Lead Business Case Manager
UK Health Security Agency
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Job summary
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has been set up to provide health security and health protection for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We will act like no other organisation previously to mitigate threats to health before they materialise.
As Lead Business Case Manager, you will prepare and maintain a robust Business Case, which justifies the necessary investment in the project which will typically be of very high complexity. This will determine if the project is desirable, viable and achievable.
This role is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Business Case Manager.
UKHSA will build the nation’s health resilience and security, strengthening our ability to detect and monitor infectious diseases and external threats to health. Using robust evidence and world-leading expertise, we will go deeper to analyse threats to health, and how best to prevent and control them. UKHSA will ensure a system-wide response in partnership with local authorities, NHS, academia, global professional institutes, and industry.
The programme has a small civil service core team that manages and controls the day-to-day work. Overall, this is headed by the Programme Director, supported by a Programme Manager and a management team. There is also a client-side Project Support Office, together with a framework of specialist suppliers for design, technical project management, cost management and other disciplines.
You will be joining the UKHSA Health Security Campus Programme which has responsibility for the strategic development, co-ordination, and delivery of the new site. Although this is not just about reprovisioning facilities, it is an organisational change programme. The scope is therefore broad and not only includes “bricks and mortar” but also business change management, physical transition, staff/public engagement, communications and HR elements such as relocation.
The Lead Business Case Manager role is part of the Government Project Delivery Profession and UKHSA’s Project Delivery Resource Model.
The team are responsible for:
- Managing the delivery of the programme’s requirements, these will be used to inform our external designers. Ensuring the programme's supply chain deliver their individual packages of work in accordance with their contracts, adhering to the scope, cost, time and quality.
- Providing project leadership and guidance to junior project managers and the capabilities team.
- Achieving the delivery and close out on each of the Royal Institute of British Architect stages (RIBA).
Job description
Specific duties include:
- Leading the planning, development and drafting of the Business Case Provide challenge to expert input where appropriate.
- Have responsibility for ensuring the Business Case follows UKHSA and Treasury requirements and makes use of lessons learned from similar projects.
- Develop guidance and provide advice to project teams on the requirements and development of the Business Case, using organisational templates and HMT 5 case model.
- Design new templates that remain aligned to UKHSA standards.
- Present Business Case rationale to senior leaders and governance boards / forums.
- Work with key stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate issues and delays whilst engaging with senior leaders.
- Ensure that all relevant organisational factors for change are incorporated within a comprehensive Business Case, including clear rationale for preferred options.
- Lead on adopting configuration management techniques to ensure the Business Case retains validity throughout the project lifecycle, updating sponsors as required.
- Lead stakeholder engagement to identify, define and quantify benefits. Negotiate to agree the key benefits and work with senior sponsors to ensure expectations are met.
- An active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
Essential
- Expert knowledge of business case development in a project or programme environment, or evidence of appropriate skills that have been gathered in a non-project environment.
- Significant experience of benefits management and governance.
- Working knowledge of budgeting and cost management, risk and issues management and business change and implementation.
- A visible leader with experience of promoting diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, respecting differences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to challenge effectively and professionally to ensure the correct information is presented at the right level and at the correct time.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks.
- Experienced and competent in the use of MS Office applications.
Desirable
It is desirable that the candidate has knowledge and experience of Project Management Methodology supported by professional qualifications and Professional Memberships such as:
- APMG Better Business Cases Practitioner
- APM Registered Project Professional
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 employer contribution of 28.97%
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviour's.
Stage 1 - Application & Sift:
Success profiles
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the above listed 8 essential criteria and this will be in the form of:
- Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
- 1200 word Statement of Suitability
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:
- Communicating and Influencing
Please do not exceed 1200 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2 – Interview (success profiles)
You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.
Behaviour's will be tested at interview.
There will be a 5-minute Presentation at the start of the interview. The topic of the presentation will be sent to you if invited to interview.
The Behaviour's tested during the interview stage will be:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Interviews will be held week commencing 18th November. Please note, these dates are subject to change.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQ’s (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London)
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Reasonable Adjustments
The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone.
To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you.
An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work.
This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should:
Contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.
You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Your application may be rejected and/or you may be subject to disciplinary action if evidence of plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own.
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates will require Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) as a minimum with willingness and capability to work towards Security Check (SC).
International Police check:
If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Harry McCullagh
- Email : ScienceHub.Resourcing@ukhsa.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk
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