Senior Project Manager

(London, Full-time, Permanent)

We are especially keen to hear from candidates who possess a strong background in a Central Government and Public Sector Project environment.

About Capita

At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, education, transport, health, life and pensions, insurance and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever ??? and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals.

We are currently recruiting for interesting and exciting positions at the Home Office. The Home Office keeps the UK secure and prosperous; protects its citizens, residents and visitors and their property; and upholds rights, liberties and the rule of law. We lead on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime and fire policy, counter-terrorism and work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.

Why Join Home Office?

This role is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative person to be at the forefront of change in one of the great Departments of State. We are delivering significant transformation in order to continue keeping our citizens safe and our country secure. New technology and the fast evolving nature of the threats we face mean we must adapt, and adapt fast, and with the UK leaving the EU, the need for change is greater than ever.

Project Managers provide a key role delivering the Home Office Transformation Portfolio. It is large, complex and challenging and encompasses over 20 major and/or mission critical projects and programmes plus four business portfolios of change. There is a strong focus on agile, modular project delivery, supported by enterprise-wide portfolio management and you could find yourself working on a project for the UK???s critical national infrastructure through to a complex technology enabled business change programme.

The Role of a Senior Project Manager

Your role as Project Manager is to lead/manage the project and the project team. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the project???s delivery to ensure objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will have a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered, enabling benefits to be realised.

Typical Role Responsibilities:

Delivery ??? Create and lead the project to deliver agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraint

Project Management ??? Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between project phases

Dependency Management ??? Ensuring all processes involving interrelated tasks are completed successfully within budget and on time

Reporting and Analysis- Gather information and present progress on reports

Planning and Dependencies- Support the development of planning, control and information management within workstreams

Expenditure Management ??? Working off forecasts and securing authorisation to release funds

Resources ??? Identify skill requirements; and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized team

Benefits Realisation ??? Deliver the agreed Business Case benefits and outcomes. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case.

Stakeholder Management ??? Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate.

Risks and Issues ??? Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies

Governance ??? Support effective governance and decision making, including with 3rd party vendors. Provide reporting and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as Project Manager, to account for delivery

Assurance ??? Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Organise assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required

Change Management ??? Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders

Guidance and Support ??? Provide support, guidance and coaching for the project team. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance

Project Performance and Controls ??? Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Develop and maintain Project Plan. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors

Essential Criteria:

Strong Public Sector or Central Government background Strong Project Delivery with the confidence to manage more than one projectDecision MakingStakeholder Management and excellent facilitator with good communication experienceTime ManagementEffective collaboration skillsAbility to work calmly and logically under pressure

Desirable Criteria:

Valid Security Clearance, used within last 12 monthsPRINCE2 Practitioner Agile Project Management Practitioner APM Practitioner Qualification APM Registered Project Professional Project Leadership ProgrammeJIRA experience

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to go through vetting and Security Clearance if not already holding active documentation.

The role will initially be fully remote in line with current guidelines, aiming at a phased return to onsite attendance one to two times per week as the UK passes into later stages of the Roadmap out of Lockdown