Hybrid Project Manager – Data Strategy

at Gloucestershire County Council

• Job title: Project Manager – Data Strategy
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £37,280 - £47,181 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Gloucester, United Kingdom

About the role

• Project Manager for Data Strategy Implementation at Gloucestershire County Council. Managing projects to drive strategy adoption and delivering key initiatives across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Play a pivotal role in turning the data strategy into reality
• Work closely with colleagues across Planning, Performance and Insights as well as key stakeholders from across the whole council
• Manage key cultural, behavioural, and implementation activities that support successful adoption of the strategy across the organisation
• Drive initiatives such as managing culture change projects (including our data champion network)
• Benefits tracking and delivering the rollout of strategic deliverables such as the Data Quality Framework.

Requirements

• Experience of delivering data and intelligence related change projects
• Confidence to engage and influence colleagues at all levels
• Proactive and organised communicator
• Ability to manage the delivery of one or more projects at pace
• Comfortable developing training and adoption plans
• Ability to ensure that changes are understood, owned, and embedded across the council
• Self motivated and adaptable
• Thrive in collaborative environments and work effectively across teams and services to drive positive cultural and operational change.

Benefits

• Flexible and agile working opportunities (please note this is a hybrid role with the expectation of working two days a week in Shire Hall Gloucester)
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme (Eligibility criteria and T&Cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (Eligibility criteria and T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.