Delivery Unit Partner
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Job Description: The Delivery Unit Partner role at Wandsworth involves leading a team focused on enhancing service delivery for residents by collaborating with senior leaders and service areas. The position requires strategic insight and strong collaboration skills to drive accountability and results in line with the council's ambitions. The role emphasizes evidence-led approaches to identify and implement improvements in service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to influence how the council meets community expectations and achieves its strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a small team to connect service areas needing support with senior leadership.
- Collaborate with colleagues to build on organizational strengths for future delivery.
- Provide insight into service delivery challenges and support rapid improvement plans.
- Utilize qualitative and quantitative data to identify areas for improvement.
- Support the Delivery Unit Programme Director in presenting progress data to senior leadership.
Skills Required:
- Significant experience in leading and managing diverse project teams.
- Knowledge of planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes.
- Experience in achieving sustainable improvements and translating strategic objectives into operational plans.
- Ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Proficient in influencing, persuading, and negotiating across various disciplines.
- Programme management or Business Design/Analyst qualification (e.g., MSP, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma).
Salary (Rate): £60,515 per annum
City: Wandsworth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About Us
Job Title: Delivery Unit Partner
Salary Range: £49,939 - £60,515 per annum per annum
Fixed Term - Fulltime
Location: Wandsworth Town Hall
Objective of role
Wandsworth is a borough with big ambitions—ambitions rooted in delivering more for our residents. It’s not about doing more for the sake of it but about meeting the high expectations our communities rightly have of us: cleaner, safer streets, responsive services, and a council that delivers on its promises. As a Delivery Unit Partner, you’ll play a key leadership role in a new team focused on turning ambition into action. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and services across the council to identify delivery priorities, track progress, and build the capacity and momentum needed to drive accountability and results. You’ll bring strategic insight, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for public service. This is a unique opportunity to help shape how we deliver for our communities and ensure our strategic ambitions—like those set out in the London Growth Plan—translate into real outcomes.
About The Role
As Wandsworth Delivery Unit Partner, you will lead a small team who will connect service areas that need support directly to the Executive Director of Change & Innovation, Chief Executive and Leader. You will work alongside colleagues, building on the strength and skills across the organisation for future delivery. You will provide insight into the challenges of service delivery, collaborate with service areas to form plans for rapid improvement, then stand alongside these services to support them in delivering the improvements. You will take an evidence-led approach, putting qualitative and quantitative data together to get to the heart of why service delivery needs to improve. You will support the Delivery Unit Programme Director in presenting the data to the Executive Director of Change & Innovation, Chief Executive and Leader of the Council regularly to demonstrate progress on agreed improvement work.
Essential Qualifications, Skills And Experience
- Significant knowledge and experience of leading and managing diverse project teams on behalf of the Business Lead to ensure strong input from subject matter expertise
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes
- Experience of management and achieving sustainable improvements, with the ability to translate strategic objectives into operational plans
- Experience of building effective working relationships with stakeholders and influencing at all levels and areas of the business and with external partners
- Proficient skills in influencing, persuading and negotiating with a variety of stakeholders and across a wide range of disciplines to drive change and improvement.
- Programme management and/or Business Design/Analyst qualification i.e. MSP, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma, Change Management Practitioner or equivalent experience
Indicative Recruitment Timeline
Closing Date: Sunday 29th June 2025
Shortlisting Date: W/C 30th June 2025
Interview Date: W/C 07th July 2025
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Useful Information
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Attached documents
- Anonymised Application Guide for candidates.pdf
- Delivery Unit Partner Job Profile.pdf
£60,515 Per year
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Job Description: The Delivery Unit Partner role at Wandsworth involves leading a team focused on enhancing service delivery for residents by collaborating with senior leaders and service areas. The position requires strategic insight and strong collaboration skills to drive accountability and results in line with the council's ambitions. The role emphasizes evidence-led approaches to identify and implement improvements in service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to influence how the council meets community expectations and achieves its strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a small team to connect service areas needing support with senior leadership.
- Collaborate with colleagues to build on organizational strengths for future delivery.
- Provide insight into service delivery challenges and support rapid improvement plans.
- Utilize qualitative and quantitative data to identify areas for improvement.
- Support the Delivery Unit Programme Director in presenting progress data to senior leadership.
Skills Required:
- Significant experience in leading and managing diverse project teams.
- Knowledge of planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes.
- Experience in achieving sustainable improvements and translating strategic objectives into operational plans.
- Ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Proficient in influencing, persuading, and negotiating across various disciplines.
- Programme management or Business Design/Analyst qualification (e.g., MSP, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma).
Salary (Rate): £60,515 per annum
City: Wandsworth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About Us
Job Title: Delivery Unit Partner
Salary Range: £49,939 - £60,515 per annum per annum
Fixed Term - Fulltime
Location: Wandsworth Town Hall
Objective of role
Wandsworth is a borough with big ambitions—ambitions rooted in delivering more for our residents. It’s not about doing more for the sake of it but about meeting the high expectations our communities rightly have of us: cleaner, safer streets, responsive services, and a council that delivers on its promises. As a Delivery Unit Partner, you’ll play a key leadership role in a new team focused on turning ambition into action. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and services across the council to identify delivery priorities, track progress, and build the capacity and momentum needed to drive accountability and results. You’ll bring strategic insight, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for public service. This is a unique opportunity to help shape how we deliver for our communities and ensure our strategic ambitions—like those set out in the London Growth Plan—translate into real outcomes.
About The Role
As Wandsworth Delivery Unit Partner, you will lead a small team who will connect service areas that need support directly to the Executive Director of Change & Innovation, Chief Executive and Leader. You will work alongside colleagues, building on the strength and skills across the organisation for future delivery. You will provide insight into the challenges of service delivery, collaborate with service areas to form plans for rapid improvement, then stand alongside these services to support them in delivering the improvements. You will take an evidence-led approach, putting qualitative and quantitative data together to get to the heart of why service delivery needs to improve. You will support the Delivery Unit Programme Director in presenting the data to the Executive Director of Change & Innovation, Chief Executive and Leader of the Council regularly to demonstrate progress on agreed improvement work.
Essential Qualifications, Skills And Experience
- Significant knowledge and experience of leading and managing diverse project teams on behalf of the Business Lead to ensure strong input from subject matter expertise
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes
- Experience of management and achieving sustainable improvements, with the ability to translate strategic objectives into operational plans
- Experience of building effective working relationships with stakeholders and influencing at all levels and areas of the business and with external partners
- Proficient skills in influencing, persuading and negotiating with a variety of stakeholders and across a wide range of disciplines to drive change and improvement.
- Programme management and/or Business Design/Analyst qualification i.e. MSP, Prince2, Lean Six Sigma, Change Management Practitioner or equivalent experience
Indicative Recruitment Timeline
Closing Date: Sunday 29th June 2025
Shortlisting Date: W/C 30th June 2025
Interview Date: W/C 07th July 2025
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Useful Information
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Attached documents
- Anonymised Application Guide for candidates.pdf
- Delivery Unit Partner Job Profile.pdf
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