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BUSINESS FUNCTION: Strategic Development

GRADE: ML2/SB2

SALARY: £56,512 to £69,752 per annum

ROLE TYPE: Hybrid

HOURS: 37 per week

Is leading and delivering major programmes with a strategic edge ‘Your Thing’?

We are looking for an excellent communicator with a proven track record in successfully delivering Business Change to join the Strategic Development team based in either York or Manchester, with remote working options and travel.

Connecting millions of people and communities across the North is our mission. With 2,500 trains a day, we connect people to jobs, friends, family, and the wonders of the North.

We're improving rail travel, enhancing the experience on board and at stations. Customers are at the heart of our business as we improve performance and create a better way to go.

We're driving economic value and sustainable growth for the North and its people. Our commitment to the environment means reducing our impact and enhancing the world around us.

Make a difference. Make it last. Make it easy. Make it happen. Make it yours. These are our values.

Ready to make them yours? Join us on this journey.

About the role:

You will have responsibility for leading all elements of Northern’s delivery of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) infrastructure programme and supporting delivery of projects/workstreams in the Northern TRU Business Plan.

Acting as the key interface between Northern and the TRU Programme team on all TRU delivery related activities, working collaboratively with industry partners at a programme level to ensure the integrity of the programme.

We are looking for the right person to successfully deliver the key outputs projects which contribute to realising the benefits to our customers.

If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

This is a varied and challenging role, but here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:

• Lead Northern's TRU project delivery and provide input at the programme level
• Represent Northern in key programme meetings and reviews
• Contribute to the development of an Integrated Industry schedule
• Ensure minimal customer disruption while efficiently delivering the TRU programme
• Collaborate with industry partners to devise and execute plans for customer benefits through Key Outputs methodology

About you:

You will be educated to a degree level or equivalent and have significant experience in project management with a clear understanding of programme management techniques, such as risk management, providing status reports, schedule forecasting, budgeting.

We’re also looking for the following:

• Proven experience in Railway Operations Management
• Excellent communicator both written and verbal
• Ability to achieve results through influence and use of evidence based decisions
• Experience of project management principles and ability to scope and lead work packages
• Having a project management qualification would be advantageous

Our Benefits:

Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:

• Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
• 75% discount with other Train Operating Companies - after 2 years with us, you’ll also get discounted travel on many other rail services in the UK and Europe.
• Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
• A generous holiday entitlement - our holiday entitlements can help you feel like you can get away too.
• Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months’ maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme - if you join us at Manager or Executive level or above, you can use your salary to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave each year.

You can find out more here

Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received.

However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!

We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.