About Us:

A fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and transforming Council. The right career move is often about timing, and this is certainly an exciting time to join South Derbyshire District Council.

The Council’s Transformation Plan aims to underpin service delivery for future years. The delivery of these objectives will depend on a first-class customer experience, a connected digital service, and a continuous improvement in processes. That’s where you come in.

The Change and Innovation Business Partner will support the Council to achieve its transformation ambitions through innovation of working practices and effective project management. The post forms part of the Change and Innovation team and reports to the Change and Innovation Manager.

The post will manage the delivery of dedicated projects or work packages/work streams within larger projects, so good people skills are a must as collaboration between other project managers and project groups is essential.

This role is well placed in the Council to gain a great deal of exposure in a wide variety of work and is part of the Corporate Programme Management Office. Operating within the multi-disciplinary Business Change, ICT & Digital Service this is a great opportunity for an experienced Change Officer or Project Manager to further develop their career.

We are looking for a candidate with the right skillset and positive attitude to drive change in our authority. Regardless of your current sector if you have experience in project management and think this role sounds exciting then we would like to hear from you.

The Council offers flexible hours and working from home.

Provisional Interview Date: Week commencing 5 June 2023.