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Programme Assurance Specialist
£52,000 - 52,000
Hays
Colmore Circus Queensway, Ladywood
£52,000 - 52,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience in leading or developing assurance reviews to drive organisational improvement and manage delivery risks.
- Strong understanding of capital and revenue programme/project delivery, ideally within local authority or combined authority contexts.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills across all levels.
- Ability to deliver clear briefings and make challenging recommendations confidently.
- High level of proactivity and creative problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional written and analytical skills to summarise complex information for senior stakeholders.
Technologies
Responsibilities
- Conduct complex assessments of project and programme business cases against HM Treasury Green Book guidance and WMCA priorities.
- Develop and maintain effective business case and health check tools aligned to best practice.
- Collaborate with risk, performance, internal audit, and other enabling services to ensure an integrated, risk-based approach.
- Undertake health checks of projects and programmes during delivery through desk-based reviews and interviews.
- Produce comprehensive assurance observation reports with evidence-based findings and recommendations.
- Work with project and programme leads to ensure recommendations are understood and implemented.
- Analyze complex programme activity and maintain accurate assurance insights for resource planning and compliance with the Single Assurance Framework (SAF).
Description
We are seeking a Programme Assurance Specialist to lead the independent programme assurance function within WMCA. This role is pivotal in conducting maturity assessments of business cases, ensuring the effective application of the five-case model. You will perform health checks on ongoing programmes and projects while working closely with internal and external project/programme leads and subject-matter experts. Our goal is to drive continuous improvement across the organisation, supporting the successful development and delivery aligned with WMCA's Single Assurance Framework (SAF). If you are interested in joining a team committed to improving programme delivery and assurance standards across the region, we encourage you to apply now.
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