Chief Project Officer

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom GCHQ Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 253923**Salary**:

- £83,856 - £97,890**Job grade**:

- SCS Pay Band 1**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 2 Years with the possibility of extending for a further year**Business area**:

- At GCHQ, diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ethnicities, gende**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Cheltenham, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
As a member of the Infrastructure Projects Authority Projects Council, you will be responsible for steering the government project delivery function and profession, creating the operating environment for project success, and setting the ambition for nothing less than world class delivery.

This is an exciting role with opportunity to have impact at scale. At a time of significant transformation and volatility, your personal leadership skills and experience will be tested on a regular basis, but you will be part of a supportive and inclusive team.

**Job description**:

- EDI - We value the mix of minds. In a fast-changing and challenging world we must continuously learn and support everyone to be the best they can.
- Collective Leadership - Being an active member of the SCS community across GCHQ and DGT.
- Leading and supporting the GCHQ P3M and PMO+ communities across the business and building a complementary and collaborative approach to delivery across related disciplines (Technology, Strategy & Delivery, Agile & Delivery Management, Systems Engineering).
- Role model for emerging project leaders and will be responsible for the talent pipeline for future project, programme managers and project control officers.
- Engaging at all levels - you will comfortably work with people from new entrants to board members often challenging their thinking or introducing new concepts.
- Leading the development and delivery of GCHQ’s strategy for P3M and PMO+ in collaboration with our key partners. You will join part of a cross government group on P3M, helping set the strategy for the future of P3M in UK Government departments.
- Coaching and mentoring within and beyond the P3M and PMO+ communities.
- As Head of Profession for Project Management you will ensure the long-term health of P3M skills, capacity and capability within GCHQ including staff and industry. Ensuring that the Department’s P3M practice, tools and tradecraft are enhanced to meet current and future needs.
- Working with partners, industry, academia and other external bodies to share best practice and invest in the development of P3M skills.
- Oversee reporting from projects and provide performance analysis at portfolio level to support appropriate intervention, decisions and development activities.
- Provides inspiring leadership to the departmental project delivery function, profession and community, and helps build a government-wide function and profession that people feel proud to be a part of.

**Person specification**:
Criteria
Essential:

- A track record of delivering EDI impact at scale.
- Leadership of a community of practice - ability to lead others through complex decision making and prioritisation.

Professional qualifications/accreditation:

- Major Projects Leadership Academy graduate; or
- Accreditation at senior practitioner or mastery level under the government project delivery profession scheme, or working towards it;
- And, Management of Portfolios (practitioner) is desirable

If an applicant does not currently meet the professional qualifications standard, they should state clearly how and when they would (re)achieve it.

**SCS Behaviours levels**

You will be assessed against the following behaviours at level 5 (Deputy Director):

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving (Essential)
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership (Essential)
- Communicating and Influencing (Essential)
- Working Together (Essential)
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:
At NCSC and GCHQ, we are proud of our inclusive and supportive working environment that’s designed to encourage open minds and attitudes. As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we are committed to helping you fulfil your potential. With comprehensive training and development opportunities, tailored to your needs and the requirements of your work, we will enable you to flourish in your role and perform to the very best of your abilities.
- Access to learning and development tailored to your role and support to gain professional qualifications and certifications.
- An environment that supports a range of flexible working options (including a flexible working hour scheme).
- A culture which encourages incl



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