provide oversight and reporting that helps keep our transformation activity on track and aligned to organisational priorities.
What You’ll Do
- Lead activities to embed enterprise-level TMO and assurance frameworks.
- Drive consistency in programme/project delivery and reporting.
- Enable visibility of transformation budgets, risks, benefits and resource requirements across the portfolio.
- Build strong relationships across senior leadership and programme teams.
What You'll Bring
- Proven TMO/Programme Management Office (PMO), Project Portfolio Management (PPM) leadership in large-scale transformation.
- Expertise in governance, benefits realisation, and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and influencing skills.
- Public sector experience is a plus.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to significant organisational change and work with colleagues across the Council to help shape and deliver our transformation ambitions. If you enjoy working in a complex environment and are passionate about supporting positive change, we look forward to hearing from you.
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For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
Further information
- The reference number for this role is: CRS01109
- For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Linda Corn linda.corn@westsussex.gov.uk
- For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.
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Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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