Principal Programme Manager
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 29th November 2024
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Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair, and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration, and passports.
Corporate and Delivery Directorate works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The directorate is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
The Grade 6 Principal Programme Manager role is available in the Home Office Property Services team (HOPS), reporting into the Deputy Director for Workplace Services and Projects. The post will be responsible for overseeing project delivery for an allocated Home Office region along with some national project delivery as business need requires.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the HOPS team and work on a varied and exciting government property estate, supporting the Home Office in delivering our strategic property ambitions of a smaller, better, greener estate, aligned to the Government Property Strategy, and operational and political priorities.
Job description
HOPS are responsible for providing expert property services to the department. The estate comprises of office, Border Force, warehouse, residential, detention and public access properties. Our property teams work with a variety of stakeholders within the department, across Government and with a range of external suppliers to deliver a range of construction projects, change and improvement projects, estate management and facilities management to support the Department in delivering our strategic ambitions of a smaller, better, greener estate in line with the Government Property Strategy, and operational and political priorities.
The Grade 6 Principal Programme Manager role is responsible for overseeing project delivery of allocated HOPS programmes of projects, ranging from minor to major works for the Home Office (and Arms Length Bodies when required). The post holder is required to work closely with colleagues across HOPS to ensure wider estates priorities are met and projects are delivered to time and budget, ensuring excellent standards of delivery, design, and customer service across a plethora of stakeholders. Relationship management and communication at senior level are critical components to the role.
This role is at Senior Practitioner level within the Property and Construction Project Management core role of Property and Construction Projects in the GPP Career Framework. For information on the GPP Career Framework please visit: Government Property Profession career framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is available on a full-time basis and with an option for compressed hours.
Travel
This role will require travel nationally to Home Office sites and may include some overnight stays. Frequency will vary depending on business requirements but could be up to weekly.
Line management
This role includes line management responsibilities.
Key responsibilities
Effective leadership and development of project teams to deliver a portfolio of projects to time, cost, quality, and performance parameters.
- Ensure projects meet all statutory and legislative standards and are delivered in compliance with government policies and governance procedures. Ensure projects comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, including Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM).
- Effective and timely performance reporting, monitoring and assurance measures. Ensuring that all information reporting cycles are met and the accuracy, consistency and quality of information provided. Ensure that project delivery risk management strategies and procedures are in place and outputs are actioned.
- Embedding wider efficiency targets and activities, such as the implementation of Building Information Modelling, Government Soft Landings and Collaborative Procurement. Drive best practice and innovation through project delivery processes, seeking continuous business and process improvement.
- Working with and developing strategic supply chain delivery partners to ensure supply chain performance, and procurement compliance. Ensure cross project working, shared supply chains and collaboration to meet the Government’s Construction Strategy objectives.
- The post holder is accountable for the budget for their team and ensuring appropriate spend controls are in place, managing budgets supporting and forecasting activities.
Person specification
Essential criteria
- A successful track record of leading large complex projects gained within a property profession discipline or infrastructure construction environment.
- Ability to understand and interpret complex datasets, quickly identify performance issues, explaining both concisely and clearly to stakeholders. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship skills with the ability to represent the Directorate in a professional manner. Management of key stakeholders resulting in solutions that balance commercial performance and business strategy.
- Tenacity and drive, with a proven ability to resolve problems effectively, exercising good judgement. Analyse situations and develop approaches considering the estates strategy and customer requirements.
- Understanding and complying with real estate and related statutory, regulatory and professional requirements.
- Highly developed leadership skills, including direction setting, motivation and change management – staff and supply chains.
- A practical working knowledge of the use of relevant software, e.g. MS Office.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing board level oral and written briefings.
Desirable Qualifications
Holds relevant accreditation as set out in the GPP career Framework e.g. RICS, IWFM, CIOB, CEng, CEnv, RTPI or RIBA at Chartered, Certified or Fellow grade.
- Details of the GPP Career Framework can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-property-profession-career-framework--2
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Property Programme and Project Management E
- Stakeholder Engagement E
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
- See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
1. Application – by 29th November 2024
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- a CV (Job history/qualifications/skills)
- a Personal Statement) (1000 words maximum)
Your CV should consist of your qualifications, career history and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored and used to provide further context on your personal statement, and support conversations at interview.
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
2. Sift – week commencing 2nd December 2024.
The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
3. Interview – week commencing 6th January 2025.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will consist of questions based on:
- Behaviours (as listed in the job advert)
- Strengths
- Technical Skills (as listed in the job advert)
For guidance on the Technical skills, please refer to the Government Property Profession. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-property-profession-career-framework--2.
In addition, candidates will be asked to prepare an oral presentation that will be delivered at interview. The presentation will be assessed against the Behaviour: Managing a Quality Service on the 'Success Profiles' and will be specifically assessed against the presentation question/scenario which will be disclosed closer to the interviews.
The interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
- A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
- Good internet connection
- Microsoft Teams
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Further Information
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website. Applying - Home Office Careers
You can select up to three locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve list
Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further Information
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service, Disclosure Scotland 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 the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up. For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is 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 HOrecruitment.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
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamCorporateEnablers@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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