BDUK Programme Manager

There will be occasional travel required as part of the role.

Our goal at CityFibre is to unlock the digital potential of Britain by creating a broadband network that works seamlessly for everyone, every day. Powerful, gigabit-speed connections that enable people across entire communities to enjoy life in full flow. To do this, we make sure that our people’s voices are heard, their ideas are welcomed, and everyone is given the opportunity to make a real impact.

We encourage change, have a challenger mindset, foster innovation and nurture a welcoming, inclusive and supportive community. In this environment we allow you to bring your best-self to work every day, helping you to achieve your goals, grow your career and reach your full potential.

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women; are endorsed by WORK180; have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant; and are a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re committed to changing the industry for everyone. 

What you can expect from us

Everyone at CityFibre has an important part to play, and we reflect that in our benefits. With a competitive salary depending on experience + a car allowance, when you join us, you’ll also enjoy 25 days’ holiday, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of your choice, a performance-related bonus scheme, and private healthcare.

We believe we deliver our best when we work together. It’s the way we do things, trusting and giving our people the autonomy to manage their own day-to-day, promoting wellbeing, whilst still prioritising time together with our colleagues to connect, collaborate and share our ideas.

How you’ll change it up

You’ll own the successful programme management of CityFibre’s Full Fibre BDUK network rollout, leading across regional teams to communicate and coordinate requirements, ensuring that cross-functional dependencies and processes are managed and understood so we can successfully deliver our milestones and contractual commitments. Day to day, this is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Managing up to three BDUK contacts end-to-end, to a subsidy value of circa £300m
• Acting as the CityFibre external interface into the BDUK organisation
• Matrix management of all internal projects and workstreams
• Responsible for delivering the contractual build units and associated deliverables
• Compiling and validating internal and external reporting
• Managing the change control process

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll have project management experience delivering government programmes or contracts, as well as experience managing and controlling multi-million-pound budgets. You’ll also bring the following:

• Strong influencing, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Ability to manage large and complex datasets, schedules and reports
• PPM qualification such as Prince2, APM, P30 etc.
• Full UK driving license

We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Our people have a wide range of experiences and perspectives – and it’s this diversity of thought that makes us who we are.

CityFibre is working hard to change up the telecoms industry. This means we’re committed to providing equal opportunities to people from all backgrounds and commitments, including your carer and family status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender and gender identity. We’re also offering training programmes and placement opportunities to support the skilled, career changers, service-leavers, and returning workers to become part of our teams.

If there’s any additional support or adjustment you require in the application process to help you achieve your best, please get in touch by emailing em>careers@cityfibre.com</em. We’re here to support you in changing up your career.

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