Senior Programme Manager
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 29th January 2025
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London pay locations: Croydon, £77,900 - £85,690
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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.
Home Office Digital, Data and Technology Home Office Digital, Data and Technology designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.
As a leader within the delivery community, you will provide leadership, guidance and support to others. You will also be expected to drive contributions to DDaT and cross-government communities of practice, sharing your knowledge, setting good practice and providing an example of what good looks like.
By joining Data Services and Analytics now, you can help drive forward our aim to become recognised as the leading provider of data insight services in Government.
Job description
Within DDaT, the Data Services and Analytics (DSA) team find innovative uses for Home Office data and contains one of the most advanced data analytics centres in Government. We strive to lead the way in appropriate and proportionate use of data and analytics to deliver joined-up, intelligent services that unlock the value from data and improve decision making, policy and operations.
Data Services and Analytics consist of technical and non-technical professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, we are the hub of data expertise within the department. We support our teams with structured learning, both formal and on-the-job, mentoring and feedback.
This role will be in the Cerberus Programme is a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programme with a complex delivery landscape across multiple products and suppliers. This Programme leadership role has responsibility for the technical delivery of outcomes in order for the Home Office and key stakeholder groups to realise the benefits as outlined in the business case.
The programme is fast paced and requires the management of suppliers, product and service teams whilst managing relationships and interdependencies with other key programmes, which includes the Future Border and Immigration System.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Management of a complex environment of real-time risking for people and freight across multiple modes of movement. Cerberus is critical to meet the real-time border risking use cases and enable the replacement and retirement of legacy systems.
- Managing multiple delivery teams to deliver highly complex, technical and risky products within agreed timescales, to cost and quality standards.
- Ownership of senior stakeholder relationships, effectively translating technical concepts, influencing and negotiating when required.
- Leading on managing relationships with commercial partners, working with colleagues in Home Office Commercial when contracts need organising and negotiating.
- Facilitating governance meetings and mechanisms and/or selecting the right people to join these discussions.
- Financial management of the annual budget, which is expected to be more than £30m in the next financial year.
- Some line management responsibilities.
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
Person specification
Essential criteria
- A proven track record of leading large scale and varied projects and/or programmes successfully, delivering and implementing change in a complex environment.
- Experience with commercial and supplier management, specifically contract negotiations, management and assessing the effectiveness across multiple delivery teams.
- Have excellent experience with working with a broad and complex range of stakeholders, with the confidence to engage with senior officials and/or ministers. You will have a proactive approach, seek out opportunities to effectively engage, and be used to operating with a high degree of autonomy.
- In depth understanding and experience of tools and techniques for effective planning and risk and issue management.
- Leading successfully across functional and organisational boundaries with resilient teams leading capability. Seeking out opportunities to influence decision-making by establishing, nurturing and maintaining strong, collaborative, productive relationships.
- Ability to cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Lead the programme to deliver the business case benefits and outcomes.
Candidates must hold at least one of the following qualifications:
- Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner
- P3O Practitioner
- APM Chartered Project Professional
- Project Leadership Programme
- APM Project Management Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Develop and clearance of the business case with project leads and SMEs.
- Ensure realisation of benefits for customers through planning and designing and that project outputs meet programme requirements.
- Detailed technical knowledge of data pipelines and product consumption.
Qualifications
• Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner
• P3O Practitioner
• APM Chartered Project Professional
• Project Leadership Programme
• APM Project Management Qualification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
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.
- Application – by 29th January 2025
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- CV
- Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).
Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be used to provide further context on your personal statement and scored against the essential criteria.
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 (CV and Personal Statement), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
2. Sift – week commencing 3rd February 2025
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and CV.
Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of the Personal Statement and CV.
3. Interview – from 21st February 2025
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviour (as listed in the job advert) based questions.
The interview will take place via Microsoft Teams.
Locations
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 locations and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is not guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
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.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
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.
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 : HORCCampaignTeamDDAT@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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