Ris3 Project Management Office Lead

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 301940**Salary**:

- £50,238- National minimum £50,238, London minimum £55,188**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Roads and Local Group (RLG) - Roads Strategy**Type of role**:

- Business Management and Improvement
- Project Delivery
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you an ambitious individual?

Do you have exceptional communication skills?

Have you got the ability to persuade and challenge colleagues at all levels?

**If so, we’d love to hear from you**

**Job description**:
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to make a difference to the future of transport understanding wider government objectives and priorities that determine one of the country’s biggest assets, the strategic road network.

The team is responsible for leading the ongoing development of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS 3), where the Government sets out its plans for investment in the strategic road network (motorways and some A-roads) in England. We have an opportunity for a project management professional to lead the PMO function in the Department for Transport’s strategic roads team to develop the third road investment strategy.

Leading the PMO for RIS3, you will oversee the team's workplan, manage and report on strategic programme risks, KPIs and coordinating reporting. This role is critical to the success of the team and the programme, managing and planning multiple complex and interdependent workstreams across delivery and policy, working closely with National Highways, the Office of Rail and Road and Transport Focus.

**_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:_**
- Leading the project management office for the RIS3 project. Line management of a small team in an inclusive way.
- Ensuring that the programme is robustly governed across the partner organisations.
- Managing strategic programme risks and KPIs and coordinating reporting.
- Managing the monthly governance meetings across the four partner organisations.
- Continuing to develop project management capability in the RIS3 team and wider division.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About you**

To thrive in this role, you will have previous experience working on complex programmes/projects in a programme/project management office. You have the ability to lead and work in a fast-paced environment, whilst producing high quality work to tight time scales. You have experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to meet delivery deadlines and can express themselves in a confident and concise manner with colleagues at all levels.

**Additional information**

A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

**Qualifications**:

- You must hold a project management qualification, such as APM PMQ, Prince 2 or equivalent.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**How to Apply**
- Experience of leading a busy programme/project management office in a complex programme/project environment.
- Experience of managing multiple priorities and getting others to deliver.
- Ability to communicate complex messages to colleagues at all levels ensuring messages are clear and understood.
- Experience of leading diverse groups in an inclusive way, whilst role modelling a positive work-live balance.

Please fully utilise the 750-word count when completing your personal statement.

The sift is due to take place week commencing 14th August 2023.

Interviews are likely to be held from 31st August 2023.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment w

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