Realisation Officer

Overview

The Benefits Realisation Lead plays a senior, strategic specialist role within the Council ensuring that the benefits of projects and programs are consistently identified, quantified, realized, and maximized for the community's advantage. The role involves working closely with stakeholders including senior leaders, managers and project teams to ensure that all projects deliver tangible benefits and contribute to strategic objectives.

1. Resident & Community Contribution

• To demonstrate understanding of the Councils Customer Care Standards and ensure that these standards are met in order to deliver the Council vision of putting our residents first.

2. People Management

• No direct supervisory responsibility however will be responsible for convening and leading activities including senior officers, with significant CMT exposure, and will be required to establish and coordinate meetings and task and finish groups, and to assist in induction and training of peers and new employees.

3. Operational Service Delivery

• Develop and implement a benefits realisation strategy and implementation arrangements aligned with the government's strategic goals and priorities.
• Identify, define, and quantify benefits for new and existing projects, ensuring clear linkage to organisational objectives.
• Work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders to create detailed benefits realisation plans.

• Engage and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to foster a shared understanding of benefits realisation processes.
• Provide guidance and training to project teams on best practices for benefits identification, tracking, and reporting.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to ensure stakeholder buy-in and commitment to benefits realisation.

• Develop and implement mechanisms for tracking and reporting on benefits realisation, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Regularly review project progress to ensure that benefits are being realised as planned and identify any issues or risks to benefit realisation.
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership on the status of benefits realisation across the portfolio of projects.
• Continuously evaluate and improve benefits realisation processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Lead lessons learned sessions to capture insights and best practices from completed projects and apply them to future initiatives.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and developments in benefits realisation and incorporate relevant innovations into the local government's practices.

• Maintain knowledge of the Councils plans, priorities, risks, opportunities and programmes, alongside the Teams Plan and understanding of own contribution in order to ensure delivery of these plans.
• To demonstrate cost-consciousness and identify any cost effective changes to own way of working.

• To identify and suggest any improvements to current ways of working in order to deliver a more efficient and effective service for customers.

• Primary contact will be with other officers within the Council, Members, and service users / residents and their representative bodies.

• Complete other reasonable tasks in order to fulfil role purpose or as instructed by management.

Delivery of the agreed Personal Performance Appraisal Objectives

1. QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience.

Professional certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, AGILE) is highly desirable.

Evidence of continuing professional development

Significant, specialized knowledge in benefits realization and demonstrable experience of its application

2. STATUTORY or ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service,

3. EXPERIENCE

Evidence you have continuously evaluated and improved benefits realisation processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness..

Collaborative working, ability to to capture insights and best practices from completed projects and apply them to future initiatives.

Proven track record of successfully delivering benefits realisation outcomes in complex project environments.

Demonstrable experience of best practices in benefits realisation and relevant tools and methodologies.

4. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Strategic Thinking:
Ability to understand and align projects with broader organisational goals and objectives.

Stay abreast of industry trends and developments in benefits realisation and incorporate relevant innovations into the local government's practices

Analytical

Skills:

Strong analytical skills to identify, quantify, and monitor benefits.

Stakeholder Management:
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage and influence stakeholders effectively.

Project Management:
Solid understanding of project management…