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5652 - Project Delivery Workforce Planning Manager
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,463 to £52,040 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5652 |
Summary
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government’s ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.
This role provides you with a unique opportunity to be central to the delivery of the Secretary of State’s priorities by being a member of the MoJ Project Delivery Function. The MoJ Project Delivery Function oversees the centralisation and coordination of all project delivery within the Ministry. By joining the MoJ Project Delivery Function (PDF), you will be able to access professional development opportunities including an enhanced and tailored development plan, access world leading guidance, tools and support across and access to the unique Government Project Delivery (PD) Professional network.
Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) provides a unique perspective across the HR and PD profession. As a job family, SWP provides the thought leadership and frameworks necessary to make a real difference at an organisational level. At its heart it is about planning for the future, in this case, you will be working across the Project Delivery profession and wider organisational planning communities to deliver transformational change. If you’re excited by the future and the challenges, it poses then SWP is a great place to be.
The role will be part of the Project Delivery Function Management Office (PDFMO), and the role holder will lead on the development and management of the PDF’s Workforce Strategy and Planning. This is a role which requires someone who is secure with data management and continuous improvement, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a Workforce Strategy for the PDF working collaboratively with colleagues, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Head of Business and Corporate Services/PDFMO and the wider PD Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a skilled and efficient Civil Service (CS) workforce. You will manage the Capability Support Officer to ensure maximisation of workforce efficiency through the learning and development offering. Reporting to the People Lead you will support the PDFMO in the creation of SWP’s, identifying and resolving resourcing and skills gaps to ensure that the PDF has the workforce that it needs to meet its future goals, in alignment with strategic business plans. This is your chance to make a difference to how the PDF operates and plans their workforce activity.
As Project Delivery Workforce Planning Manager, you will have a key role to play in supporting the PDF’s main aim of resourcing the Department’s large portfolio of projects and programmes with highly skilled Project Delivery Professionals. You will be required to build a comprehensive knowledge of specific pressures and complexities associated with Function’s workforce in conjunction with evidence gathering. You will also need to be able to identify and handle potential workforce risks and issues directly, and when to escalate to the Chief Project Delivery Officer (CPDO), COO, Head of Resourcing and in turn the Function’s SLT.
You will be expected to work effectively with senior colleagues and across the wider Civil Service as such, it offers a chance to build relationships, to develop briefing skills using a variety of communication styles and to increase understanding of senior decision making. You will be required to develop excellent working relationships with senior stakeholders and core teams within the Function’s structure. You will need to be well organised and definite, professional and positive with the ability to prioritise a busy workload with conflicting priorities.
This is workforce planning like nowhere else in government. The PDF operates within a unique consultancy model and has a unique set of challenges to accompany it, and you will be responsible for managing the various stakeholder requirements in relation to workforce and operational business needs. You will be required to support operational business needs such as reasonable adjustments, talent review and functional employee offboarding and data management/reporting. MoJ expects its employees to show openness, honesty and commitment, and, of course, to deliver results.
Key responsibilities of the role
These may be further shaped and adjusted dependent on business needs and team resources / skills.
· Development, implementation and monitoring of the Function’s Workforce strategy and SWP in line with the Function’s recharge model, by providing planning insights, developing a SWP framework, preparing and delivering data submissions and translating requirements into achievable workforce plans.
This role provides you with a unique opportunity to be central to the delivery of the Secretary of State’s priorities by being a member of the MoJ Project Delivery Function. The MoJ Project Delivery Function oversees the centralisation and coordination of all project delivery within the Ministry. By joining the MoJ Project Delivery Function (PDF), you will be able to access professional development opportunities including an enhanced and tailored development plan, access world leading guidance, tools and support across and access to the unique Government Project Delivery (PD) Professional network.
Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) provides a unique perspective across the HR and PD profession. As a job family, SWP provides the thought leadership and frameworks necessary to make a real difference at an organisational level. At its heart it is about planning for the future, in this case, you will be working across the Project Delivery profession and wider organisational planning communities to deliver transformational change. If you’re excited by the future and the challenges, it poses then SWP is a great place to be.
The role will be part of the Project Delivery Function Management Office (PDFMO), and the role holder will lead on the development and management of the PDF’s Workforce Strategy and Planning. This is a role which requires someone who is secure with data management and continuous improvement, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a Workforce Strategy for the PDF working collaboratively with colleagues, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Head of Business and Corporate Services/PDFMO and the wider PD Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a skilled and efficient Civil Service (CS) workforce. You will manage the Capability Support Officer to ensure maximisation of workforce efficiency through the learning and development offering. Reporting to the People Lead you will support the PDFMO in the creation of SWP’s, identifying and resolving resourcing and skills gaps to ensure that the PDF has the workforce that it needs to meet its future goals, in alignment with strategic business plans. This is your chance to make a difference to how the PDF operates and plans their workforce activity.
As Project Delivery Workforce Planning Manager, you will have a key role to play in supporting the PDF’s main aim of resourcing the Department’s large portfolio of projects and programmes with highly skilled Project Delivery Professionals. You will be required to build a comprehensive knowledge of specific pressures and complexities associated with Function’s workforce in conjunction with evidence gathering. You will also need to be able to identify and handle potential workforce risks and issues directly, and when to escalate to the Chief Project Delivery Officer (CPDO), COO, Head of Resourcing and in turn the Function’s SLT.
You will be expected to work effectively with senior colleagues and across the wider Civil Service as such, it offers a chance to build relationships, to develop briefing skills using a variety of communication styles and to increase understanding of senior decision making. You will be required to develop excellent working relationships with senior stakeholders and core teams within the Function’s structure. You will need to be well organised and definite, professional and positive with the ability to prioritise a busy workload with conflicting priorities.
This is workforce planning like nowhere else in government. The PDF operates within a unique consultancy model and has a unique set of challenges to accompany it, and you will be responsible for managing the various stakeholder requirements in relation to workforce and operational business needs. You will be required to support operational business needs such as reasonable adjustments, talent review and functional employee offboarding and data management/reporting. MoJ expects its employees to show openness, honesty and commitment, and, of course, to deliver results.
Key responsibilities of the role
These may be further shaped and adjusted dependent on business needs and team resources / skills.
· Development, implementation and monitoring of the Function’s Workforce strategy and SWP in line with the Function’s recharge model, by providing planning insights, developing a SWP framework, preparing and delivering data submissions and translating requirements into achievable workforce plans.