PMO Manager

PMO Manager London, England

OFGEM
Full Time London, England 30950 - 46157 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

272351

Salary

£30,950 - £46,157
London £33,400 - £46,157 Glasgow/Cardiff - £30,950 - £43,649

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
Level 2a

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

OFGEM - Eserve

Type of role

Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Cardiff, Glasgow, London

About the job

Job summary

Ofgem exists to ensure safe, sustainable and affordable energy supply to British households and businesses. Project management and delivery is central to Ofgem's work: ensuring change is undertaken efficiently and effectively to deliver on Ofgem’s regulatory and statutory obligations. You'll be working at the interface between government policy and private sector investment, where you can make things happen.

Your work will play a part in helping us protect energy consumers and make a successful transition to a net zero future.

As a PMO Manager you’ll contribute to the definition and maintenance of the standards for managing change within Ofgem. Tasked with a wide variety of projects impacting on both energy suppliers and consumers, you will support either one large programme of work, or move between a number of projects and will lead colleagues in delivering high-quality governance for projects and programmes.

Using your background in PMO you will work collaboratively with peers and stakeholders to ensure there is a consistent and collaborative approach to project management and delivery across the organisation, that also respects the complex, challenging and varying scale and values of projects undertaken. This includes the review, establishment and sharing of best practice as well as the development and application of project procedures, tools and techniques in order to standardise methodologies and realise efficiencies.

It will be important that you feel comfortable providing expert guidance, support and insight, acting as a trusted source of project information and metrics.

You’ll also engage with the wider Project Management and Delivery profession to share ideas and promote continuous improvement.

As a professions-based organisation, we are serious about offering you professional development, training, and support. You can also expect an excellent benefits package, a great working environment with hybrid working, and a shared sense of purpose.

It’s important that we are reflective of the consumers and communities that we serve, so we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially those from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, we will happily accommodate flexible working patterns and job shares.

Job description

Purpose

The role of the PMO Manager is to contribute to the definition and maintenance of the standards for managing change within Ofgem. This includes the review, establishment and sharing of best practice as well as the development and application of project procedures, tools and techniques in order to standardise methodologies and realise efficiencies. The PMO Manager provides expert guidance, support and insight on the project, and acts as a trusted source of project information and metrics.

  • Accountability for fulfilling a range of project management responsibilities for the Portfolio including planning, resourcing, ePMO Portfolio Management Framework, governance, reporting, risk and assurance management and all change aspects - reporting into the Senior Portfolio & Performance Manager.
  • Champion & validate use of PMO tools and broader change process across Ofgem.
  • Support other interrelated activities, deliverables and outputs as required.
  • Ofgem’s Delivery and Schemes Directorate is at the heart of Ofgem’s enduring priority to deliver Environmental and Social Schemes for government to support vulnerable consumers and advance decarbonisation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Delivery and leadership – Lead the PMO in supporting projects in the delivery of business case development, benefits realisation and outcomes. Champion the use of best practice project management standards and processes.
  • Business case – Support the Project Manager in the development of business case with input from specialists as necessary.
  • Budget – Develop and agree budgets for projects and/or programmes and forecast actual costs against them.
  • Resources – Support the PMO team and Project Managers in the identification, recruitment, development, deployment and reassignment of resources throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Stakeholder management – Advise the project team on appropriate tools and techniques for managing stakeholder relationships. Provide assurance to the project manager on the effectiveness of stakeholder management arrangements.
  • Risks and issues – Establish and uphold the project processes and standards for managing risks and issues. Provide assurance to the project manager on the effectiveness of Risk and Issue management arrangements.
  • Governance and assurance – Ensure appropriate governance is in place and arrange external reviews e.g. Gateway Reviews at appropriate points in the project lifecycle.
  • Monitor the effectiveness of controls and ensure that recommendations from external reviews are acted upon.
  • Change management – Establish and implement protocols to change the scope of projects and/or programmes and update configuration documents as required.
  • Project performance and controls – Establish and operate project controls on behalf of the project manager, reporting on project progress and status to appropriate bodies. Identify common capabilities and opportunities for linking up, re-using and sharing of methods and resources between projects and programmes.
  • Benefits realisation – Ensure successful outcomes during and after project by identifying intended benefits and reporting on these once established.
  • Ensure learning from experience is disseminated across the organisation.
  • Guidance and support – Identify, develop and share best practice project management processes, tools and templates and benchmarks against industry standard.
  • Provides direction and guidance to the project team.


Person specification

  • Relevant qualifications, for example one or more of the following (LEAD):
    • PRINCE2 Practitioner
    • Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
    • Agile Project Management Practitioner
    • Management of Risk Practitioner
    • P3O Practitioner
    • Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner
    • APM Project Management Qualification
    • APM Chartered Project Professional
    • Project Leadership Programme
    • APMG International Project Planning and Control Foundation
    • APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner
    • Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
  • Proven experience in working at a senior level in a PMO function or leading multi-faceted change programmes (LEAD)
  • Experience in developing delivery plans, including clear and transparent work objectives, milestones, and success metrics
  • Skilled collaborator and strong communicator
  • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills at senior levels

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Please refer to the Candidate Pack attached for full details

Benefits

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; up to 30 days annual leave. Excellent training and development opportunities. The opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements which include a valuable range of benefits. Flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Restaurant and subsidise gym (London only). Interest free season ticket loan.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘supporting statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team :

PMO Manager
OFGEM

www.ofgem.gov.uk
London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Brearley
Unknown / Non-Applicable
501 to 1000 Employees
Government
Energy & Utilities
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