Project and Transformation Manager
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £48,657 to £54,727 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sittingbourne, Kent |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Swale Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Are you passionate about driving change, improving services, and delivering meaningful organisational impact? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional to lead key transformation projects and help shape the future of our organisation.
About the Role:
In this pivotal role as Project and Transformation Manager, you will take the lead on service improvement initiatives and project management activities as identified in the annual delivery plan. You will oversee the full commissioning and project lifecycle—from initial concept and business case development through to options appraisal, cost analysis, and successful project delivery.
Working closely with Heads of Service, you will act as the key link between the ‘client’ and project teams, ensuring the work programme is delivered to a high standard, on time and within scope. You will also manage specific service reviews and business transformation programmes, identifying opportunities to deliver efficiencies and secure identified savings.
A key element of this role includes supporting the Head of Service, along with colleagues across the organisation, to deliver the Local Government Reorganisation agenda.
This role is full time, working 34 hours per week on a permanent contract.
About Swale Borough Council:
Swale Borough Council is a progressive and ambitious Local Authority, located less than an hour from Central London in an attractive and diverse part of Kent involving urban, rural, and coastal areas. We believe that staff are our most valuable asset and we’re committed to attracting and retaining the very best. In recent times we have adapted and evolved to meet the current world by introducing a highly flexible hybrid working policy, along with a 34-hour week, recognising that staff wellbeing and work life balance is high on our agenda.
Our Offer:
A range of benefits including:
• 34 hour full time working week with the offices closing at 1:30pm on Friday
• Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
• 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most role
• Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
• Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
• Free parking
• Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time.
• Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
• Annual flu vaccine
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
• Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
• A professional fee payment, if required for the role
About You:
You will have:
• Education to degree level, with a project management qualification
• Strong project management experience across the full project lifecycle
• Ability to lead service improvement and transformation activity
• Experience of commissioning and procurement methods and an understanding of transformation and the issues relating to Local Government Reorganisation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to analyse complex information and deliver practical solutions
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities
Selection Process:
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.
Swale Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is considered to require political sensitivity and the councils’ Politically Restricted Posts Policy applies. If you would like further information on this, please contact us at hrsupportteam@midkent.gov.uk.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Larissa Reed or Steph Curtis on 01795 417394.
Job Description and Person Specification: https://docs.maidstone.gov.uk/jobs/Project-and-Transformation-Manager-SBC-JDPS-March-26.pdf
Interview Date: w/c 30th March 2026
About the Role:
In this pivotal role as Project and Transformation Manager, you will take the lead on service improvement initiatives and project management activities as identified in the annual delivery plan. You will oversee the full commissioning and project lifecycle—from initial concept and business case development through to options appraisal, cost analysis, and successful project delivery.
Working closely with Heads of Service, you will act as the key link between the ‘client’ and project teams, ensuring the work programme is delivered to a high standard, on time and within scope. You will also manage specific service reviews and business transformation programmes, identifying opportunities to deliver efficiencies and secure identified savings.
A key element of this role includes supporting the Head of Service, along with colleagues across the organisation, to deliver the Local Government Reorganisation agenda.
This role is full time, working 34 hours per week on a permanent contract.
About Swale Borough Council:
Swale Borough Council is a progressive and ambitious Local Authority, located less than an hour from Central London in an attractive and diverse part of Kent involving urban, rural, and coastal areas. We believe that staff are our most valuable asset and we’re committed to attracting and retaining the very best. In recent times we have adapted and evolved to meet the current world by introducing a highly flexible hybrid working policy, along with a 34-hour week, recognising that staff wellbeing and work life balance is high on our agenda.
Our Offer:
A range of benefits including:
• 34 hour full time working week with the offices closing at 1:30pm on Friday
• Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
• 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most role
• Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
• Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
• Free parking
• Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time.
• Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
• Annual flu vaccine
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
• Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
• A professional fee payment, if required for the role
About You:
You will have:
• Education to degree level, with a project management qualification
• Strong project management experience across the full project lifecycle
• Ability to lead service improvement and transformation activity
• Experience of commissioning and procurement methods and an understanding of transformation and the issues relating to Local Government Reorganisation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to analyse complex information and deliver practical solutions
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities
Selection Process:
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.
Swale Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is considered to require political sensitivity and the councils’ Politically Restricted Posts Policy applies. If you would like further information on this, please contact us at hrsupportteam@midkent.gov.uk.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Larissa Reed or Steph Curtis on 01795 417394.
Job Description and Person Specification: https://docs.maidstone.gov.uk/jobs/Project-and-Transformation-Manager-SBC-JDPS-March-26.pdf
Interview Date: w/c 30th March 2026
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