Governance and Reporting Manager
UK Health Security Agency
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Job summary
We are looking for a Governance and Reporting Manager to join 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 re-provisioning 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.
As the Governance and Reporting Manager, you will manage and control governance activities in a project, typically of moderate complexity, to enable effective management and decision-making. You will support the timely, consistent, and accurate collection of data and assist with analysis and reporting on project progress and delivery confidence.
This role is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Governance & Reporting Manager 3. You can find more information about the PDCF on the gov.uk homepage (search "Project Delivery Capability Framework".
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
The Governance & Reporting Manager role is part of the Government Project Delivery Profession and UKHSA’s Project Delivery Resource Model.
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
Job description
As the Governance and Reporting Manager, you will be expected to: Manager
- Draft the governance section of the business case and ensure that there are timely slots at approval boards.
- Collate, review, and analyse data from stakeholders, working with them to resolve any anomalies or gaps.
- Draft and manage the terms of reference for boards, defining roles & responsibilities of its members.
- Support senior leaders to draft board agendas and prepare papers, record board decisions and work with owners to provide report updates.
- Collaborate with risk owners to report risks to project/programme boards.
- Work with the project manager to provide data for change control requests, present these to change board and share outcomes.
- Be an active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Significant experience of governance and reporting, working with boards in a corporate or project role environment.
- Working knowledge of assurance and project delivery frameworks and methodologies.
- Awareness of risk and issue management, lessons learned, continuous improvement and change control.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of collecting, interpreting and accurately reporting data and presenting in an effective manner to a range of audiences.
- Excellent presentation, briefing and drafting skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure, with multiple tasks, in a fast-changing and ambiguous environment, with a keen attention to detail.
Desirable Criteria:
- Knowledge and experience of Project Management Methodology supported by professional qualifications such as:
- APM Project Management Qualification
- APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner
- Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
- PMI Project Management Professional
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
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
Stage 1: Application & Sift - Success Profiles
Success profiles will be used throughout the process, and you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Communicating & Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
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.
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on essential criteria, and this will be in the form of
• a CV/ Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
• a 1200 word Statement of Suitability.
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
Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.
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 interview.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview - Success Profiles
Behaviours will be tested at interview.
If invited to interview, you will be asked to deliver 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 Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Communicating & Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
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).
Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard and Security Clearance.
For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC).
UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Jon Payne
- Email : recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk
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