£50,544 to £59,464 (dependent on experience)
Contract type
Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
Location
Poole, Dorset, England
Location description
Hybrid between home and Poole
The RNLI is a charity with the purpose to save lives at sea with a vision to save everyone. We provide a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, lifeguards, fundraising, and drowning prevention. Our frontline lifesavers and fundraisers need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day.
We are looking for a Benefits Realisation Lead to join our Digital transformation Programme for up to 2 years. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the organisation's digital transformation by ensuring people, processes, and technology are aligned to deliver sustainable change. You will help maximise the benefits of digital investment and enable colleagues to confidently embrace new ways of working.
- Salary - £50,544 to £59,464 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Health cashplan option
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference. You will be coming into this new role at an interesting time as we shape the organisation to take on the challenges of the future with the delivery of our 5-Year Plan (2026 to 2030) in support of our overall RNLI strategy 2040.
As Benefits Realisation Lead you will be responsible for ensuring that strategic programmes, projects, and change initiatives deliver measurable business benefits aligned to organisational objectives. The role provides leadership and governance across the benefits management lifecycle, from identification and planning through to tracking, reporting, and realisation.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, business journey (end to end process owners) programme managers, business leaders, finance teams, and project delivery teams, you will establish robust frameworks and methodologies to define, measure, and evidence benefits. This role ensures investment decisions are supported by clear value outcomes, and the RNLI achieves the anticipated returns from our Digital transformation programme.
To be considered as our new Benefits Realisation Lead you will be someone who is committed to maintaining high standards of governance, transparency, and accountability. You will also need:
- Significant experience in benefits management, programme management, portfolio management, or business transformation environments.
- Experience developing and implementing benefits realisation frameworks and governance structures.
- Demonstrable experience of tracking and reporting strategic, financial, operational, and people-related benefits.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making at Executive level.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with experience interpreting complex data sets.
- Experience supporting business case development and investment appraisal activities.
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
- Recognised qualification in Programme, Project, or Change Management (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, Managing Benefits, PMP, or equivalent).
It is also desirable that you have:
- Experience within large-scale transformation programmes.
- Experience working in regulated, charity and complex corporate environments.
- Experience implementing portfolio management or PMO methodologies.
- Knowledge of financial modelling, investment evaluation, and return on investment (ROI) assessment.
If this sounds like you, and you are someone who is a strategic thinker with the ability to connect organisational objectives to measurable outcomes, and wants to support our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning – apply today!
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
