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Job summary

We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

This role sits in the Project Delivery Division in the Strategy and Private Office Directorate. We are maturing our benefits processes and building capability to provide a platform for success following the next phase of the spending review. We need people who are motivated, highly skilled and who are passionate about supporting the Department to achieve key Government priorities and deliver better outcomes for citizens and value for taxpayer money.

The Project Delivery Division oversees the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade's (BIST) Major Projects Portfolio, ensuring our most complex change programmes are set up to deliver against our strategic priorities. We recognise that better benefits management is at the heart of driving change to optimise return for investment supporting our mission critical projects to deliver value for money and boost economic growth.

Job description

The Benefits Portfolio Lead brings a broad range of project delivery, analytical and strategic skills together to advise our Major Projects Portfolio on successful benefits management.

The below is a list of characteristics which may be helpful in this role. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but are laid out to help candidates understand more about the role.

This role would generally suit someone who;

We are looking for a highly driven individual who can join our dynamic team to inspire and drive culture change to ensure all projects and programmes are benefits-led. You will run a best practice portfolio service, maintaining oversight of the outcomes defined by our major investments, ensuring they are tracked appropriately and linked to the department’s strategic priorities. You will ensure benefits are managed strategically at the portfolio level and embedded into the portfolio vision and strategy. You will continue to mature benefits management across BIST by delivering against and further developing an ambitious benefits strategy.

For new investments, you will assess their business case to make a recommendation to the department’s investment committee, driving value for money decision making at the highest level of the organisation.

An exciting and high-profile element of the role will involve being the single point of contact for NISTA (National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority), leading BIST’s efforts to align with the functional standard. You will drive forward a programme of work to assess programme compliance with the standard and where appropriate, support programmes and the wider portfolio to implement improvement suggestions.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Advise programmes on benefits management as the subject matter expert for BIST, giving tailored support aligned with best practice
• Act as the Benefits Keyholder for the Management Case, evaluating the ‘value for money’ of potential programmes going through the Green Book five case model
• Work across related professional stakeholder groups to embed, align and champion benefits management
• Drive a programme of continuous improvement to mature benefits portfolio management across the organisation, working with senior leadership for buy-in
• Role model Civil Service leadership values and promote an inclusive environment where colleagues can thrive, building a culture where staff are empowered and coached to success.
• Be the single point of contact for National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, (NISTA) on DBT’s ongoing compliance with the project delivery functional standard.

Person specification

Essential criteria

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage;

You will be the visible lead for benefits management across the organisation, therefore you should:

• Demonstrate some experience or qualification in at least one of the following areas:

• • Benefits management at the project, programme or portfolio level
  • Performance management including being comfortable with targets, metrics and measures at an organisation level
  • Analysis, monitoring and evaluation

• Be comfortable and credible with stakeholders, with an ability to advise and influence senior leaders;
• Be an inclusive, influential and positive leader, who can bring a team as well as senior stakeholders along the journey with enthusiasm;
• Be a strategic thinker, actively considering the bigger picture and anticipating risks and impacts of internal and external factors. An ability to understand corporate governance and strategic levers to unblock challenges;
• Be able to work with programme data, analysing it to draw meaningful conclusions for senior audiences/committees;

Desirable Criteria:

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates;

• Holding APMG Benefits Management qualification
• Experience of maturing organisational capability in a technical/business area
• Experience of working with NISTA and/or aligning a programme/portfolio with the project delivery functional standard

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

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

• Will focus on benefits, performance measures or M&E. Ref: Project Delivery Capability framework, under Benefits Manager role title. https://projectdelivery.gov.uk/government-projects-academy/project-deli…

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,511, Department for Business and Trade contributes £16,660 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• 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%

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

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

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

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.

Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date, though this is subject to change.

To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
• A Personal Statement of up to 750 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria. Please align to the essential criteria.

We aim to sift both the CV and the Personal Statement but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the CV only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the CV will either progressed to a full sift where the Personal Statement is then assessed, or progressed straight to further assessment/interview.

Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to interview.

As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a short oral presentation, details will be provided prior to your interview. You will be asked a technical question, in addition to behaviours and strength questions.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section on the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.

Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at DBTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.

Further Information:

Candidates that do not quite meet the standard for this role may be offered a position at a lower grade.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Select as applicable from: Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland/Access NI on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

For further information on the Access NI confidential checking service telephone: the Access NI Helpline on 0300 200 7888 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email accessni@ani.x.gsi.gov.uk

Vetting

The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Feedback

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 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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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.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 : Project Delivery Recruitment
• Email : pdrecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
• Telephone : pdrecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dbtrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: Resourcing@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.

Attachments

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