Project Manager (SEO)

Job summary

Do you enjoy leading on projects and seeing them through to completion?

Are you passionate about collaborating with others to deliver?

Do you want to work somewhere where you can make a difference?

At the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) we are looking for SEO Project Managers to join us in our critical work to protect the nation from health threats. Successful candidates will be assigned to one of our diverse range of projects or programmes with opportunities for you to work on multiple initiatives such
as:

• Supporting delivery of a major change programme within UKHSA’s Portfolio, aligned to the organisation’s strategic objectives.
• Health protection projects or other health initiatives.
• Technology programmes or projects.
• Infrastructure programmes or projects.
• Organisational change / transformation programmes or projects.
• Leading the set up and delivery of new projects and programmes

We are looking for candidates with previous project management experience, particularly those with experience of transformational delivery, Government operations reform, and/or infrastructure project experience.

Working for your organisation

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers

Job description

• Manage the day to day running of the project(s), including the management of the project team.
• Lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost, and quality constraints.
• Build project plans and apply appropriate delivery methodology, setting project controls and track and report against milestones.
• Co-ordinate the development of the business case.
• Monitor and track project spend, ensuring it is within budget.
• Plan and manage resources to deliver the project.
• Identify benefits, ensuring these are understood, measured, tracked, and owned; monitoring the longer-term delivery of benefits against the business case.
• Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues, developing mitigating actions and escalation process.
• Provide project reports, support effective governance and decision making.
• Support project assurance, audit, and gateway reviews.
• Set up effective change management processes, including documenting agreed changes to the project deliverables.
• Utilise digital tools and data to interpret and make informed decisions, improve efficiency and achieve outcomes and benefits.
• Promote individual and team performance, seek appropriate guidance and coaching from the project community.
• Be an active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community.

The job holder will be supported to work towards achieving Government Project Delivery Accreditation where they do not already hold this.

Person specification

Essential criteria:

• Experience of leading low complexity change/transformation projects with an understanding and use of project delivery methodologies and frameworks.
• Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, budget management, resource management, risk and issue management and quality management in a project delivery environment.
• Experience of project governance, assurance, requirements management and change control in a project delivery environment.
• Awareness of project/programme business case development, commercial and procurement processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
• Ability to use digital tools to interpret, utilise and report data to support decision making.
• Strong capability in using Microsoft Office applications, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,983, UK Health Security Agency contributes £12,162 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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

Stage 1: Application & Sift

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess behaviours, experience and technical knowledge.

You are required to submit a statement in the ‘Supporting Information’ section of your application. Please structure your statement in two parts:

Part 1 – Lead Selection Criterion (maximum 300 words)
Describe how you meet the lead selection criterion:

• Experience of leading low complexity change/transformation projects with an understanding and use of project delivery methodologies and framework

Use a specific example that clearly explains what you did, how you did it, and the outcome.

Part 2 – Remaining 6 Selection Criteria (maximum 1200 words)
Describe how you meet the remaining selection criteria for this role:

• Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, budget management, resource management, risk and issue management and quality management in a project delivery environment.
• Experience of project governance, assurance, requirements management and change control in a project delivery environment.
• Awareness of project/programme business case development, commercial and procurement processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
• Ability to use digital tools to interpret, utilise and report data to support decision making.
• Strong capability in using Microsoft Office applications, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Please use clear, evidence based examples to demonstrate your skills and experience.

Sift Process: If we receive a high volume of applications, Part 1 (lead criterion) will be assessed first. Only candidates who meet the lead criterion will have Part 2 assessed.

Longlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications we may longlist into 3 piles of:

1. Meets all selection criteria
2. Meets some selection criteria
3. Meets no selection criteria

Only those that "meet all selection criteria" will be taken forward to the sift stage.

Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2:

Interview (success profiles)

You will be invited to a remote interview.

This vacancy is being assessed using Success Profiles. During the interview we will assess you against the below:

Behaviours:

• Leadership (lead behaviour)
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Project Delivery technical knowledge will be assessed through questioning.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria - External:

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).

Security Clearance Level Requirement:

Successful candidates must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Salary Information

If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
• £41,983- £48,128 (National)
• £44,148- £50,121 (Outer London)
• £46,310- £52,113 (Inner London)

Location - Hybrid working - any Core HQ

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs.

We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Future location
UKHSA is investing in a new state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre in Harlow, Essex, which will eventually bring together teams currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale and Porton Down. For more details, please see: Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection - GOV.UK.

The new facilities will start becoming operational in the mid-2030s, with full completion by 2038. Staff will move in phases as facilities become available. If you're appointed to a role currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale or Porton Down, please note that we'll continue investing in these sites for the next decade. As we get closer to the transition, we'll provide full information about relocation support available to staff.

Reasonable Adjustments
The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any
reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability
Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.

You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/

International Police check
If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.

Internal Fraud Check
If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicant’s personal details – name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub, and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional
circumstances. Currently this is only for external candidates to the Civil Service

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 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.

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).

Apply and further information

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).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Gurkamal Bhambra
• Email : gurkamal.bhambra@ukhsa.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's
Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the UKHSA Complaints team via email at: Complaints@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can
contact the Civil Service Commission. Visit the Civil Service Commission website for further information: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk