Person Specification

Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience

Minimum level of qualifications required for this job

Qualifications Required Subject Essential/

Evidence of continued Desirable

Knowledge and Experience

Essential
 Extensive/Specialist/technical knowledge & understanding of Programming
projects;
 Strategic knowledge & understanding of preparing detailed programme
management plans;
 Track record of establishing and implementing effective performance measures
and evaluating service quality.
 Extensive knowledge of working and assimilating a range of complex data
relating to project timings, resources and costs to provide strategic and delivery
reports on project and service solutions.
 Ability to use a range of software Project Management packages including but
not exclusively MS Projects to report on programme performance.
 Extensive Networking ability, developing strong working arrangements and
building relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups partnerships,
including other agencies as a means of ensuring project and service objectives
are met;
 Proven experience of financial and resource planning and the ability to deliver
Value for Money on major contracts and operating in a multi-disciplinary
financial environment engaging with stakeholders;
 Experience of developing focused strategies and prioritising actions, leading to
change and performance improvements and achieving VFM on Major Projects;
 Experience of working with the highest and locally elected politicians and of
ensuring that Project and service outcomes align with broader political
priorities;
 Ability to forward plan and propose budget requirements

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  Ability to monitor spending against budget and actively intervene to maintain
on-target financial performance
 Knowledge and up-to-date understanding of procurement , legislative and
policy frameworks as they apply to the delivery of Major Projects and service;
 Proven experience in the management and development of a highly skilled and
multi-disciplinary professional workforce, including the application of codes of
practice relating to discipline, unsatisfactory performance, sickness monitoring
and related activities;
 Experience of developing and assessing business cases for new pieces of
work;
 Experience of delivering presentations to a wide range of audiences;
 Working knowledge of Health and Safety law and the Construction Design and
Management Regulations;

Desirable
 An understanding of the complexities of local government and the matters
affecting it;

Skills and Attributes

Essential
 Excellent written and interpersonal and communications skills,
 Excellent analytical skills, ability to work with and assimilate complex data sets
relating to project timings, recourses and project costs.
Extensive networking skills with an ability to work with a wide range of range of
colleagues and quickly build working relationships with them.
 Comprehensive IT skills and able to use a range of software Project
Management packages including but not exclusively MS Projects to report on
programme performance.
 Ability to think insightfully and innovatively, based on an underlying
understanding of key principles to provide innovative and beneficial solutions;
 Ability to maintain a thorough awareness of and anticipate external and internal
factors likely to affect the local government and able to find solutions to
complex situations;
 Ability to get stakeholder (including staff) buy in to new, and sometimes
unpopular, ideas;
 Ability to shape and influence local, regional and national policies;
 Ability to negotiate with key partners and businesses to build collaborative
solutions that recognise the diverse needs of our communities;
 Ability to lead, motivate and develop staff in a way that builds individual and
team capacity to deliver quality services and continuous improvement;
 Flexible in hours of work;
 Commitment to continuous personal development

Other

Essential
 Have the ability to visit stakeholder offices and sites, when necessary, where
public transport is limited.
 Be able to attend meetings out of hours when necessary

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Cambridgeshire Behaviours - WIRE

The following describes how you are expected to carry out your work. Essentially it’s
about how we do things, how we treat others and how we expect to be treated.

Working together
 I look for ways to maximise the value of working together, building support ‘behind
the scenes’ for changes to delivery and providing focus and direction in delivering
to joint outcomes
 I show a close interest in all the services that my Service is designed to manage.

Integrity
 I think creatively, offering original solutions outside of conventional expectations
 I take responsibility for actions
 I actively seek feedback about my Service and make it accountable

Respect
 I identify areas for development in meeting all stakeholders, customers’ and
colleagues’ expectations
 I innovate within my sphere of influence to change others’ behaviours and the use
of resources for the better

Excellence
 I manage change effectively
 I design, innovate and influence best practice in the work of my team, designers,
contractors, partners and myself