FILLED (ref # DM4199) Programme Management Officer

Programme Office Manager,

Interim,
Initially 1-2 Months,
Canary Wharf Based
Competitive Rate, Immediate start
Role Summary

Our client is a large Organisation based in Canary Wharf undergoing a number of Transformational Operational and Organisational Projects. They are looking for a Programme Management Officer.

As the Client is looking to fill this role quickly CV's will be reviewed up until 1pm on Thursday 31st of May only.

KEY skills/requirements:

* Solid experience of programme office planning, financial management, reporting and facilitating governance boards.
* In-depth knowledge and use of programme/project management planning tools
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, managing expectations through timely and appropriate communications;
Role:

This role includes the following activities:
* Facilitate Project Board Reporting
* Establish, track and report against MS project plans
* Establish and lead the implementation of internal governance processes e.g. Change Control, Risk and Issues Management and Reporting.
* Programme/ Project Planning
* Stakeholder Management
* Change control
* Manage Programme Office to agreed scope, milestones and assured quality standards using governance and review authorities as appropriate e.g. Technology Design Authority.

FILLED (ref # DB6118) Organisation Design Consultant, Financial Services

Organisation Design Consultant,
Financial Services Canary Wharf,
3 months + , Market Rate,
Early June start.


Role Summary

Our client, operating within Financial Services, requires an experienced Organisation Design consultant to work on the detailed organisation and job design for the operating divisions of a new organisation.

Deadline for response: This is an urgent requirement, therefore the deadline is tight. CVs need to be received no later than 5 pm on Wednesday 30th May to be considered for the initial submission to the client.

Role Detail
The high level organisation design and target operating model for the new organisation has been completed, with 7 divisions identified, each led by a Director reporting into the CEO. The size of the new organisation is estimated at 3,000 people.

The Organisation Design Consultant will operate within the overall 'People and Culture'workstream.

The main responsibilities of the Organisation Design consultant are as follows:

1) Define an approach to organisation design that can be consistently applied across all divisions, incorporating external benchmarks and best practice as appropriate
2) Work with each divisional director to design their first two layers of management
3) Work with the Rewards workstream to appropriately size and scope each role
4) Work with HR Business Partners to produce detailed job descriptions for each role
5) Establish a base against which to identify any talent or skills gaps.

Key Skills and Requirements

Essential

* Experienced Organisation Design consultant, with a proven track record in delivering organisation design projects of a similar scale and complexity
* OD Experience in Financial Services
* Comfortable dealing with C-level and senior stakeholders

FILLED (ref # DM4198) Business Analyst

Permanent Business Analyst,

Watford Based,
£55,000 Salary plus 20% Bonus plus Benefits.

Role Summary

Our client operates in the retail sector and is expanding with 358 stores currently and 35 stores being added per annum. The business is improving the IT function to remove bottlenecks and increase performance in a number of areas. These include:

* Legacy systems which are fragmented
* Core system replacement which could go to an ERP solution.
* Customer facing EPOS systems being rolled out to stores.
* Web channel and development of multi channel retailing.

To help manage these improvements the company is looking for a business analyst to join a team of 3 other BA's reporting to the Head of Strategic Change, working at their head office in Watford. The successful candidate will be familiar with implementing systems (retail preferred) and will be a pragmatic individual able
to bring structure, rigour and commonality to the business.

Key skills/requirements:

The client is looking for:

Mandatory
* An experienced Business Analyst familiar with Business Case Design, Requirements Gathering, Functional Design, Test Plans and Benefits Review.

Desirable
* Retail experience, used to implementing retail Systems
* Experience of functional retail systems including Buying and Supply Chain, Warehouse, Logistics and Point of Sale.

Role Details :

The activities to be undertaken by the Business analysts include:
* Working with the business developing the business case for new business initiatives.
* Analysing and producing comprehensive and accurate business requirements and performing gap analysis to functional designs.
* Assessing the impact of changes on systems, interfaces, processes and people
* Analysing operating procedures, work flow improvement, organizational changes, introduction of controls and procedures, evaluation of equipment and automation requirements, etc.
* Working with key business stakeholders, other Business Analysts and business users in ensuring that the requirements, risk and cost/benefits of each project are thoroughly explored
* Working alongside the IT technical development and testing teams in defining test scenarios, test acceptance criteria and database design ensuring that the business requirements have been interpreted correctly.
* Developing a thorough understanding of the existing applications and technologies.
* Working with external third party suppliers as required and within the context of a given project.
* Adhering to and promoting the governance process (Prince 2 based).
* Keeping apprised of the latest technical and commercial developments within the IT and retail finance industries

FILLED (ref # DB6117) Change Implementation Manager

Change Implementation Manager, Central London,

6 months + ,
Up to £750 per day,
Early June start.

Role Summary

Our client is mid-way through an organisation-wide change programme designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency across its businesses in the UK.

With the organisational & process design phase now complete, they now require an experienced Change Implementation Manager to identify, scope and implement all the 'people aspects' of the proposed changes, and work with business sponsors and project managers to ensure that they are effectively embedded into the new organisations.

Deadline for response: 5 pm Friday 18th May.

Role & Responsibilities

Key aspects of the role will involve:

* defining and applying a change management approach and structure which is tuned to the needs of those impacted by the changes

* creating and implementing a set of actionable change management plans that minimize employee resistance and maximize employee engagement, driving faster adoption of the proposed changes

* supporting workstream specialists (e.g. OD, training, comms) in integrating change management activities into their project plans and formulating specific change activities to support the implementation

* identifying potential areas of resistance and people-side risks and developing specific plans to address these concerns

* acting as a coach for senior leaders and executives in helping them fulfil the role of change sponsor throughout the implementation phase

* providing direct support and coaching to front-line managers and supervisors as they help their direct reports through transitions

* creating means of measuring the adoption and proficiency of the changes to retain focus on achieving targeted business results.

Key Skills and Requirements
Essential

* Proven track record in successfully implementing organisational change within large-scale organisations

* Experienced Change Management practitioner with deep knowledge of change management principles and methodologies, and experience of applying these appropriately to different environments

* Strong sponsor coaching / project facilitation skills - possessing the gravitas, credibility, and hands on ability to effectively operate at all levels within the organisation

Desired

* Previous experience of implementing organisational changes in construction / engineering industries.