Head of Blueprints
| Posting date: | 22 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £64,700 to £69,200 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 361343/2 |
Summary
As part of the GCF’s work, the Blueprints team work with Commercial functions across Government to support the creation of Commercial Blueprints for each Department. The Commercial Blueprint is an essential product in the capability suite of products enabling the right sizing of commercial teams. It follows a robust methodology and benchmarking, which allows Government departments to inform business case development for people and capability investment. Since its launch it has successfully enabled a further £18m of HMT funding to support FTE into the GCF. The rigorous review and sign off process they go through means they are often used in discussions with Commercial Directors, Permanent Secretaries, the Government Chief Commercial Officer (GCCO) and other senior stakeholders to support decision-making.
The Blueprints team sits within Contract Management and Capability Services, part of the Commercial & Grants Function Business Unit. It is a small team of 4 FTE led by the Grade 6 Head of Blueprints, reporting directly to the Director of Commercial and Contract Management Capability.
The team work closely with other data owners across the Cabinet Office (workforce planning, DDaT teams, Grants function and others) as well as regularly engaging each central Government department throughout the data gathering process. Further ambition is in place to engage teams in wider Government bodies to roll out Blueprints beyond its current central Government footprint.
The team are seeking a permanent G6 to report to the Director of Commercial and Contract Management Capability to lead the Blueprinting process. This will require:
- Leading Blueprints colleagues to scope and prioritise requirements for future Blueprints rounds.
- Detailed scoping with other Cabinet Office and cross-Government teams to identify the exact questions and data points required in this round.
- Discussions with GCCO and other senior leadership to seek buy-in and alignment on proposed Blueprint approach.
- Engagement with Commercial Director and Commercial teams of all central Government departments.
- Supporting teams to complete the data request.
- Analysing data received to provide additional insights and benchmarks to drive further development between departments.
- Supporting Departmental Commercial teams through senior stakeholder sign off.
- Analysis and preparation of an updated Insights Report, pulling together key insights, benchmarks, and proposed next steps as a result of cross-Government blueprint analysis.
The successful candidate will be expected to lead the Blueprints team to deliver Blueprints and related outcomes. This is expected to include (but is not necessarily limited to):
- Leadership and people development of the 2 SEOs and 1 HEO in the Blueprints team.
- Supporting each central Government department through the Blueprints process.
- Managing senior stakeholder relationships up to Commercial Director level to support departments through the process.
- Working with departments to provide analysis and challenge throughout.
- Working alongside other G6s and DDs in leading the Business Unit.
- Setting the direction and path for broader Blueprint activities, including shaping how Blueprints expand to wider Government bodies and exploring opportunities to automate and evolve to better meet users needs.