About the Programme
The Synergy programme will implement a new technology platform for HR, Finance and Commercial functions, a new Business Process Service contract, and an inter-departmental Shared Service Organisation. It covers Defra, the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Home Office, providing business-critical tools to over 250,000 civil servants.
Responsibilities
•Create, lead, and manage projects and project teams to deliver outputs on time, within cost, and to quality measures
•Cascade the vision into delivery objectives, design project structures, and use appropriate methodologies and controls to manage transitions between phases
•Develop, maintain, and track project plans; set stage checks and report progress
•Develop, manage, and control project budgets; identify skill requirements, deploy resources, and track performance against forecasts
•Ensure benefits are identified, measured, tracked, and owned, with an appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy
•Manage stakeholder relationships, capture feedback, challenge the project, amend plans, and focus on critical delivery points
•Identify, monitor, and track risks; develop mitigating actions, escalate as appropriate, and manage interdependencies with related projects
•Provide reports and support effective governance and decision-making
•Engage with assurance reviews and support actions on recommendations
•Ensure change management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables with stakeholders
•Develop, draft, and manage project-level business cases for investment when needed, working with colleagues across the organisation
•Implement and monitor continuous improvement by sharing and embedding lessons learned; report and communicate activities and key messages
•Coordinate, direct, and guide a virtual team, and use learning opportunities to enhance organisational capability
Requirements
•Experience working in a complex project team and working knowledge of project delivery methodologies and frameworks
•Knowledge and application of planning, scheduling, budget management, resource management, risk and issue management, and quality management in a project or programme environment
•Knowledge and application of governance, assurance, requirements management, and change control in a project or programme environment
•Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks
•Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships, collaborate across boundaries, influence, and challenge effectively
•Ability to research and apply new ideas and approaches to enable innovative solutions
•Ability to work with ambiguity and continual change, make decisions and set direction without the full picture, and refocus as details emerge
•One or more of the following qualifications: APM Project Management Qualification, PRINCE 2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, PMI Project Management Professional, or Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Conditions
No conditions stated in the vacancy.
