Delivery Lead

Why Southwark?

Southwark Council is delivering a major programme of change to improve outcomes for residents while ensuring services remain financially sustainable.

The Change team within Strategy & Communities leads a cross-council portfolio of transformation work focused on improving services, redesigning processes and delivering savings.

The team combines programme management, delivery management, service design, business analysis and PMO capability to support services across the council to deliver change.

What You'll Be Doing

We are looking for a Delivery Lead to manage projects within this portfolio.

In this role you will:

• Lead the delivery of projects within the council’s transformation portfolio.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones and delivery schedules.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams working on change initiatives.
• Manage risks, issues and dependencies.
• Work with service leaders to support implementation of new processes and ways of working.
• Track delivery progress and report to programme governance structures.
• Ensure projects deliver agreed outcomes and benefits.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience delivering complex projects or transformation initiatives, including the delivery of financial benefits
• Strong project planning and delivery management skills.
• Experience working across organisational boundaries.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and maintain delivery momentum.

Additional Information

Advert close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 26th April 2026

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

SWCINT

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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