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The redevelopment of the Lower Lea Valley, home to the Olympic Park, is one of the UK’s largest and most complex construction programmes, being delivered to a fixed deadline under constant Parliamentary and media scrutiny by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).  </p> <p>To work with the ODA, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has created the Government Olympic Executive to act as a strong and intelligent client within Government, providing challenging but supportive oversight of the Government’s interest in the construction programmes and all other aspects of the Games.</p> <p><strong>Role</strong></p> <ul> <li>Assess and challenge all financial issues surrounding London 2012 and develop strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery bodies to ensure this challenge adds value. <li>Build a world-class finance function that can develop and maintain a robust plan for the Government’s contribution to the Games and provide commercial challenge to the ODA and the London 2012 Organising Committee, including appropriate project scrutiny and approval. <li>Identify risks within the London 2012 programme and ensure the development of a robust risk management plan.</li></ul> <p><strong>The Candidate</strong><br></p> <ul> <li>Qualified Accountant with world-class experience in leading financial and programme management in a multi-stakeholder, demanding environment. <li>Demonstrable experience of relationship building both internally and externally, with clients and customers. <li>Strong technical and commercial skills combined with a pro-active, robust approach to the identification and management of risk.</li></ul> <p>DCMS is building a finance and programme team underneath this Director and would welcome expressions of interest in this opportunity.<br></p> <p>We welcome applications from a fully diverse range of candidates, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.<br></p> <p><strong>Please apply by 11th February 2007</strong>, quoting the refernece number -  MGF/14987ST. </p> <p>Further details of the role and how to apply can be downloaded from <a title="opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103705/http://www.odgers.com/" target="_blank">www.odgers.com</a><br></p></span> </div>  </div> <div id="extras">  <h2>related information</h2> <p> <span id="RelatedInformation1_HtmPlhRelatedInfo">Further details of the role and how to apply can be downloaded from <a title="opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103705/http://www.odgers.com/" target="_blank">www.odgers.com</a></span> </p>  </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div>  <div class="footerIcon"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> <p style="LEFT: 180px; 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