Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex (Hybrid)
Contract, Full time
Salary range: £88,047 - £107,819 (pro rata) p.a. inc. London weighting
40 hours
An Excellent Opportunity…
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
Brent Council is an exciting place to be right now. We’re recruiting an experienced digital transformation professional to lead the next year of our established digital transformation programme. Working across a number of departments to support the delivery of Brent’s Digital Strategy and programme of strategic change, you and your team will support the digital development and transformation of key functions within the Council, helping to ensure that digital supports the Council’s priorities; that services are easier and more accessible for residents and businesses and that everyone in Brent can benefit from the benefits of digital technology.
You’ll be providing high-level advice to multi-functional teams on programmes to deliver organisational change, while re-engineering business processes to work smarter through digitalisation to benefit both residents and the Council. You’ll lead digital service improvement, transformation and cultural change projects across the entire Council and its partners, advising and supporting senior management on the Council’s digital strategic transformation initiatives.
The Person
You are an experienced programme lead with experience of leading and managing major digital transformation programmes in local authorities or other complex organisations. You have strong programme management skills, the ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and extensive knowledge of new digital technologies and of implementing these in complex organisations.
Our Offer to You
In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:
- 33 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service
- Very generous employer pension contribution
- Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)
- A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave
- Access to affordable parking nearby
- Access to our Zipcar scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling
- Season ticket loan for public transport
- Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
- Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.
Closing date: 15 June 2025 (23:59)
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk