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Deputy Director for Programme Management - FBIS

Job details
Posting date: 31 March 2025
Salary: £76,000 to £86,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 21 April 2025
Location: Manchester
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 399032/9

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a key member of our leadership team. The Home Office is one of the great Departments of State, and for 200 years its work to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK has been vital to the communities we serve, and to delivering the Government’s priorities. The Migration and Borders System facilitates the legitimate movement of people and goods to support economic prosperity whilst also tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be here, detecting illicit goods and protecting the vulnerable. The Migration and Borders Group has a far-reaching and comprehensive change programme which encompasses policy, legislation and reform of the immigration system. This includes many of the most high-profile policy areas for the Home Office; asylum, migration, nationality, citizens’ rights and border transformation. The Future Border Immigrations System (FBIS) Programme was established to lead the design and delivery of a new border and immigration system and has transformed the way in which all migrants come to the UK to work, study, visit or join their family and tightened Border Security, delivering a better customer experience for those coming to the UK. One of the largest Programmes in the Home Office it has delivered the UKs Point Based System, eVisa and Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA).

The Programme Manager (SCS PB1) FBIS will be responsible for providing a strong programme grip on the overall scope and delivery of the programme outcomes. This will include strong collaboration with partners from across the Home Office and beyond to own the overall programme plan, deliver and maintain the programme business case (including supporting attendance at Home Office investment committees), managing programme finances, ensuring the right assurance is in place and external assurance from IPA, Cabinet Office and Internal Audit is well supported, oversight of the FBIS programme management office, managing FBIS governance (and inputs to other governance) and providing challenge to the separate FBIS delivery strands and strategy development to provide assurance on delivery and management of the programme as a coherent whole.

The postholder will be responsible for:

  • FBIS Programme delivery: support the SROs in driving forward the delivery of the complex cross cutting Programme ensuring a strong PPM methodology is adopted, lean and effective governance and documentation that support decision making.
  • Governance & reporting: Maintain oversight of programme progress. Chair governance boards for taking decisions on programme opportunities. Gain Programme Board approval for Programme Strategy and implementation.
  • Business case & assurance: Ownership of business case development. Oversee appropriate levels of assurance, both at Business Case decision points and on overall portfolio governance and progress
  • Planning, scheduling & resourcing: Ensure programme evolves to reflect changes in strategic directives and business priorities. Secure the provision of resources needed from internal / external providers. Manage the integration of project outputs and dependencies within strategic objectives.
  • Risk & opportunity management: Ensure that risks are fully identified and articulated with mitigations in place, make decisions in response to escalated risks or opportunities.

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