C2/SEO Project Manager
| Posting date: | 19 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £41,880 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £41,880 - £47,822 (National) - £43,856 - £50,079 (London). Please note that negotiations for the Insolvency Service 2023 Pay Award are still ongoing. We will update this information in future adverts once the award is finalised. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 July 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 361871/7 |
Summary
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!
"A project can’t be delivered by just one person. We need to build strong, flexible, professional and capable teams.” - Nick Smallwood (Head of Government’s Project Delivery Function) The Agency is at an exciting time, driving significant IT and business change for our colleagues and customers as part of a 5-year strategic plan. We are looking for Project Managers to work on projects across the agency that will tangibly improve outcomes for our customers. If you are selected to join us, you will be allocated to lead a project or workstream in either our Corporate Centre or Digital Technology change team. You will be reporting to and supported by one of our Senior Project Managers or Programme Managers. As a project or workstream lead your work will make a significant contribution to our 5- year strategy, enhancing our customer services and making the agency a great place to work. You will need to continuously assess the impact of planned changes on the business and the public services delivered. It will be vital to build strong relationships with critical stakeholders, including working in collaboration with senior colleagues across the agency. You will be expected to manage all aspects of delivery including people, finance, operations, and technology. You will relish working on varied and complex areas of work and thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment. We are looking for people with a personal commitment to innovation and making a tangible difference to project delivery. Our project management team adopt a culture of being open and honest, demonstrating a commitment to change through their involvement of others and by delivering successful outcomes These roles are "Project Manager 2" on the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework You will be a key part of our agency Project Delivery Profession with access to resources and opportunities from our parent - Department of Business and Trade:
• Supporting individuals to build knowledge, skills and capabilities
• Access to guidance, frameworks and templates
• Communities of Practice allow you to share knowledge, collaborate and network with other Project Delivery Professionals across the Department of Business and Trade and their executive agencies
• Regular news updates on the latest project news and opportunities across government • Ties to the wider government project delivery profession • Access to Project Delivery community events
• Provides the opportunity to shape the future of project delivery in the Department of Business and Trade and Insolvency Service Learning and Development Opportunities
• Government learning platform with a range of Project Delivery related courses and related training opportunities
• Opportunity to undertake industry recognised qualifications such as PRINCE 2 and those offered by the Association of Project Managers (APM)
Responsibilities
Financial authority:
- Manage budgets within delegated financial authority • Produce and monitor financial forecasts supported by project accountant
- Ensure all necessary financial and commercial expenditure approvals are in place Stakeholder relations
- Identify key stakeholders and engage with them using effective communications
- Use influencing and persuasion skills as required with internal and external stakeholders Representation of the Agency
- Act independently and with colleagues in representing the agency with stakeholders on project matters
- Operate as the link between the agency’s operations and other project delivery partners
- Take the lead in specific negotiations with suppliers, partners and other agencies Leadership
- Act as a role model displaying leadership behaviours in accordance with the organisation's ethos
- Encourage, support, reward and develop staff
- Line management of programme and project staff including project specialists as agreed
- Create and collapse teams to deliver specific objectives or products, ensuring clear aims, objectives and deliverables are defined from the outset and monitored throughout
• Support development of the project delivery profession within the agency