Interim Transformation in Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid Working)
Rate: £600 per day Inside IR35
Contract Length: Until March 2027
Start Date: ASAP

You will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Strategic Leadership Team, Directors and programme sponsors to strengthen governance, improve delivery confidence and create a sustainable Transformation Office that leaves a lasting legacy for the Council.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and strengthen the Transformation Office and portfolio management arrangements.
• Improve governance, assurance, reporting, risk management and delivery discipline across the transformation portfolio.
• Provide clear and evidence-based reporting on programme progress, risks, dependencies and outcomes.
• Act as the Council's senior client-side lead for transformation delivery and oversight.
• Manage and challenge external transformation partners to ensure value for money and successful outcomes.
• Develop a clear three-year transformation roadmap aligned to the Medium-Term Financial Strategy.
• Identify programme dependencies, capacity constraints, risks and opportunities across the portfolio.
• Create a resource and capability plan to support successful delivery over the next three years.
• Assess and redesign the future operating model for the Transformation Office.
• Develop a phased transition plan to strengthen internal capability and reduce reliance on external support.
• Drive improvements in benefits realisation, programme assurance and portfolio governance.

About You

We are looking for an exceptional transformation professional with a proven track record of leading large-scale organisational change within local government or similarly complex public sector environments.

You will have experience of:

• Leading organisation-wide transformation portfolios.
• Building, developing and leading PMOs and Transformation Offices.
• Portfolio management and programme governance.
• Benefits realisation and savings delivery programmes.
• Designing and implementing assurance frameworks.
• Developing transformation strategies and operating models.
• Supporting financial sustainability and organisational improvement programmes.
• Working with Executive Leadership Teams, Directors, elected members and external stakeholders.
• Building lasting internal capability and embedding sustainable ways of working.

Essential Expertise

• Transformation Office Leadership
• PMO Leadership
• Portfolio Management
• Programme Governance
• Benefits Realisation
• Assurance & Delivery Frameworks
• Organisational Transformation
• Operating Model Design
• Financial Sustainability Programmes
• Resource & Capability Planning
• Stakeholder Management
• Local Government Transformation

If you are interested please do contact Becky Coxon on to discuss this role further.