8470 - Senior Project Manager

£42,454 - £68,969
3
12 Months
National
London, National
102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ, LONDON, RH16 1YZ, NATIONAL
Grade 7, Grade 6
A
Fixed Term
36 months
Full Time
Programme and Project Management

The courts and tribunals in England and Wales have been allocated unprecedented funding of almost £1billlion. This will enable HM Courts & Tribunals Service, working in partnership with the judiciary, to create a system that is proportionate and accessible and that better meets the needs of the people it serves. This is the most ambitious programme of its kind anywhere in the world.

As a Senior Project Manager in the Change Directorate you will be at the forefront of leading and implementing change in our world-leading justice system. The Programme is ambitious and we need resilient, resourceful and adaptable people to make it happen, who have a proven track record in Project Management. Your application will need to demonstrate that have the experience required in delivering high profile projects, ideally within a Programme environment, that you can thrive in an environment that is changing constantly, that you can deal with uncertainty and that you are committed to developing services that are based on the needs of the end recipient of the service provided as well as the needs of those who administer the services provided.

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to lead / manage the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. The Senior Project Manager has a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

HMCTS expects its leaders to show openness, honesty and commitment, and, of course, to deliver results.

Senior Project Managers will:

  • Lead and manage the implementation of a high profile project within the Programme including defining project scope and start up activities prior to initiation.
  • Manage interdependencies between your assigned project and other projects within the Programme.
  • Produce the Business Case and deliver the project ensuring that business case benefits can be realised and offer value for money.
  • Plan for and deliver all aspects of the project including related Business Change
  • Identify and undertake engagement with a full range of stakeholders and manage communications with those stakeholders.

You will work closely with:

  • HMCTS and Ministry of Justice staff.
  • Project and programme senior responsible owners.
  • Project and programme managers and the wider change team.
  • Customer and supplier representatives.
  • Stakeholders in the justice system.

Responsibilities:

Delivery

Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.          

Project Management

Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between project phases.           

Business Case

Develop and draft the Business Case, with input from specialists as necessary.     

Budget

Develop the budget and track delivery within budget.          

Resources

Identify skill requirements; and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized team.  

Benefits Realisation

Deliver the agreed Business Case benefits and outcomes. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place, and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case.        

Stakeholder Management

Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate.

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 Senior Project Manager, to account for delivery.

Assurance

Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Organise assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required.

Change Management

Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.

Guidance & Support

Provide support, guidance and coaching for the project team. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.

Project Performance & Controls

Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Develop and maintain Project Plan. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors.

Essential Criteria:


  • Will have successfully managed several low or medium complexity projects or may have been in a specialist role within a project within the last 12-18 months.

Desirable Criteria:


  • Recognised appropriate practitioner level project management qualification.
  • Member or working towards becoming a member of an appropriate project management institution.

Other duties

The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.


Location of Post

The base location of this role will be at one of 7 regional hubs: London, Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Newcastle. The exact building that you will be based in should you be successful will be discussed as part of the on-boarding process, but it will be located in one of the 7 'hub cities'. Frequent travel to London, 4-6 days per month, will be expected as part of the working arrangements.

Key Civil Service Competencies

You will be required to provide evidence of the following key competencies at Level 4.

Seeing the Big Picture

  • Anticipate economic, social, political, environmental and technological developments to keep activity relevant and targeted
  • Identify implications of Departmental and political priorities and strategy on own area to ensure plans and activities reflect these
  • Create policies, plans and service provision to meet citizens’ diverse needs based on an up-to-date knowledge of needs, issues and relevant good practice
  • Ensures relevant issues relating to their activity/policy area are effectively fed into strategy and big picture considerations
  • Adopt a Government-wide perspective to ensure alignment of activity and policy
  • Bring together views and perspectives of stakeholders to gain a wider picture of the landscape surrounding activities and policies.

Leading and communicating


  • Be visible to staff and stakeholders and regularly undertake activities to engage and build trust with people involved in area of work
  • Clarify strategies and plans, giving clear sense of direction and purpose for self and team
  • Stand by, promote or defend own and team’s actions and decisions where needed
  • Confidently engage with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels to generate commitment to goals
  • Lead by example, role modelling ethics, integrity, impartiality and the elimination of bias by building diverse teams and promoting a working environment that supports the Civil Service values and code
  • Be open and inviting of the views of others and respond despite pressure to ignore, revert or concede

Changing and Improving

  • Understand and identify the role of technology in public service delivery and policy implementation
  • Encourage a culture of innovation focused on adding value – give people space to think creatively
  • Effectively capture, utilise and share customer insight and views from a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure better policy and delivery
  • Spot warning signs of things going wrong and provide a decisive response to significant delivery challenges
  • Provide constructive challenge to senior management on change proposals which will affect own business area
  • Consider the cumulative impact on own business area of implementing change (culture, structure, service and morale)

Delivering at Pace

  • Get the best out of people by giving enthusiastic and encouraging messages about priorities, objectives and expectations
  • Clarify business priorities, roles and responsibilities and secure individual and team ownership
  • Adopt clear processes and standards for managing performance at all levels
  • Act as a role model in supporting and energising teams to build confidence in their ability to deliver outcomes
  • Maintain effective performance in difficult and challenging circumstances, encouraging others to do the same
  • Review, challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time, rewarding success

Making Effective Decisions

  • Push decision making to the right level within their teams, not allow unnecessary bureaucracy and structure to suppress innovation and delivery
  • Weigh up data from various sources, recognising when to bring in experts/researchers to add to available information.
  • Analyse and evaluate pros and cons and identify risks in order to make decisions that take account of the wider context, including diversity and sustainability.
  • Draw together and present reasonable conclusions from a wide range of incomplete and complex evidence and data – able to act or decide even when details are not clear.
  • Identify the main issues in complex problems, clarify understanding or stakeholder expectations, to seek best option.
  • Make difficult decisions by pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act.

Fixed Term Appointment

This appointment will be made on a fixed term basis, due to the time limited nature of the Reform Programme. For existing civil servants, whilst the role itself is time limited, at the end of the fixed term period, you will retain your permanent status but will be placed on the re-deployment register. Successful appointment on promotion will secure this grade on a permanent substantive basis.

Secondments and loans will be considered on an individual basis.

Flexible working options

HMCTS offers a flexible working system in many of its offices.

Job Sharing and Reduced Hours

All applications for job sharing or reduced hours will be treated fairly and on a case by case basis in accordance with the MoJ’s flexible working policy and equality policy.

Excess Fares and Relocation Allowances

This job is not eligible for relocation allowances but excess fares may be considered in accordance with MoJ’s excess fares allowance policy.


The base location of this role will be at one of 7 regional hubs: London, Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Newcastle. The exact building that you will be based in should you be successful will be discussed as part of the on-boarding process, but it will be located in one of the 7 'hub cities'. Frequent travel to London, 4-6 days per month, will be expected as part of the working arrangements.  Unless based in London, the National salary will apply.

Inteviews will be held on 3rd May 2017.  This date is non-negotiable.

Working Arrangements & Further Information

Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

Flexible working hours

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

Benefits

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Support

  • A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
  • Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
  • Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
  • Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Eligibility

Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition.


Interviews will be held on 3rd May 2017. This date is non-negotiable.

24/04/2017, 23:55 hours.

Closing Date: 24th April 2017 at 23:55 hours

If you require any assistance please call 0845 010 3512 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment@noms.gsi.gov.uk Please quote the job reference 8470

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. 

For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

  • You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
  • You were studying abroad
  • You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

Candidate Information

You may be required to provide statements describing your skills and experience relevant to each of the selection criteria. We recommend that you structure any examples as Situation, Task, Action and Result. For more information about the recruitment process and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

In the event of a large number of applications, we reserve the right to undertake the following processes:


  • An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
  • A sift on the lead selection criteria. If this happens, the lead criteria will be the first one listed in the advert.

During the selection process, you may be asked to undertake an additional assessment (such as written test). If this is applicable you will be notified of this when you are invited to interview.



if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance
Seeing the Big Picture
Leading and Communicating
Changing and Improving
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.


Application form stage assessments

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

· 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.