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Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/2/2025
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Description
Location
Manchester, GB
Department Name
IN Northern Programmes Sponsorship Team (457102) G2
About Network Rail
Key Information
Role: Sponsor
Salary: £46,701 to £52,538 per annum
Location: Manchester Square One or York Normal Place of Work, but expectation of co-location with West Alliance project teams in HD1 Huddersfield office approx. 2 days per week.
Contract Type: Full time – This is a 12-month secondment/fixed-term opportunity with the potential to become permanent.
Office Requirement: Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week, location as above
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.
Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Watch our video to find out more!
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here.
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here .
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.
Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
For more information visit www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk
Brief Description
The sponsor role requires you to direct and manage the development and implementation of a number of renewal and enhancement projects, funded by government, customer, stakeholder, or multiple funders, where Network Rail assumes a sponsorship role.Delivering the project benefit realisation to agreed scope, time and cost. Specifically, you will be joining a project sponsor team currently assigned within the TRU West Alliance, working closely with Project and Integration leads to deliver your portfolio of projects currently in PACE Stages ES5-8. This covers multidisciplinary rail system infrastructure works including station rebuilds at Huddersfield and Deighton, a new TOC LMD depot at Hillhouse, a number of civils works including bridge reconstructions, route boundary change, track, signalling and electrification works. Ideal Candidate
Working in dynamic environments, driving success in complex situations, and working with stakeholders is desirable to lead in the successful delivery of improvements to the railway network.Above all we are looking for candidates who have the confidence to manage complex information, have the ability to work with uncertainty and work independently at times. The successful candidate will provide oversight of the benefit realisation of the projects to agreed scope, time and cost whilst forging and leading positive customer relationships.
This is an exciting and challenging sponsor role with an existing team structure to mentor and support your development. You will develop an understanding and capability of the TRU sponsorship function through shadowing, managing, and supporting projects with future opportunities in this growing programme as we continue our delivery phases over the next decade.
About The Role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
We are an inclusive employer of choice, Disability Confident Leader ! We encourage people to work flexibly and welcome applications from everyone Click here for more information .
Vi sit Evenbreak’s Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact [email protected] .
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.
Salary: starting at £46,701 to £52,538 per annum per annum.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract opportunity with the potential to become permanent.
Closing date : 15 th July 2025 . Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
Manchester, GB
Department Name
IN Northern Programmes Sponsorship Team (457102) G2
About Network Rail
Key Information
Role: Sponsor
Salary: £46,701 to £52,538 per annum
Location: Manchester Square One or York Normal Place of Work, but expectation of co-location with West Alliance project teams in HD1 Huddersfield office approx. 2 days per week.
Contract Type: Full time – This is a 12-month secondment/fixed-term opportunity with the potential to become permanent.
Office Requirement: Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week, location as above
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.
Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Watch our video to find out more!
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here.
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here .
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.
Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
For more information visit www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk
Brief Description
The sponsor role requires you to direct and manage the development and implementation of a number of renewal and enhancement projects, funded by government, customer, stakeholder, or multiple funders, where Network Rail assumes a sponsorship role.Delivering the project benefit realisation to agreed scope, time and cost. Specifically, you will be joining a project sponsor team currently assigned within the TRU West Alliance, working closely with Project and Integration leads to deliver your portfolio of projects currently in PACE Stages ES5-8. This covers multidisciplinary rail system infrastructure works including station rebuilds at Huddersfield and Deighton, a new TOC LMD depot at Hillhouse, a number of civils works including bridge reconstructions, route boundary change, track, signalling and electrification works. Ideal Candidate
Working in dynamic environments, driving success in complex situations, and working with stakeholders is desirable to lead in the successful delivery of improvements to the railway network.Above all we are looking for candidates who have the confidence to manage complex information, have the ability to work with uncertainty and work independently at times. The successful candidate will provide oversight of the benefit realisation of the projects to agreed scope, time and cost whilst forging and leading positive customer relationships.
This is an exciting and challenging sponsor role with an existing team structure to mentor and support your development. You will develop an understanding and capability of the TRU sponsorship function through shadowing, managing, and supporting projects with future opportunities in this growing programme as we continue our delivery phases over the next decade.
About The Role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
- Build effective relationships, (internally & externally) to balance the requirements of the client, Network Rail and the industry as a whole.Champion the interests of clients, customers and stakeholders acting as the focal point for escalation within Network Rail.
- Review and interrogate client remits to confirm their viability.Work with internal and external stakeholders to establish a scope which optimises client requirements, value for money, network availability and capacity for future development and whole life cost.
- Be responsible for the conversion of the client remit into an agreed project requirements specification.Be accountable for the development of the initial project plan and budget; working with the project manager to specify how the project is going to be delivered, expected milestones and associated timescales, resource requirements, risks & issues and funding needs/sources.
- Produce business cases and investment papers for projects.
- Devise solutions which maintain the ‘business as usual’ accessibility for our customers, take consideration of the 7 day railway principles and therefore minimise disruption to end rail users.Take a national/route wide view across portfolios to generate additional benefits, identify and resolve conflicting work and drive efficiencies.
- Lead the process of quantifying risk associated with the project.Devise mitigating actions and periodically review recovery progress.
- Interrogate and challenge plans to assess the deliverability of agreed scope within stated timescales and cost parameters, presenting any required scope changes to the client for approval.
- Hold the Project Manager accountable for programme delivery to cost, time and scope parameters.Hold periodic reviews to understand and challenge delivery progress against the client remit.Communicate progress status against defined milestones and expectations to stakeholders putting contingency measures in place if required.
- Negotiate with customers and stakeholders on the project’s commercial and contractual terms in accordance with relevant corporate policy and strategy.Act as the focal point for negotiations and resolution of external scheme interface requirements, including any Parliamentary or Statutory processes, external consents issues to optimise the value of the scheme to Network Rail and funder(s).
- Comply with the requirements of investment regulations, other corporate governance and the Guide to Railway Investment Projects.Adhere to corporate processes, including those related to safety, finance, legal and corporate affairs.
- Facilitate the discharge of the duties assigned by the Client as detailed within the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations for the programme of projects allocated to you.
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent
- Experience of dealing with client portfolios and liaising with people at all levels
- Ability to articulate complex business problems into manageable work packages and produce synthesised logical solutions
- Proven ability to write coherently, conveying report / investment information in a concise manner
- Commercially astute, persuasive, and customer focused
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills
- Experience of leading a successful team
- Experience in projects, portfolios and programmes
- Experience in railway projects; specifically, asset management, stations and rail systems.
- Experience in management roles in a commercial environment.
- ChPP, MBA or other related postgraduate qualification
- Experience in Consents and regulatory activities
We are an inclusive employer of choice, Disability Confident Leader ! We encourage people to work flexibly and welcome applications from everyone Click here for more information .
Vi sit Evenbreak’s Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact [email protected] .
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.
Salary: starting at £46,701 to £52,538 per annum per annum.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract opportunity with the potential to become permanent.
Closing date : 15 th July 2025 . Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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