Fixed term or secondment opportunity until 31 March 2019 (with possible option for extension).
The role
The LGA represents 415 local authorities in England and Wales. Our Leadership and Improvement work directly supports councils through a number of programmes including our support to councils’ commercial activities.
For most local authorities, nothing is more important at the moment than building their capacity to make savings or generate income that will allow them to maintain and improve services to citizens. The Productivity Programme is an integrated programme of projects designed to help local authorities individually and collectively to make best use of resources during a period of changing public services. For more information on Productivity programmes please click here http://www.local.gov.uk/productivity .
The requirements
You will have the knowledge and experience of digital work in the public sector and credibility to engage effectively with the councils, central government and IT suppliers. The role is to manage, monitor and support the projects currently funded by the LGA including, the 9 digital transformation projects and 21 digital channel shift projects to help them deliver their outcomes and to help capture and mainstream their learning to enable other councils apply this to their work. We are also about to funded another group of councils (circa 6) to implement some online forms developed under programme, in their councils.
The person we offer this role to will be a self-starter who can quickly come to grips with the work of each project as well as has an understand of the wider context including what councils are doing more broadly on digital work and the issues they need to deal with in addressing digital transformation.
The successful applicant will be a team player with experience of project management approaches and research and an understanding and interest in the issues involved in achieving efficiency in particular through the effective use of digital tools and solutions across the public sector. This role will be of particular interest to anyone with direct experience of working on digital projects and new technology in a public sector setting.
To apply
For further information and to apply online please visit http://jobs.local.gov.uk
Please note the Job Description is generic, with details of the role outlined above.
Closing Date: 5pm, Wednesday 21 February
Interview Date: Wednesday 7 March (provisional)
The LGA values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community