Salary - Grade

GBP £70,860 to £72,075 70860 - PO11

Contract Type

Fixed Term / Secondment

Contract Length

12 months

Contracted Hours

Full Time - 36 hours per week

DBS Required

Department

Chief Executive's

Service

Chief Executive

Closing date

03/12/2025

12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity

At Hackney Council we have an ambitious vision to make the borough fairer and safer, greener and healthier and a great place for every child to grow up. To help deliver that vision, we have developed a cross-council transformation programme supported by a new team who work with colleagues across the council to deliver improved services for residents.

These new roles will work closely with the Assistant Director to develop and implement the Corporate Transformation portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and embedding our new ways of working. You will provide strategic direction and oversight to a portfolio of transformation projects and programmes, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

You’ll be directly leading a large team of project and programme professionals, and matrix managing multi-disciplinary project teams to identify and deliver opportunities for change aligned to the council’s strategic priorities. We are recruiting to two roles: one will also be responsible for leading our PMO, the other will be responsible for our cross-service Business Analysis team.

You will have experience of delivering complex transformational change in Local Government, working with a range of stakeholders to co-produce and implement improvements which deliver positive outcomes for our residents. You will have experience of leading significant sized teams (up to 15 fte) and of working closely with Senior Leaders, Elected Members and partner organisations. A significant element of the change portfolio is focused on digital and technology improvements; therefore experience in this area would be an advantage.

Just as important as your background is your mindset – we’re committed to putting residents at the heart of what we do and designing and delivering inclusive services that work for everyone. You’ll need to be committed to doing the best for local people and share our values of being open and inclusive, ambitious and proud, and pioneering and proactive.

Hackney is one of London’s most diverse and exciting communities and these new roles provide a great opportunity to make a real impact. We know that to deliver real, long-term change and transformation for residents, we need teams of talented, innovative and forward-thinking professionals to help us achieve this.

If you have the skills we’re looking for, experience in local government and you share our values please apply. If you have any questions or would like to know more please contact Sam Humphrey (sam.humphrey@hackney.gov.uk).

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.

To proceed with your application, you will need to create an account and submit your application.

As part of the application process, you will need to complete a number of competency based questions. These questions allow you to demonstrate your suitability for the role and provide examples of your skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description.

We understand the benefits of using AI in the workplace. However, if you are thinking of using this tool to submit your application, we ask you to think about what value it will add. AI tools tend to lack the personal touch and authenticity we value in candidates. We encourage you to showcase your unique knowledge and skills using your own voice.

This application process replaces a supporting statement.

Prior to applying for a vacancy for a secondment opportunity, please liaise with your line manager and inform them of your interest in applying for the role.

Closing date for applications: 03 December 2025 (22:59)

Interview date: 15 December 2025

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk

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