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6691 - Programme Director - HMCTS
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £81,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | External candidates should expect their salary upon appointment to be £81,000 per annum. Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6691 |
Summary
The Programme Director is responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects, accountable as or to the SRO. This role is responsible for driving effective and efficient change delivery showcasing value for money, whilst ensuring HMCTS is improving services for our users in line with our strategic aims and business need. The Programme Director will champion project delivery within HMCTS, driving the strategic development of the PPM profession in line with best practice and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) standards.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting into the Portfolio Director you will:
• Lead projects and programmes as SRO/Programme Director. Take responsibility for setting the strategic vision, identifying success criteria, set project controls and be accountable for overall performance and delivery. Engage with assurance reviews and act on recommendations.
• Provide strategic leadership in monitoring benefit delivery in-line with the business case to maximise benefits from the programme.
• Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, prioritised, assessed and mitigation actions developed and implemented.
• Champion and empower project teams to apply the appropriate standards, good practices and lessons learned in-line with NISTA guidance and the Teal Book. Role modelling positive behaviours aligned to HMCTS standards and professional excellence.
• Develop, inspire and foster PPM capability by leading a professional practice area. Driving cultural and behavioural change outside your direct sphere of influence and providing coaching, mentoring and development support to the wider team.
• Build strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships across the change and PPM community, within HMCTS, wider MOJ, cross government and with NISTA.
• Act as an active member of the HMCTS Change Leadership Team, ensuring effective management and running of the organisation. Including sitting on the Change Directorate Resourcing Panel overseeing effective deployment of the PPM flexible resource pool resources to build high performing project teams.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting into the Portfolio Director you will:
• Lead projects and programmes as SRO/Programme Director. Take responsibility for setting the strategic vision, identifying success criteria, set project controls and be accountable for overall performance and delivery. Engage with assurance reviews and act on recommendations.
• Provide strategic leadership in monitoring benefit delivery in-line with the business case to maximise benefits from the programme.
• Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, prioritised, assessed and mitigation actions developed and implemented.
• Champion and empower project teams to apply the appropriate standards, good practices and lessons learned in-line with NISTA guidance and the Teal Book. Role modelling positive behaviours aligned to HMCTS standards and professional excellence.
• Develop, inspire and foster PPM capability by leading a professional practice area. Driving cultural and behavioural change outside your direct sphere of influence and providing coaching, mentoring and development support to the wider team.
• Build strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships across the change and PPM community, within HMCTS, wider MOJ, cross government and with NISTA.
• Act as an active member of the HMCTS Change Leadership Team, ensuring effective management and running of the organisation. Including sitting on the Change Directorate Resourcing Panel overseeing effective deployment of the PPM flexible resource pool resources to build high performing project teams.