Project Delivery Support (Synergy Programme)
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,614 to £45,081 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Pay Award Pending |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 421389/4 |
Summary
We’re looking for people who are flexible, intuitive and are comfortable taking high levels of volume, speed and complexity in their stride.
An exciting new role is available in the Synergy Programme, a cross-departmental group formed in response to Government Business Service’s request for individual departments to group together in ‘clusters’ to drive efficiencies, increase buying power and improve the quality of shared service to our end users – our people.
The Synergy Programme is the largest of five departmental clusters, comprising the Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Home Office. The Department for Work and Pensions hosts the Synergy Programme. Your work will impact Shared Services arrangements and support almost a quarter of a million officials and public servants across the four departments and arm’s length bodies who deliver some of the most vital public services in our country.
The success of the programme is crucial, as Civil Servants rely on shared services to provide business critical tools in human resources, finance, payroll and procurement. It affects everything we do, from joining a department as a new starter, the way we claim for expenses, how we buy goods and services such as our laptops and canteen provisions, to the way we receive our pensions when we retire.
Most importantly, we’re looking for applications from people who can also demonstrate a passion for our core ambition - delivering a once in a generation, transformed service that Civil Servants will use as a result of the Synergy Programme.
- Planning and scheduling - Oversee project planning, performance management, and progress reporting by ensuring effective systems, tracking milestones, supporting change control, and addressing potential delays.
- Leadership – Supporting the team to deliver the implementation objectives and contribute to the wider programme, delivering the business case benefits and outcomes.
- Stakeholder engagement - Develop and maintain communications with internal and external stakeholders, building effective and collaborative relationships across the programme, and beyond to confidently challenge, influence and negotiate positive outcomes and solutions.
- Governance and Reporting - Supporting effective decision making and governance, reporting and engaging in mechanisms that hold the programme to account on delivery.
- Risks and Issues - Lead on monitoring and managing potential risks and issues, developing mitigating actions and escalating as appropriate.
- Event planning – Lead and/or support on planning and facilitation of various events within the Implementation space including but not limited to, workshops and cross Government events.
- Assurance - Support with assurance activities and action recommendations. Organise assurance processes as required.
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