Senior Project Manager

Job SummaryThe Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.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 and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.Find Out MoreYou can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/Job DescriptionIntegrated Corporate Services (ICS) was formed in July 2023 as an innovative and modern way to deliver corporate services across the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, and a smaller subset of services to the Department of Business and Trade.ICS mission is to 'provide high-quality, expert and efficient shared corporate services and shared services management that enables our departments to deliver for the public.’As ICS matures and expands its services, other Government Departments are showing interest in ICS. Over the next year alone, ICS is set to expand its reach beyond 19,000 users, driven by significant and growing demand for its services.This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Government’s Future Shared Services strategy, contributing to the innovation and change needed to deliver high quality enabling functions for the future of the Civil Service.Person specificationAs a Project Manager within the ICS Central Services PMO Team, you will play a pivotal role in driving transformation and delivering strategic priorities across the ICS landscape. In this role, you will lead the onboarding of new organisations and teams to receive ICS services—ensuring smooth integration, timely delivery, and strong stakeholder engagement. Alongside this, you will play a key part in delivering strategic initiatives that underpin the ICS roadmap, contributing to system-wide transformation and service improvement. Your work will support the evolution of integrated services, helping shape services that are more connected, efficient, and responsive to the needs of our stakeholders. You will work closely with the Head of PMO, ICS functional leads, and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to manage complex programmes and projects. From initial engagement through to delivery and evaluation, you will ensure that all activity is governed effectively, risks are managed proactively, and outcomes are achieved to a high standard. This role offers excellent development opportunities for individuals looking to build their programme and project management skills.Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Project Delivery: You will put expert project management around ICS onboarding projects, developing and coordinating the teams general project management approach. You will independently manage projects and/or workstreams, ensuring that objectives are clearly defined, and deliverables are met.  Planning and Scheduling: Develop and manage project plans, outlining key milestones, timelines, and resource requirements for each project. Ensure that progress is tracked and that any delays or risks are escalated appropriately.  Governance and Reporting: Contribute to the development and maintenance of programme governance processes and prepare progress reports for senior management and key stakeholders.  Risk Management: Continuously monitor and evaluate project risks, recommend robust mitigation strategies, contribute to impact assessments, and proactively address potential issues before they affect delivery.Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and manage effective relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders to achieve alignment on project objectives, timelines, and expectations.Continuous Improvement: Support continuous improvement efforts by identifying areas where processes or delivery methods can be optimised. Anything additional commensurate to the role. Essential CriteriaWe are looking for a high-performing G7 to be part of Central Services PMO Team and play a key role in delivering the ICS Strategy. Your work will be varied, challenging and fast-paced and you will need to be flexible, adaptable, and able to strategically solve problems, to deliver.We are looking for the following skills:Proven experience in managing complex projects or programmes within agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will be adaptable when applying your knowledge of project management tools and methodologies, capable of designing a project structure and organisation to meet the requirements of the project according to its point in the lifecycle. Whilst not essential, experience of having engaged with assurance reviews, such as the Gateway Review process, would be desirable.Be experienced and credible in dealing with a broad and complex range of stakeholders, with the confidence to engage with senior officials.You will have a proactive stakeholder engagement approach, seeking out opportunities to effectively communicate and influence, and be used to operating with a high degree of autonomy where there is ambiguity and change in a project.Have practical experience in actively managing project risks and issues, able to make decisions, engage in dialogue on risk management strategy, and demonstrate a level of skill beyond simply ‘managing a process’. You will be able to apply your skills to a range of risks, with a sound understanding of how they relate to wider strategy.Be an experienced people manager, able to build capability and develop a high performing and motivated project team. You will be tuned in to the needs of the business, ready to flex structures to ensure that your project team remains aligned with delivery goals and wider strategy.Be able to understand project objectives, the wider strategic organisational context, and how to manage the relationship between the two. It is important therefore that you are comfortable networking throughout the business, challenging and influencing decision making when required. You will have a recognised accreditation in professional project management such as:PRINCE2 PractitionerAgile Project Management PractitionerAPM Project Management QualificationAPM Chartered Project ProfessionalProject Leadership ProgrammePMI Project Management ProfessionalLeading and Managing Project WorkstreamsThe successful candidate may be eligible for a £3,105 pay enhancement subject to having a valid qualification at practitioner level and project delivery experience relevant to that of a G7 Level 3 Project Manager. For further information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-delivery-capability-framework-for-civil-servantsWe welcome applications from people who can bring transferable skills from other fields. We are a diverse team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.QualificationsQualifications: You will have a recognised accreditation in professional project management such as: PRINCE2 Practitioner Agile Project Management Practitioner APM Project Management Qualification APM Chartered Project Professional Project Leadership Programme PMI Project Management Professional Leading and Managing Project WorkstreamsBehavioursWe'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:Communicating and InfluencingLeadershipDelivering at PaceMaking Effective DecisionsTechnical skillsWe'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:PDCF: Business Change and ImplementationBenefitsAlongside your salary of £55,105, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £15,963 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.Office attendanceThe Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.Things you need to knowSelection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and technical skills statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.Please use your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) outlining your suitability for the role, aligned specifically to the skills and experienced required.In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement.Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.The interview will consist of behaviour questions and technical questions.Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.Sift and interview dates Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Further InformationReasonable AdjustmentWe are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.ukApplicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.FeedbackFeedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirementsThis job is broadly open to the following groups:UK nationalsnationals of the Republic of Irelandnationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UKnationals 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)nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil ServiceFurther information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)Working for the Civil ServiceThe 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).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Diversity and InclusionThe 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).Apply and further informationThis vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in 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 applicantsJob contact :Name : Martin TurnerEmail : Martin.Turner2@ics.gov.ukRecruitment teamEmail : desnzresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.ukFurther informationAppointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DESNZrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints