Head of Business Engagement

3 months ago


Swindon, United Kingdom UK Research and Innovation Full time

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

- 353330**Salary**:

- £65,262- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- UKRI - Business Improvement**Type of role**:

- Business Management and Improvement**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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- SwindonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Join UKRI and make a real impact by leading our Business Engagement function and driving successful project delivery and continuous improvement.

As the leader of our Project Delivery & Improvement team, you will be responsible for ensuring that projects are set up for success by providing short-term coaching and mentoring, rapid response deployment on priority projects, and support for key activities such as audits and assurance.

You'll also play a crucial role in building a network of strategic contacts across the organization to identify future opportunities. Additionally, you will manage the allocation of our delivery resources to projects and programs, ensuring alignment with our resourcing principles.

**Job description**:

- Management of the resourcing function for PD&I, including undertaking prioritisation of new and existing resource requests
- Contribute towards organisational strategic prioritisation, helping shape emerging opportunities and plans for a pipeline of activities.
- Create a culture of continuous improvement and learning from experience, using this to determine best practice and build capability across UKRI.

**Person specification**:

- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Prince2, MSP, APM or another relevant Project Management Methodology qualification
- Demonstrative experience of undertaking prioritisation of projects or resources
- Knowledge and experience of business case development and assurance, including ensuring business cases are aligned to HM Treasury best practice.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £65,262, UK Research and Innovation contributes £17,620 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package We are committed to supporting employees’ development and promote a culture of continuous learning A list of benefits below.
- An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
- 30 days’ annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
- Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.
- Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.
- Flexible working options

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**Selection process details**:

- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
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