Governance & Reporting Officer

Job summary

Are you able to build strong relationships that will enable you to influence and challenge at all levels? Are you a natural communicator with the ability to tailor your communication approach to suit your audience?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Governance & Reporting Officer to join our team at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and we'd love to hear from you!

The Department took full responsibility for the Grenfell Tower site from the local Council in July 2019; work began in September 2025 to carefully take the Tower down.

The Grenfell Site and Programme (GS&P) manages the site, supports the independent Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission (GTMC) and the wider recovery of the Grenfell Community. The priority of the programme is to work towards delivering the vision of the GTMC for a lasting memorial to remember the 72 lives that were lost in the tragedy. with a Multi-Disciplinary Design Team who will design the memorial announced in Nov 2025.

Our Programme Management Office (PMO) team is looking for a project delivery professional to join the team as a governance and reporting officer. The post holder will hold a central role in the delivery of the Grenfell programme. Working well with teams across the directorate, the post holder will focus primarily on insight, information and support that strengthens programme governance and risk management which enables the prioritisation of decisions.

The post-holder will also ensure optimal delivery of departmental strategic objectives in line with government priorities through implementing effective governance boards, risk management and reporting through engagement with programme stakeholders. The post holder will have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, developing an understanding of the entire programme and provide governance and reporting support. This will require strong organisational skills, the ability the deal confidently with teams across the directorate, manage competing priorities and report effectively on progress. It is vital that the post holder can convey the importance of the programme to seniors and across government, while also being aware of the sensitivities of the programme

Job description

As the Governance & Reporting Officer your responsibilities will include:

• Lead on commissioning, coordinating and compiling Board papers from the directorate, working across teams to understand needs and to deliver high-quality products on-time.
• Ensure that the right decisions are brought forward to Programme and Project Boards at the right time, delivering balanced agendas.
• Act as the central point of contact for governance processes, ensuring decisions are documented and actions tracked.
• Lead on the preparation and delivery of high-quality reports for DRM (Delivery Risk Management) and other reporting platforms such as GRIP (Governance, Risk, and Implementation Planning)
• Provide general project management support to the Programme Management team and wider programme, responding to ad hoc commissions and reporting.
• Maintain risk registers, monitor mitigation plans, and escalate issues where necessary.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, board members, and project teams.
• Have the opportunity to further develop project delivery skills by working with a team of experienced project delivery professionals and through learning and developing opportunities.

Person specification

• Essential knowledge of how projects, programmes and portfolios operate
• Ability to interpret, analyse, integrate and present data and evidence from a range of sources
• Good planning, organisation and communication skills
• Ability to network and build relationships across the programme
• Excellent excel, PowerPoint and word skills.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,801, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £10,081 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Childcare Voucher and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Application and Selection
The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours , Strengths

Stage 1: Sift

• Behaviour (Lead Behaviour): Working Together
• Behaviour: Seeing the Big Picture
• Behaviour: Communicating and Influencing
• Behaviour: Managing a Quality Service

There is a 250-word limit per question.

When writing your application, remember:

• the assessor won’t be reading your answers sequentially

• do not assume that the same assessors will have read all of your answers

• if talking about something in your first answer, make sure that you write the second answer as if you had not written the first (and so on!)

Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that each of your answers would be viewed by different assessors.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift using the lead behaviour listed in the advert. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

If you run into any technical problems when applying through Be Applied (for example, trouble logging in or submitting your application), their support team can help. Please contact them at hello@beapplied.com.

Stage 2: Interview

• Behaviours: Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together, Communicating and Influencing, Managing a Quality Service

• Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 2nd March 2026.

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 16th March 2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

• Applying

• Sifting

• Interview

• Interview Results & Feedback

• Reserve List

• Near Miss

• Civil Service Grades

• We are a DCS, RIS & GPTWV employer

• Reasonable Adjustments

How to Apply

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

• Security Clearance Requirements

• Civil Service Nationality Requirements

• Right to Work

• Artificial Intelligence

• Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles

• CV Declaration

• Sponsorships

• Salary and Grade

• Existing Civil Servants

• Conflict of Interest

• Location and Flexible Working

• Fixed Term Contracts

• Internal Fraud Database - Internal Fraud Register

• Appeals and Complaints

• Conflict of Interest

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office:

London Office: + CTC

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 counter-terrorist 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 the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Satwant Beghal
• Email : satwant.beghal@communities.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk

Further information

If you are unsure about any part of the process or require additional information about the post to enable you to progress your application, you should speak to the Resourcing team - recruitment@communities.gov.uk. Candidates can appeal at any stage of the recruitment process if they believe there has been:

a procedural irregularity

an infringement of the Civil Service equal opportunities policy

exceptional circumstances which were not notified to the interview panel which might have affected performance on the day.

It is important to note that these are appeals about the process not the decision. In the first instance, an appeal should be directed to the MHCLG Resourcing Hub at recruitment@communities.gov.uk.

If the MHCLG Resourcing Hub is unable to satisfactorily resolve your complaint, you may contact put your complaint in writing to the Civil Service Commission, Room G8,1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or by email to: info@csc.gov.uk

Attachments

1a. MHCLG Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 834kB)1b. Candidate Guidance Opens in new window (pdf, 355kB)1c. Success Profiles Candidate information Opens in new window (pdf, 936kB)Darlington Economic Campus Career Pathways Opens in new window (pdf, 452kB)