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Governance Manager, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Cabinet Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 27th August 2024
Details
Reference number
360625
Salary
£40,850 - £48,243
London: £44,500 - £48,243 National: £40,850 - £44,260
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
CO - Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Type of role
Governance
Policy
Project Delivery
Strategy
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
Birmingham, London
About the job
Job summary
The IPA is the government’s centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. We sit at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. Our core teams include experts in infrastructure, project delivery and project finance who work with government departments and industry. We support the successful delivery of all types of infrastructure and major projects; ranging from railways, schools, hospitals and housing, to defence, IT and major transformation programmes. We lead the project delivery and project finance professions across government.
Our purpose is to continuously improve the way infrastructure and major projects are delivered, in order to support government priorities and improve people’s lives. We aspire to create the best-performing project system of any country in the world.
The IPA works with government and industry to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, and to improve performance over time. We work on the overall project delivery system, which includes the projects, people and processes that together create the right environment for successful delivery. We measure how well the system is performing, so we can learn important lessons and continuously improve project performance over time.
The Team
The purpose of the Function, Insight and Profession Team is to support the leadership and development of the project delivery function and profession. The team contributes to the overall work of the IPA in four service areas:
- Build a skilled, valued and respected profession through the use of targeted interventions. This is done through learning and leadership products, ensuring we have a diverse and robust pipeline, and orchestrating the accreditation of members of the profession
- Lead the function’s data collation and analysis from across GMPP and more broadly. It provides tools, insight and data to enable
better outcomes for projects at the IPA portfolio and programme level - Enables the function to continuously improve and hold itself accountable by supporting its governance, management and strategic direction and driving its maturity by setting standards, best practice guidance and developing other capabilities.
- Build an engaged and connected community across government. This is done through regular communications and events, and by supporting the adoption of products and services to bring about change that benefits individuals and organisations by helping the government to run more effectively and efficiently.
Job description
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority is the home of the government’s project delivery function and is responsible for:
- setting the standards for and enabling the set-up, development, delivery and assurance of portfolios, programmes and projects
- setting professional standards, building capability and capacity through learning and providing the mechanisms through which professionals can develop their career
- providing the data, benchmarks and insights needed to understand and predict performance, and drive targeted continuous improvement and interventions
- setting the strategies needed across government to develop and improve project delivery and meet UNSDG goals overall building a community of informed and celebrated professionals through communications, events and campaigns
We are looking for an experienced Project Delivery Governance Manager to lead on the day-to-day governance and control activities to enable effective management and decision-making.
This is an exciting opportunity to join small, friendly team that support the Projects Council, CEO of the IPA and Director of Function, Profession and Standards with the strategic direction, management and governance of the function.
Roles and Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role will be to:
- Manage the development, maintenance and implementation of long-term strategy for the project delivery function across government and to support the alignment of departmental level functional strategies with the cross-government functional strategy.
- Manage secretariat for key governance boards and provide a high-quality service, ensuring it is well-planned and seamlessly delivered including meeting scheduling, forward planning, preparation of agenda, management of papers, minutes, actions and decisions.
- Manage the development of the governance and management framework for the project delivery function across government
- Develop and test a centralised reporting process for the continuous improvement assessment framework and support departments to develop action plans
- Support departments with the development and maturity of departmental level governance and management frameworks and ensuring alignment with cross government governance
- Regularly review and develop the project delivery functional standard and its assessment framework, ensuring that it is embedded across the project delivery system and drives value and improved outcomes
- Support the maturity of the IPA and wider project delivery function on strategy development, governance and management
- Establish effective-working relationships within IPA and other government departments, along with other government functions to maintain alignment
- Conduct research and analysis of functional effectiveness, processes, procedures and stakeholders to understand areas for improvement, future strategic goals and the issues of the future that the project delivery function should be preparing for now
- Present findings, projections and recommended actions to senior leaders of the project delivery function
- Monitor and report on progress against strategy, including the identification and implementation of metrics
- Support and guide senior executive decision-making processes.
Person specification
Essential criteria:
- Experience in project delivery in either a project, programme or portfolio role
- Experience of secretariat, governance and reporting and working with boards in a corporate or project role
- Understand the strategy and policy development process, including the ability to identify, understand and use data, evidence and advice to test and improve strategic goal
- Experience of enabling participation by stakeholders in the strategy and policy process, encouraging enhanced transparency and openness
- Awareness of the government function model, its aims and purpose
Desirable criteria:
- Accredited to practitioner or senior practitioner level under the Government Project Delivery Accreditation Scheme
- Experience of supporting organisation-wide governance and management frameworks
- Experience of supporting the strategy and policy development process to deliver strategy and strategic plans
- Experience with developing and setting functional standards or equivalent
Additional information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Questions on: Governance, Planning, and Stakeholder Management
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £40,850, Cabinet Office contributes £11,029 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
Application process
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement (no more than 750 words). Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Selection process
Assessment at the interview stage will encompass a presentation, experience-based questions and questions based on technical skills (governance, planning and stakeholder management).
Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – Week commencing 16/09/2024
Expected interview date/s – 23/09/2024
Interview location - 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Further information
Please note that this role requires CTC clearance, which would normally need 5 UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Cabinet Office 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. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service 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 National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants 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.
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals 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 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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