Head of Transformation

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO12 Salary: £81,732 - £88,506

Contract Type: Full-time/ Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: Monday 23rd Nov 2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2408

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email [email protected] so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

The Head of Transformation will be expected to develop and lead the design and delivery of the overall transformation portfolio. They will manage a flexible team of resource to lead design thinking across the organisation, challenging the status quo and turning ideas into implementable plans. They will be the lead officer providing expertise on the design of transformation portfolios and individual programmes. They will have excellent facilitation and stakeholder management skills to develop innovative solutions in partnership with services, drawing on best practice from across the sector Their role will be to bring together transformation, strategy and policy resource from across the service to develop solutions to complex problems. They will be responsible for developing the Overall theory of change and ensuring that delivery is aligned to resident impact.

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