Driving meaningful change is at the heart of this role. As a Transformation Project Lead, you'll play a key role in delivering projects that improve services, enhance ways of working and support positive outcomes for residents and communities across West Northamptonshire. Working within our Transformation Team, you'll take ownership of a portfolio of change projects, leading them from initial concept through to delivery and benefits realisation. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with project and change management experience who enjoys working with stakeholders, solving complex problems and helping services adapt and improve. You'll join a collaborative and supportive team where innovation, continuous improvement and delivering measurable outcomes are central to everything we do.

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.

You'll lead the delivery of a range of transformation and service improvement projects, managing them from initial scoping and planning through to implementation and post-project review. Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, you'll gather and interpret business requirements, identify improvement opportunities and develop practical solutions that meet service needs and organisational priorities.

You'll be responsible for project governance, planning, risk management, resource coordination and budget monitoring, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and to the required quality standards. Through effective stakeholder engagement and communication, you'll build strong relationships, manage expectations and provide clear reporting and advice throughout the project lifecycle. 

A key aspect of the role will be supporting services to embed sustainable change and develop their capability in service improvement techniques. You'll use project management and business improvement methodologies to help teams identify efficiencies, streamline processes and deliver lasting benefits for the organisation and its customers.

You're an organised and proactive project professional with experience of leading business change, service improvement or transformation projects. You have a strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies, together with the ability to analyse business processes, identify improvement opportunities and deliver practical solutions.

You bring excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to build relationships, influence outcomes and work confidently with colleagues at all levels. Comfortable managing competing priorities and navigating changing environments, you're able to balance attention to detail with a focus on delivering outcomes and benefits.

Whether your experience has been gained in local government or elsewhere, you'll be passionate about continuous improvement, thrive on helping organisations adapt and grow, and be motivated by making a positive difference. Above all, you'll share our THRIVE values and commitment to delivering excellent services for the people and communities of West Northamptonshire.

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us. 

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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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