Head of Programme Resourcing, Governance and Culture
Department for Transport
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 29th October 2024
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Job summary
We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Would you embrace the opportunity to take on a cross-cutting leadership role in delivering the UK’s biggest infrastructure project?
Do you enjoy collaborating with and influencing a diverse group of senior leaders?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity available and would love to hear from you!
Job description
As Head of Programme Resource, Governance and Culture, you will sit at the heart of the Major Rail Projects Group (MRPG), who sponsor the development and delivery of High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR). You will join the group at an important moment, when we are improving delivery of phase 1 of HS2 while also planning future rail infrastructure projects to deliver important economic growth benefits.
You will have a pivotal role in ensuring that MRPG has the right resources, capability and culture, including overseeing and implementing the skills and structures required to successfully deliver its capability as a sponsor of Governments largest infrastructure project. This will include working closely with the Director General and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to identify the resource and capability requirements at different stages of the programmes, identifying capability gaps in the Group and making the most effective use of our workforce.
You will play a key role in ensuring that the Group has both effective and productive relationships with HS2 Ltd, from the most senior through to junior levels, as well as leading the Group’s formal governance processes. This will include providing leadership and oversight of the HS2 Sponsor Board, HS2 Ministerial Task Force, and Tier 2 investment Board.
You will have the autonomy to shape this role, adapting to the evolving requirements of the projects while gaining exposure to a range of senior leaders, both within and external to the department. This provides an ideal opportunity for professional growth and development.
If you would like to find out more about what it's like to work at DfT Rail, please click here.
Your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Acting as a central co-ordinator for resourcing/recruitment activity across the group to ensure directorates are progressing their recruitment activity and reporting on progress to SLT.
- Effectively leading the programme’s governance arrangements, working with senior leaders and stakeholders to evolve them to drive programme delivery.
- Assessing sponsorship capability across the Group’s projects and working with key stakeholders to implement interventions, addressing capability gaps and ensuring the Group has the right culture and behaviours at all levels.
- Supporting the Portfolio Management Director in ensuring that there are positive and effective relationships at all levels with HS2 Ltd.
- Overseeing the running of the Director General’s Private Office, ensuring it is proactive and responsive to the priorities of both the Department and programme delivery.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.
Person specification
About you
You will have excellent interpersonal skills, enabling you to effectively collaborate with a wide range of senior stakeholders. You will develop trusted working relationships, instilling confidence in stakeholders and enabling you to influence where required. You will be articulate and confident when communicating, ensuring positive and effective communication between the Director General, the wider group and stakeholders.
You will be a confident leader and strategic thinker with experience of leading through change within a project/programme delivery environment. You will be a highly organised and proactive individual who is confident using your initiative and will thrive having the autonomy to shape your role, whilst being comfortable with ambiguity. You will have experience using governance processes to improve programme design and delivery.
Additional Information
This role is available to individuals who wish to be spending their office time in London, Leeds or Birmingham, and we would also expect the individual to be willing to occasionally travel to visit alternative DfT offices.
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Developing Self and Others
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Developing Self and Others
Benefits
Please note, the above example is based on the National minimum salary. The employer pension contribution will be 28.97% of your specific salary.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.
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Selection process details
How to Apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement (maximum 750 words) please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
- Providing leadership through change within a project/programme delivery environment.
- Overseeing and improving governance for projects and/or programmes.
- Working closely with and influencing senior leadership teams.
You are also required to provide a supporting Behaviour Statement (max 250 words each) providing evidence for Developing Self and Others.
The sift is due to take place from 30/10/2024.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held from 18/11/2024
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- an interview
- presentation
This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Pre-employment Checking
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.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Rail Resourcing
- Email : RailResourcing@dft.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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