G7 Project Planner

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

- 263969**Salary**:

- £52,598 - £59,294**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMRC - CDIO - Enterprise Platform Services**Type of role**:

- Planning**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
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, WorthingAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

The Role is in Enterprise Platform Services (EPS) Management of Change Team.

**Job description**:
**Responsibilities**:

- You will lead all aspect of planning for high profile technical programmes. You will be responsible for establishing good working practices and will build strong, trusting relationships with your stakeholders. Experience of giving clarity on key milestones to define what, when and how activities will be organised to ensure the outcomes of a project can be achieved, with the resources available
- You will provide support and guidance in maintaining effective and efficient plans to successfully deliver programme outcomes, ensuring your stakeholders understand how they fit into the programme structure and keep them on target in adhering to programme governance.
- You will provide quality and actionable information to stakeholders in an often fast-paced environment, responding to demand and timeframes, producing clear and effective plans and associated documentation.
- You will need to inform, influence, persuade and negotiate with a range of stakeholders. Good communication skills are essential to ensure you convey key messages effectively and listen to and act on feedback.
- You will challenge and support workstreams to assure that the quality of information, plans and scheduling are accurate and cohesive within the programme governance structure.
- You will provide support in resolving concerns, highlighting key items for escalation. You will be a key member of the team and will flex to support across the team as needed, contributing, and supporting the ‘one team’ ethos across workstreams.
- You will communicate effectively, building trusting relationships ensuring project teams have a clear view of what they need to do and when.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Experience of leading planning within a high-profile technical programme
- Experience of developing a clear vision and standards and championing the use of best practice project planning standards, tools, and processes.
- Experience of identifying future capacity and capability needs of the project planning function and implementing strategies to meet them.
- Experience in Governance and Assurance, Government Major Projects, Portfolio, and Infrastructure & Projects.
- Experience in assurance (His Majesty Treasury) and **National Audit **Office **reviews providing specialist advice and support to ensure successful delivery of project outcomes.
- Experience in Technical (Debt) Health industry applied **P**lan** A**ddress **I**gnore **D**efer Model.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Team members that are moving offices as a result of the Locations Programme will be entitled to a Moves Adjustment Payment for three years where they incur additional costs. This is calculated based on the difference between the costs of travelling to and from the new and old office, over a weekly period. You will get more detail on this as part of targeted locations move communications.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**Application Process**

We will also appoint on sift if necessary.

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

**Security Update**

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