project manager Newport, Newport, Wales
Job description
Details
Reference number
298541
Salary
£31,385 - £32,741
Job grade
Higher Executive Officer
B3
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
IPO - Strategy Directorate
Type of role
Planning
Project Delivery
Risk Management
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
Apply and further information
Location
Newport, NP10 8QQ
About the job
Job summary
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trademarks, and copyright. We operate and maintain a clear and accessible IP system in the UK, which encourages innovation and helps the economy and society to benefit from knowledge and ideas. We help people get the right type of protection for their creation or invention. Delivering the best IP services to our customers is central to the IPO strategy and we are building on our strengths in rights granting and related services to improve our digital service offering and data.
As part of the IPO’s recent organisational design work, we have created the new Strategy Directorate which develops and co-ordinates clear office-wide strategic direction to ensure progress towards our corporate priorities and alignment with wider Government initiatives.
The role sits in the Change and Portfolio Management Office (CPMO) within the Strategy directorate. The post holder will be part of a team of Project Professionals responsible for delivering a variety of IT and Business change initiatives across the IPO.
Working location
This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff will be expected to spend around two days per week on-site at our Newport office.
You will be required to pay for travel and associated costs to your main office base.
We would however encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting line manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.
Job description
As a trainee project manager, the role will offer you the opportunity to develop and eventually deliver:
Effective and appropriate project governance
Various planning & estimating techniques
Resource planning
Risk, opportunity & issue management
Project delivery techniques
Contract management
Performance reporting
The successful candidate will be expected to complete a recognised project management qualification (PRINCE2) to support development.
Essential Skills and Experience
As well as being driven and want to peruse a long-term career within the project delivery profession, the successful candidate will be:
A Natural organiser
Structured and Methodical
A problem solver
Able to work with many different data sets
Person specification
Please refer to job description
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Benefits
Benefits of working with the wider IPO:
A very generous pension scheme with 27.1% employer contributions. Further information around the benefits of joining the Civil Service can be found via the Civil Service Pension Scheme page;
25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments (1 day per year) over 5 years of reckonable service. You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave;
The opportunity to form part of our many inclusive network groups, find out by looking at Disability Jobs, BME Jobs and LGBT Jobs
A variety of support functions including our excellent Staff Counselling Service which is a source of support for all staff at the IPO
A flexible working scheme which has no core hours and excellent opportunities for home, part-time and term-time working;
Eligibility for special and office-wide bonus payments
Excellent development opportunities;
Opportunities for secondments, both internal and external;
Opportunities to join many civil-service clubs such as the Sports and Social Association, Motoring Club (CSMA), which provide numerous discounts to members
When working at Concept House, Newport the following benefits are also available:
Free car parking is available on site;
On-site facilities including gymnasium, shop, restaurant
Please note that benefits may be subject to change.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Additional details on security and vetting
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check and if successful you must also hold, or be willing to obtain, a higher Security Clearance.
For meaningful checks to be carried out individuals will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, depending on the level of clearance, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. For this role the successful individual will need to have consistently lived in the UK for a minimum 5 years in order to meet the relevant security clearance.
Further information on the vetting process can be found at United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note that the IPO do not hold a sponsor licence, therefore if applicable please ensure your VISA enables you to work in the UK at the IPO without sponsorship.
If you have questions regarding this or are unsure if you meet the eligibility criteria, please contact [email protected]
How to apply
Candidates to note:
In order to capture your employment history please complete the employment history box under the 'Your CV' section of the online application form.
All communications will be electronic therefore it is vitally important that you check your Civil Service Jobs account regularly, as well as your spam/junk email folder
Sift
An initial sift of applications will be carried out to create a shortlist.
This will be based on the evidence provided for the following Success Profile elements:
Experience
When completing your 750 word Personal Statement, please outline your skills and experience as listed in the job description.
Interviews
If invited to interview Behaviour and Strengths based questioning will be used.
Behaviours
The below behaviours will be assessed at interview
Making Effective Decisions
Analyse and use a range of relevant, credible information from internal and external sources to support decisions
Consult with others to ensure the potential impacts on end users have been considered.
Communicating and Influencing
Use of different communication methods, including digital resources and highlight the benefits.
Ensure communication has a clear purpose and considers people’s individual needs
Working Together
Encourage joined up teamwork within own team and across other groups
Establish professional relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Strengths
Strengths are the things that we do regularly, do well and that motivate us. We have selected the Strengths that are relevant for this role from the Civil Service Strengths Dictionary. You will be assessed against these during your interview using strength-based interview questions.
Please note: Specific information regarding the Success Profile elements that will be assessed at interview will be contained within the interview invitation
Interviews for this role will be carried out in person at our Newport Office.
IMPORTANT: CVs sent direct to the IPO will not be accepted.
If you require job-specific information, please contact:
Name: Julie Thomas
E-mail: [email protected]
For further information around the Civil Service recruitment process, please visit our civil service careers page - IPO – Recruitment Support , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
This post is being advertised to Internal, across Government and external candidates at the same time.
Incomplete and/or late submissions will not be accepted or considered.
Should you have any queries or require any assistance in this matter, please contact the IPO Recruitment team at [email protected] prior to the closing of the post.
In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks. Information on this will be sent within the invite to interview text.
Diversity Statement
The IPO is an inclusive employer where diversity is respected and differences valued. Our positive approach to diversity allows us to select the most suitable applicants free from bias on factors such as age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, and many more protected characteristics.
If you require an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, then please let the recruitment team know via ; [email protected]
Candidates to note
Please select the arrows below to drop down each heading for further information, alternatively you can contact [email protected];
Information on Fraud data base and childcare vouchers
Terms & Conditions
OGD loan or permanent transfers
Pension information
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :Name :
IPO Recruitment Team
Email :
[email protected]
Recruitment team
Email :
[email protected]
Further information
Commissioners statement
The Civil Service recruits by merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.
Complaints Procedure:
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please contact;
Penny Phillpotts
Intellectual Property Office,
Concept House,
Cardiff Road,
Newport,
NP10 8QQ.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/
