Diversity and Inclusion: Assurance, Governance and

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

- 238642**Salary**:

- £38,469 - £41,480**Grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DWP - People and Capability**Type of role**:

- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Blackpool, Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-TyneAbout the job

**Summary**:
DWP is looking to fill a Senior Executive Officer role in the **People, Capability and Place **directorate. This is a key role and we are looking for people who will help us deliver significant results within the Diversity and Inclusion agenda so that we thrive as a centre of expertise for the department and build an exclusive culture for our people.

The role includes providing project management expertise in a variety of disciplines, to support governance and assurance, risk management and dependency management. The role also includes the development and maintenance of a new portfolio framework, and associated products and guidance, the sharing of best practice and insights gathered from successes and learning experiences’ across the portfolio.

**Job description**:
Typical responsibilities may include but are not exclusive to:

- Supporting the Programme Lead to ensure successful delivery of key milestones to the required quality and to the timescales agreed within the project plan.
- Work collaboratively across team/organisational boundaries.
- Risks & Issues - Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
- Governance - Support effective governance and decision making. Provide reporting and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as Project Manager, to account for delivery.
- Assurance - Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations.
- Quality Management - Ensure full consideration of new technologies, accessibility and costings.
- Project Performance & Controls -Develop and maintain Project Plan. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors.
- Delivery Planning - Support the change plan for the project and provide input into the overall Programme/Portfolio/Transformation Plan.
- Benefits Management - Ensure benefits realisation plan is in place and an understanding of the impact of change on Benefits Management.
- Stakeholder Management - Create and maintain the stakeholder engagement strategy and plan and build partnerships and working relationships with DWP’s key stakeholders.
- Line management responsibilities may be part of the role, providing staff with stretch and development.

**Responsibilities**:
**Essential Criteria**:

- Ability to manage multiple strands of work at pace, with the ability to support current commitments with an eye to future requirements. **(Lead criteria**)**:

- Have experience of planning and risk management techniques with the practical ability to make connections across different work programmes, manage risks and issues.
- Experience and a proven track record of providing leadership and creating a culture within which colleagues can do their best work.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills, based on mutual respect and trust, with the ability to constructively and effectively challenge.
- Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
- Evidence of analysing and interpreting data and insight to inform planning and evaluate the success of projects and initiatives.

***Qualifications**

Relevant Project/Programme Management qualification/chartership including APM PMP, Prince2. P30 or equivalent.

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

- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Evidence of analysing and interpreting data and insight to inform planning and evaluate the success of projects and initiatives.

**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%

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.**Assessment Process**

Selection will be by a written sift, followed by a video interview.

**Written Sift**

**CV**

The CV is an on-line tool accessed through the Civil Service Jobsite and there is no