Project Manager - Capability and Organisational Structure
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9AB |
| Company: | Reed Talent Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MaPS00896-339774 |
Summary
Project Manager - Capability and Organisational Structure
£66,000 per annum
Bedford
18 month FTC
Hybrid Working
Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Project Manager for Capability and Organisational Structure. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact by leading the planning, coordination, and delivery of organisational design and workforce transition activities essential to embedding the Pensions Dashboards Service (PDS) into MaPS business-as-usual. As part of the Technology and Change team, you’ll define future-state capability requirements, align structures and roles to the new operating model, and ensure teams are prepared, resourced, and supported to deliver the service sustainably. This pivotal role works across HR, Governance, Strategy, and functional leads to operationalise the service and drive long-term success
You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.
Role Overview
The Project Manager - Capability and Organisational Structure will report directly to the Lead Programme Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for:
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and document the future-state capability and team structure required to operate the Pensions Dashboards Service.
- Develop project plans and delivery milestones for capability and organisational transition activities.
- Work closely with the Business Architect, HR, and functional leaders to ensure alignment with the target operating model.
- Lead the development and coordination of role profiles, reporting lines, and resourcing plans to support transition to BAU.
- Facilitate business readiness and transition activities, including handover plans, workforce change communications, and coordination of recruitment or redeployment.
- Track risks, dependencies, and progress related to capability delivery, and escalate issues to governance forums as needed.
- Coordinate updates to organisational documentation, planning tools, and business systems to reflect the future-state model.
- Represent capability planning and transition work at relevant programme boards and working groups.
You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience.
- Proven experience in project management, preferably in organisational design, capability development, or transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of operating models, workforce planning, and structural change in a multi-functional or matrix environment.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across HR, Strategy, Governance, and Operations to deliver coherent organisational change.
- Excellent planning, risk management, and project delivery skills, with a structured and pragmatic approach to execution.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience working in public sector, digital, or service delivery organisations is desirable.
- Familiarity with transition management, role design, or business readiness planning would be an advantage.
About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.
At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:
- Caring
We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform. - Connecting
We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. - Transforming
We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.
Our Inclusive Working Environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”
Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.
What We Offer
- Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
- Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
- Life assurance scheme
- Give as you earn scheme
- Employee assistance programme (EAP)
- PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
- Enhanced family and sick pay
- Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
- Recognition Scheme
- Discounts portal to numerous retailers
Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Career Development
In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil Service Commissioner recruitment principles, which means that you will be required to participate in a full, open, and fair process.
Reserve List
If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.
Application Process
The application process will consist of the following stages:
Applications must be submitted by 12 August 2025 and should include a covering letter, explaining your motivation for applying for the role and suitable experience.
- Telephone interviews will be conducted between 29 July and 14 August 2025.
- CV sifting will take place on 15 August 2025.
- In-person interviews will be held at our Bedford office on 27 and 28 August 2025.
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: recruitment@maps.org.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.
Job Reference: MaPS00896
Close Date: 12/08/25
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