Join Us and Help Shape the Future of St Helens

St Helens Council is embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation to modernise services, improve outcomes for residents, and build a more efficient and innovative organisation. We are now seeking an exceptional Programme Manager to play a pivotal leadership role in driving this change.

This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in modernising our organisation, driving innovation, and delivering meaningful change that improves outcomes for residents, businesses, and partners across the borough. As part of our Policy and Transformation team, you’ll work at the heart of the Council’s strategic agenda.

Making a Difference

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Roles That Matter

As Programme Manager you will provide strong leadership, direction and professional programme management expertise to support the Council’s transformation ambitions. You will work closely with senior leaders to shape, coordinate and deliver a portfolio of complex programmes that make the Council more modern, effective and efficient.

You’ll be responsible for leading the full programme lifecycle — from scoping and initiation through to delivery, evaluation, transition to business-as-usual and lessons learned. You’ll also ensure robust governance, performance management and benefits realisation frameworks are in place to demonstrate impact.

Your work will span the organisation, bringing together teams, resources and stakeholders to deliver change at scale.

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

Employees can regularly work away from Council workspaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need, however, there has been a minimum specification that staff will work at least 2 days from an office-based location.

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles.

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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment. Application support is available on this careers site.

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