Major Programme Delivery Lead

**About the role**:
National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) strength lies in our people. Together, we’re shaping the future where clean, affordable energy is accessible for all. Every day is an opportunity to make a real difference, accelerating the progress of sustainable GB energy, keeping people connected and society thriving as we create a brighter tomorrow.

Major Programme Delivery (MPD) sits within NESO’s Transformation & Major Projects Directorate. Within MPD we are accountable for ensuring major initiates are executed to a high standard and align with NESO’s strategic objectives. We have a key focus of maintaining business programme delivery standards to enhance governance and outcomes. In addition to this, we provide programme delivery SME’s to support with resource gaps, creating a streamline route to access temporary programme delivery support.

The role holder will support the allocation of resources and consultancy outputs across NESO, partnering with key stakeholders to understand Programme/ Project resourcing requirements. This role required tracking of the MPD deployments, cost, performance and quality.

This role can be based in Warwick or Wokingham, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

**Key accountabilities**:

- Building and maintaining relationships with MPD and workstream teams, ensuring requirements are delivered.
- Partnering with key stakeholders across the organisation to gain insight in strategic workforce planning and immediate resource needs, identifying the correct route to resource.
- Partnering with the MPD team in deployment of skills and facilitating exit strategies.
- Partnering with Managed Service Providers/ third parties in deployment of resource with a key focus on speed, quality and cost.
- Collecting, analysing, and reporting on performance data.
- Providing support for project-related activities, such as resource allocation and budget tracking.
- Ensuring all documentation is complete, accurate, and stored appropriately.
- Driving RAID management and continuous improvement.
- Identifying opportunities for process improvements.
- Contributing to the development and enhancement of Major Programme Delivery tools, standards and best practice.
- Facilitating onboarding of new joiners.

**About you**:
We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has/is:

- Passionate about delivering high quality work in a challenging environment.
- Demonstrates leadership of a projects and/or resourcing in a programme capacity.
- Knowledge/awareness of the range of roles performed by the PMO function.
- A strong background in process and performance improvement.
- Experience of matrix management of resources.
- Experience of being part of a high performing team using best practice tools and methods.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong time management and multitasking abilities.

**About what you'll get**:
A competitive salary between £50,000 - £60,000pa - dependent on experience and capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance, 26 days annual leave as standard and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

**About us**:
National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) mission is to facilitate the decarbonisation of Great Britain’s energy network and ensure the delivery of reliable, affordable, and clean electricity for consumers. We work with stakeholders across the whole energy industry to plan for future network needs, using a wider adoption of technology and changes in consumer behaviour, as well as ensuring we have the right markets, networks, and frameworks in place, to transform the way we operate tomorrow.

Join us, and let’s energise progress.

Your energy, our future, together.

**About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)**:
In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.

NESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation wit