Strategic Programme Lead

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO8
Salary: £61,980 – £65,476 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
Working Hours: 36 Hours per week
Closing Date: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 11th August 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The successful candidate will lead the development, delivery and reporting of the programme, ensuring it meets critical success factors, complies with legal requirements, and achieves set targets within a large and complex stakeholder environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as a strategic partner across Haringey’s Children’s Commissioning and Programmes department and Children Services.
• Take senior-level responsibility for delivering a high-priority programme that benefits children, young people, and families in Haringey.
• Manage high-quality projects that are well-organised, based on evidence, and meet efficiency targets.
• Drive transformation and improve services by applying specialist knowledge about children, young people, and families.

About the Team

As a Strategic Programme Lead, you will report to the Head of Service of the Programmes team within Children’s Services. This programme’s activity encompasses:

• Strategic Thinking: We value those who can think strategically and provide innovative ideas to improve our service.
• Collaborative Working: We operate with a “One Children’s Team” approach, working together with internal and external partners to achieve our objectives.
• Performance Management: We emphasize managing performance to ensure high-quality projects and services that offer the best value.
• Cultural Change: We are driving cultural change and new ways of working to align with our corporate and service priorities.

You will be supported by a dedicated Project Manager, ensuring you have the resources and assistance needed to succeed in your role.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent leadership and management skills to drive change and innovation.
• Extensive knowledge of children’s services and a strong understanding of legal requirements.
• Commitment to improving the lives of children and families in Haringey.
• Significant experience in developing and managing innovative programmes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify challenges and create solutions.
• Experience in supervising and managing teams to achieve high performance, with flexibility to handle competing priorities.
• Experience in promoting the reputation of a service and working strategically with partners to deliver effective change.
• Resilience, adaptability, and a passion for making a difference in the community.
• Ability to thrive in an outcome-driven team with a can-do mindset.

If you have experience in delivering high-quality projects and programmes to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families, then we would love to hear from you. We offer a great place to develop a career that is yours to own. If you are interested or would like an informal discussion, please contact Chris Carroll via email: chris.carroll@haringey.gov.uk

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk