Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of projects and workstreams, ensuring agreed objectives, milestones and outcomes are achieved.
• Develop and deliver effective communication and stakeholder engagement approaches across the programme.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, technical specialists and wider business functions.
• Translate complex or technical information into clear, concise communications for different audiences.
• Coordinate activity across multiple teams, ensuring priorities, dependencies and responsibilities are understood.
• Provide clear reporting on delivery progress, risks, issues, dependencies and key decisions.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder sessions, governance meetings and delivery reviews.
• Identify and manage risks and issues, escalating where appropriate and driving actions through to resolution.
• Support change and transformation activity by ensuring stakeholders remain informed and engaged throughout delivery.
• Drive collaboration across teams and maintain momentum against agreed delivery plans.
• Ensure communications are timely, consistent and aligned with wider programme objectives

About you:

• Active SC clearance.
• Ability to work onsite in Preston 3 days per week.
• Proven experience working as a Delivery Lead, Delivery Manager or similar delivery-focused role.
• Strong professional background in communications, stakeholder engagement or strategic communications.
• Experience leading the delivery of complex projects or transformation initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences.
• Experience managing delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Confident facilitating workshops, meetings and governance sessions.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex delivery environments.