Investment Appraisal and Assurance Officer and

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

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

- 276290**Salary**:

- £30,317 - £36,606- National: £30,317 - £32,803, London: £33,827 - £36,606 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - COO - Finance - Defra Group Finance**Type of role**:

- Finance
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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- East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
DEFRA is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Defra’s Investment Committee is a sub-committee of the department’s Executive Committee and meets each Wednesday to consider project proposals submitted by Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) against HMT Green Book appraisal and evaluation principles with a focus on assurance of affordability, capacity, capability, deliverability, strategic alignment, and interdependencies. The Investment Committee assures and approves high spend and high-risk business cases, specifically focusing on those which breach delegated authority limits. It ensures that investment decisions are assessed against the Accounting Officer tests and scrutinises post-investment appraisals from projects.

Defra has an interesting, wide ranging and complex portfolio of capital, service improvement and transformative projects and programmes which currently includes 15 Government Major Project Portfolio Programmes.

**Job description**:
We are looking for people who are kind, inclusive, and caring for colleagues and stakeholders - with an eye for quality, continuous improvement and a strategic mindset to join this team. To work flexibly in a supportive team to provide quality information to the Director General led senior committees and customers seeking approvals. Including responding to ad hoc information requests, both internal and external often with very tight deadlines.

Some travel maybe required for team meetings and training sessions.

**Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to: -**

**Investment Committee Secretariat X 2 roles**
- Creating agendas, accurate minutes and action logs within tight timelines, liaising with the Defra Executive Committee Secretariat and other key secretariats to ensure escalations, risks and key decisions are communicated
- Ensuring business cases and consultancy requests include the requisite information and supporting documents to provide for informed investment decision making.
- Engaging with, and providing advice to project teams on Investment Committee assurance, financial approval and consultancy spend processes, ensuring projects follow the appropriate approvals process.
- Supporting the Investment Approvals and Governance Manager and key contacts to maintain an Investment Committee project pipeline and tracker,
- Oversee and manage the effective running of the committee, taking on board feedback, and leading continuous improvement in the team’s ways of working to ensure the highest quality of service.
- Build strong and trusted relationships with key senior stakeholders.
- Role model and exemplify the values of inclusion, kindness and excellence in your behaviours and in the delivery of your role.

**Assurance Team X 1 role**
- Providing advice and guidance to project managers on how to obtain project assurance and approval in accordance with the HMT Green Book.
- Reviewing business cases prior to assurance reviews to confirm they meet the minimum standards required
- Allocation of projects requiring assurance to review groups, organising individual project assurance reviews, acting as a single point of contact for both the project team and assurance review team.
- Tracking progress of projects through the assurance lifecycle
- Monitoring and reporting on performance of the assurance service
- Operating as part of a team member improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the assurance service.
- Running workshops and training sessions aimed at improving capability of colleagues in business case production and assurers in carrying out their role.
- Communicating with project managers and assurers, including collecting on customer satisfaction information.
- Building and maintaining relationships with assurers and project managers, including helping run the project assurance community.

**Person specification**:
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