Programme Manager - Corporate Systems

Job title :
Programme Manager – Corporate Systems Department:
Digital and Technology

Location:

Hybrid working – Birmingham office at least 1 day per week

Contract:

Fixed-term contract for up to 2 years for a short-term project or piece of work

Hours:

Full-time (37 hours per week) Salary: £62,000 per annum Grade: 14 Job Req: ICT
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The role:

As a Programme Manager at the Gambling Commission, you will provide strategic leadership and direction across a defined set of interdependent projects and the associated business change activities.

You will be responsible for the successful delivery of the required outcomes, including the establishment of appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring progress, managing risks and issues and ensuring business readiness for change. Our offer to you:

- Civil Service Pension, with 28.97% employer contribution- 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service (pro rata)- Holiday purchase scheme (option to buy up to five extra days annual leave)- Flexible working & family-friendly policies, including compressed hours
- Ergonomic, fully accessible office, very close to Birmingham New Street Station
- Open, collaborative and people-focused culture Your responsibilities:

- Develop and clearance of the business case with project leads and SMEs.

- Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Lead the programme to deliver the business case benefits and outcomes.

- Maintain the overall integrity and coherence of the programme and governance framework to support the delivery of each of its projects.

- Create and maintain project delivery frameworks for use by the Commission, ensuring that programmes and projects meet government functional standards and align to central project frameworks.

- Make recommendations and secure resources from senior stakeholders and allocate assigned resources across complex and large-scale programmes and projects.

- Support and manage your team and the wider Project Management community with learning and development to embed good project delivery and practice, providing coaching and mentoring to project professionals across the Commission.

- Oversee risk, issue and dependency management. Ensure mitigations are in place and resolved through negotiated agreement.

- Ensure realisation of benefits for stakeholders through planning and designing and that project outputs meet programme requirements.

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

- Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and highlight need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate
- Work with project leads and business as usual to ensure dependencies are actively managed, act as an arbiter and enforcer and resolve issues between the various elements of the programme
- Follow the Gambling Commission’s portfolio and project delivery frameworks and contribute towards its continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for:

Essential criteria:

- Experience of managing complex programmes and projects within a dynamic and fast-paced programme environment.

- Understanding of Contract Management, and the importance of working with Commercial in managing supplier relationships to deliver programmes and projects.

- Project Management qualification (i.e. PRINCE2, APM, MSP, P3O) and in-depth understanding and application of PPM concepts and principles.

- Ability to build consensus and influence across a large and often diverse and senior group of stakeholders and develop strategic relationships (internal and external). Desirable criteria:

- Agile Project Management Qualification (i.e. SAFe Portfolio Management)- Managing Successful Programmes qualification
- Contract Management accreditation

- Experience of managing business change
- Knowledge of Government Functional Standard for Project Delivery
- Previous experience working in a Regulatory, investigative or Governmental organisation. Your application:
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