Senior Programme & Risk Management Officer (Permanent)(Full Time) - REN12902
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £52,468.00 to £55,662.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Paisley, PA1 1WB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Renfrewshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REN12902 |
Summary
Advert
Renfrewshire HSCP aims to be at the forefront of innovative change within Health and Social Care across Scotland, with local plans in development for service transformation which helps deliver the Scottish Government’s priorities as set out in the NHS Operational Improvement Plan, Population Health Framework, and Health & Social Care Renewal Framework. As part of this we are working with our partners within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Renfrewshire Council to deliver ambitious plans which shift the balance of care, focus on prevention and enable digital transformation. We also retain a strong focus on delivering our supporting savings programme as a core strand of our financial sustainability activity.
To these critical programmes of work, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Programme and Risk Management Officer. The postholder will play a critical role in supporting services to plan and manage both savings and transformation plans, ensuring that activity is clearly understood and robustly monitored so that emerging risks, issues and challenges can be managed by the HSCP’s Senior Management Team.
You must have experience of supporting Change Projects from development through to implementation and applying formal project management methodologies, as well as experience in working in a matrix management environment and in a project environment and developing new approaches, templates and guidance on Programme/Project Management.
You will also have experience of developing complex business continuity plans and risk management frameworks, as well as setting up new PMO support models and managing stakeholder relationships.
You must have knowledge of the factors that make an effective and advanced PMO and the ability to apply full range of project controls (e.g. planning, reporting RAID, change control). You also must have knowledge of Information Management Principles and Information Management legislation in practice (Data Protection, FOIA etc), benefits management, including benefits identification, assessment and tracking and the ability to produce accurate work to tight deadlines under pressure.
You will also have negotiation and influencing skills, particularly in adoption of good practice tools and techniques, Word processing, PowerPoint, and spreadsheet skills as well as the ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in writing and orally.
You must be able to work effectively with other people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines and have the ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and to influence plans and actions.
A Degree in a relevant discipline, Project Management Qualification (e.g. PRINCE2; APMP or equivalent) and Programme Management Qualification (e.g. MSP or equivalent) is essential.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
Important information
If you have any queries or if you would like to have an informal discussion with the vacancy manager, please call David Fogg on 07483 402145.
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