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Ref no:
EDN25485
Published:
02/10/2023
Closes:
16/10/2023
Location:
Waverley Court 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG
Salary:
£40,275 - £47,654 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent, Temporary
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
36 hours per week
Work From Home:
Hybrid

Job Description

Corporate Services

Senior Change and Delivery Officer – Fixed Term until 29/11/2024
Waverley Court

Salary: £40,275 - £47,654 per year
Hours: 36 per week

Are you a dynamic project and change professional, seeking a new and challenging role, then we have an exciting opportunity to join the Council through significant business change programmes. We are looking for someone with business management experience, who can engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels across the organisation, is solution focused and can demonstrate an understanding of the challenges that services will be facing.

We are looking for candidates with experience of:

  • Understanding Business Planning, Performance, Data Management and Business Change (programme/project/process/change), in a complex environment with a working knowledge of the challenges in the public sector.
  • Ability to interpret, analyse and present a range of complex information for a variety of audiences using appropriate communication channels.
  • Encourage innovation and a culture of continuous improvement across the Council.
  • Responsibility for developing and maintaining both internal and external stakeholder relationships.
  • Provide advice, recommendations and proposals to Elected Members, managers and committees to progress the delivery of Council objectives
  • Effectively and diplomatically advise senior managers, managers and staff Council-wide on key actions required to support strategies and initiatives

For information on our pay, holidays, and benefits, including details about our Local Government Pension Scheme, go to our Work for us pages on the Edinburgh.gov.uk website.

This post is subject to a basic disclosure check.

We're 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 that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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