National Delivery Officer

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

- 303632**Salary**:

- £30,332- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFE - Education and Skills Funding Agency - DFE - Education and Skills Funding Agency - Schools Financial Support and Oversight, National Operations**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery
- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels.

Equality and Diversity - Department for Education

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is part of the Department for Education (DfE) and has responsibility for distributing funding for state education in England for 3-19-year-olds. We provide £65 billion of funding for the education and training sector each year, ensuring timely and accurate allocations and payment of education and skills funding to academy trusts, local authorities, colleges and training providers.

However, we do much more than funding - we provide assurance that public funds are properly spent, achieves value for money for the taxpayer and delivers the policies and priorities set by the Secretary of State. We also provide, where necessary, financial support for providers.

This is a challenging and exciting opportunity for someone who would like to develop their leadership and management skills within the National Delivery Unit, within Schools Financial Support and Oversight (SFSO) Directorate.

The National Delivery Unit delivers a portfolio of programmes and projects to provide financial oversight and build capability across the sector. We consider compliance with funding arrangements and legislation, we assure financial governance, and we improve our service offer with effective delivery processes and stakeholder engagement. Examples of the priorities we deliver include the declaration and approval requirement for related party transactions in academy trusts; challenging high levels of executive pay in academy trusts; and supporting academy trusts to be compliant with funding requirements.

**Job description**:

- This is an HEO post specialising in operational delivery. The HEO post-holder will work as a project manager and case worker on complex and high-profile compliance cases and national projects. The post-holder has a direct impact on the performance of the unit through their project and case management, technical knowledge, and ability to build expertise.
- Your work will have a positive effect on case outcomes, raising the quality of our service, building excellent external relationships, and enhancing our reputation.-
**Person specification**:

- Manage a diverse portfolio of casework and projects.
- Produce fast paced and results-oriented case work and project outcomes, reliably achieving service level agreements.
- Demonstrate excellent support and leadership for more junior (Executive Officer) members of the team, offering advice and coaching to build their capacity.
- Take an active approach to developing their knowledge and understanding of policy and delivery.
- Improve customer service by innovating and influencing our ways of working with internal and external customers.
- Drive quality and continuous improvement, proactively working with colleagues from within the organisation and across government.
- Take a leadership role in improving systems and processes.
- Use their analytical skills to understand and interpret numerical and written data about academy trusts in order to make insightful recommendations.
- Use their innovative abilities to influence all aspects of their work, finding opportunities for improvement and understanding the bigger picture.
- Have strong IT abilities, with a good knowledge of mainstream packages including Microsoft Office 365, and an ability to learn new skills quickly.

**Essential Criteria**
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt style to different audiences.
- The ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders, internal and external.
- The aptitude to understand and propose solutions to complex problems quickly and effectively.
- Excellent people skills, collaborating effectively with peers, senior leaders, and junior colleagues.
- You will have the ability to work flexibly and at pace.
- You will need the compos