Business Development and Programme Manager

Job Introduction

Business Development and Programme Manager (2 year Fixed Term Contract)

This is an exciting opportunity to bring together your passion for place-based economic development and experience in delivering high-impact programmes to deliver inclusive, collaborative approaches supporting high profile programmes for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. You will be working on delivering the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s evening and night time economy, and leading innovative stakeholder engagement.

This role is an exciting opportunity to develop and manage economic initiatives that span both strategic policy and on-the-ground delivery. You will work with multidisciplinary project teams involving public realm enhancements, traders, youth and work closely with strategic partners. Working closely with other colleagues you will also be involved in undertaking events across town centres to ensure they are inclusive, vibrant and economically sustainable spaces.

Stakeholder engagement will be key in this role and will be a fundamental driver of successful policy and programme success. Building strong cross-sector partnerships, running deliberative engagement sessions, and ensuring that underrepresented voices are at the heart of strategy design is vital. Greenwich is ambitious to transform the way engagement is undertaken including introducing Stakeholder Assembly sessions and you would be leading that that change.

Project and programme management is central to this role, alongside overseeing capital and revenue programmes, working with internal teams, consultants, and external partners to ensure projects deliver on time, within budget, and reached the desired metrics.  

You will be comfortable navigating senior political and organisational environments and familiar in preparing briefings for councillors and senior officers, advising on policy options using economic and qualitative evidence, and representing the services at strategic boards.

You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft suite, including Excel and other data software.   

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification for this role.

If you are interested in applying for this role, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please click the Apply button below and complete an application form.  Please ensure that you clearly set out in your supporting statement how you meet the criteria set out in the Person Specification document.

In return, we offer a range of staff benefits and are committed to staff development and creating a supportive environment for colleagues to flourish and develop. We’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements and understand how these can help achieve a good work/life balance.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Catherine Brice;    catherine.brice@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     07851100640  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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