Vocative Consulting

IT Programme Manager £70,000 Hybrid (Taunton 3 days/week) Our client is looking for an IT Programme Manager to lead the delivery of major IT and business change programmes for a well-established not-for-profit organisation making a genuine difference in the sector it serves. Every project you deliver here translates directly into a better experience for the people the organisation supports. Reporting to the Head of IT and leading a small project management team, you'll be the driving force behind the design, delivery and rollout of IT solutions across the business. You ll be working hand-in-hand with internal teams, business stakeholders and third-party providers to make sure change actually lands. What you'll be doing Owning delivery of the IT programme and portfolio that underpins the organisation's strategic direction Leading process mapping and requirements gathering with business experts, translating complex needs into clear, actionable project and programme deliverables Managing the resolution of design and technical issues through close collaboration with project teams and end users Ensuring new systems and processes integrate smoothly with existing ways of working, minimising disruption to frontline services Building a highly engaging, service-focused culture across the IT team and the wider business Managing, coaching and developing your direct reports, including performance, absence and PDRs Setting the standard for project governance, best practice and continuous improvement What we're looking for Proven experience delivering IT software project implementations, system configuration projects, business change and system rollouts Strong grounding in standard project methodologies - PRINCE2, Waterfall, DevOps and Agile A confident, credible leader who can manage a matrix team, influence at all levels and hold their ground on what matters while staying flexible on the rest Experience managing project scope, change control and stakeholder expectations, including with resistance to change A track record of working with detailed specifications - data requirements, process flows, user interface changes and user stories Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills, with the analytical rigour to match PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM or PMP desirable but not essential What's in it for you £70,000 salary, permanent role 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising with length of service 5% matched pension contribution Private healthcare and life cover Access to early wage access via a wage streaming benefit Discounts across thousands of retailers through a dedicated rewards platform A genuine investment in your development, including access to an online learning platform Employee Assistance Programme This is a role for someone who wants their programme management skills to count for something beyond the balance sheet - helping a not-for-profit organisation deliver on its ambition to be the provider people choose.

Enterprise Architect - Hybrid (Nottingham) - £80-85K + car - Permanent An interesting opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a major transformation programme across a large enterprise, and be responsible for ensuring architectural coherence, strategy and governance is robust. The environment is ambiguous and fast-moving environment, so resilience and communication skills are as important as knowledge of frameworks to succeed in the role. The key priority for this role is to create the enterprise roadmap for the organisation: to enable them to make coherent, consistent decisions and to understand risk, dependencies and opportunities as they work through their transformation. You'll be responsible for working closely with business stakeholders, technical and business teams and business, technical and solution architects to bring a single view of the organisation, and to bring alignment across a distributed architecture function. The role is primarily focussed on influencing rather than enforcing; it's not a managerial role and you will need to have strong skills in adding value and bringing people on the journey without any direct authority, and the collaborative instinct to work with people rather than around them. You'll have had previous experience as an Enterprise Architect, ideally in a large enterprise, and been involved in major transformations in the past - though what matters most is a track record of actually delivering, not just running governance frameworks. TOGAF, BISBOC would be a bonus but are not essential. The role is based in Nottingham and you'll need to be there a couple of days a week. The role will pay up to around £85K as a base salary, plus a car allowance and a strong benefits package. For more details and a confidential discussion please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your profile.