Job Description

Barnardo's is looking for an exceptional Programme Delivery Manager to join our Transformation & Delivery team. In this key role, you'll lead the delivery of complex, high-impact programmes, ensuring strategic alignment, strong governance, and sustained momentum across multiple projects.


Programme Delivery Manager
Location: Hybrid with occasional travel (minimum requirement to travel to London once per month)
Contract: Full-time fixed term for 12 months


What you'll do:


Lead high-value, complex cross-directorate programmes aligned to Barnardo's strategic goals.
Manage risks, dependencies, and change processes to keep delivery on track.
Act as the key escalation point for programme-level issues.
Champion innovation and continuous improvement across teams.
Coach and mentor Delivery Managers, embedding Agile and benefits-led practices.
The role includes line management responsibilities.


What we're looking for:


Formal qualifications in programme management (MSP, APM PMQ, AgilePM).
Proven experience delivering large, multi-workstream programmes in complex environments with ambitious timescales and deliverables.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to influence and engage across all levels of the organisation.
Ability to drive performance and foster collaboration across diverse teams.
Prior experience of system implementation and systems development, ideally Dynamics D365


Why Barnardo's?
Join a team committed to equity, inclusion, and making a real difference for children, young people and their families. You'll work in a dynamic environment where your expertise shapes impactful outcomes.


Apply today and help us deliver change that matters.


Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.


Pay & Reward Framework


We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.


For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.


Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.


Benefits


Workplace Offer: What it means for you


Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.


Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer


*T&C's apply based on contract


About Barnardo's


We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.


Our basis and values


Reference number:
22261
Job Title:
Programme Delivery Manager
Location:
Lynton House
Contract type:
Fixed term
End date:
12 months
Hours:
36.25
Salary:
52,265 - 57,865 + 312 office at home allowance per annum
Closing Date:
7 January 2026
Interview Date:
16th January 2026
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Benefits
Discounts at 100's of retailers
Employee suggestion scheme
Company pension
Employee Assistance Programme


Work Location: Hybrid remote in London WC1H