Programme Director

7 days ago

Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

Job Summary

The Department for Business and Trade is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Programme Director to lead the Programme Management Office (PMO) in delivering the Future Enterprise Resource Planning and Shared Services Provider (FESSP) programme.

The FESSP programme aims to upgrade and replace the Department's current HR, finance, and payroll domestic system, transforming and/or replacing the supplier of transactional, back-office activities. The programme will simplify, streamline, and improve the services HR and Finance provide, enabling staff to do their jobs more efficiently.

The Programme Director will be responsible for leading the PMO to support the programme and central Matrix programme team in delivering business case benefits and outcomes. This will involve championing the use of best practice project and programme management standards and processes, providing expert guidance and support, and acting as the source of all project and programme information and metrics.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the PMO to support the programme and central Matrix programme team in delivering business case benefits and outcomes.
  • Champion the use of best practice project and programme management standards and processes.
  • Provide expert guidance and support to the programme leads and central Matrix programme team.
  • Act as the source of all project and programme information and metrics.
  • Establish and implement protocols to manage change within the programme.
  • Provide direction and guidance across the programme, through the identifying and sharing of best practice project and programme management processes, tools, templates, and industry standards.
  • Identify common capabilities and opportunities for linking up, re-using, and sharing of methods and resources between projects and programmes.
  • Support the programme in the identification, recruitment, development, deployment, and reassignment of resources throughout the project and programme lifecycles.
  • Provide line management and support to the EO Programme Support Officers and SEO Governance and Reporting Manager.

Requirements

  • Experience of managing a PMO team or as a Senior Project Manager on a large/complex project.
  • Experience of developing and maintaining a programme plan within a high-profile technical programme.
  • Experience of successful programme assurance and delivery, including effective risk, issue, assumptions, dependency, and budget management.
  • Strong people management skills, with the ability to build capability and motivate team members.
  • Experience in dealing with a broad and complex range of partners, with the confidence to engage with senior officials and a high degree of autonomy where there is ambiguity and change in a project.
  • Have sound planning knowledge and skills to enable deliverables, tasks, and dependencies to be effectively controlled and managed.
  • Have a recognised accreditation in professional project management, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, and P3O Practitioner.

Behaviours

  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

  • Alongside your salary, the Department for Business and Trade contributes towards your being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role.
  • An environment with flexible working options.
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
  • An average employer contribution of 27%.

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