Senior Project Manager x 3

Job summary

The Transformation and Change Division sits within the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Group within UK Export Finance. The Division is responsible for delivery of, and assurance of, the Transformation and Change Plan, the portfolio of change within UK Export Finance.

The Transformation and Change Plan covers the next 18 months of project and programme delivery and forecasts out by a further 18 months, covering Policy, Process, Digital and Technology change, focussing on delivering the Business Plan and new Target Operating Model.

Job description

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to lead / manage the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. The Senior Project Manager has a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

Main Activities

The key responsibilities will be:

• Delivery – Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Project Management – Day-to-day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between project phases.
• Business Case – Develop and draft the business case, with input from specialists as necessary.
• Budget – Develop the budget and track delivery within budget.
• Resources – Identify skill requirements; and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized team.
• Benefits Realisation – Deliver the agreed business case benefits and outcomes. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place, and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the business case.
• Stakeholder Management – Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate.
• Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
• Governance – Support effective governance and decision making. Provide reporting and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as Senior Project Manager, to account for delivery.
• Assurance – Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Organise assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required.
• Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.
• Guidance & Support – Provide support, guidance and coaching for the project team. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.
• Project Performance & Controls – Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Develop and maintain Project Plan. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors.

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out additional duties according to business needs.

Person specification

• Essential
• Qualifications (A)
• (held 2 or more of the below)

• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner
• APM Project Management Qualification
• APM Chartered Project Professional
• Project Leadership Programme
• PMI Project Management Professional
• Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
• Government GOST accreditation

Knowledge (A,I,P)

The Technical competencies below are the required skills, and will be graded across Application , Interview and Presentation, this is against the Project Delivery Competency Framework page 33:

• Commercial & procurement skills (W)
• Requirements management (P)
• Solutions Development (A)
• Planning (P)
• Scheduling (P)
• Resource management (P)
• Budgeting & cost management (P)
• Risk & issue management (P)
• Quality Management (W)
• Business change & implementation (W)
• Governance (P)
• Frameworks & methodologies (P)
• Stakeholder engagement (P)
• Assurance (P)
• Change control (P)
• Business case development (W)
• Asset allocation (A)
• Benefits management (W)
• Knowledge management (W)

• Skills/Ability (A,I,P)
• Further information on the levels can be found at Project Delivery Capability Framework
• Visible Leadership (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Leadership)

• The ability to engage, motivate and coach others. To act as a role model and inspire and empower others.

Credible action (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Leadership)

• The ability to promote the wider public good in all actions and to act in a morally, legally and socially appropriate manner at all times. Challenges unacceptable behaviour.

Inspiring others (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Leadership)

• The ability to create and present a compelling vision and set clear direction, that motivates others to work towards a common goal.

Working with ambiguity (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Making Effective Decisions)

• The ability to work in an environment of uncertainty and continual change. Able to feel comfortable making decisions and setting direction without having the full picture and re-focus as details emerge. Can apply knowledge and techniques to reduce ambiguity.

Collaboration (Level: Practictioner / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Working Together)

• The ability to establish and develop productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, bringing people together to benefit the project.

Conflict resolution (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Working Together)

• The ability to recognise, anticipate and effectively deal with existing or potential conflicts at an individual, team or strategic level.

Influencing (Level: Practitioner / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Communication & Influencing)

• The ability to influence, change and impact decisions with both internal and external stakeholders.

Resilience (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Delivering at Pace)

• The ability to adapt to changing circumstances and adverse situations whilst remaining calm, reassuring others and maintaining performance.

Innovation (Level: Working / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Changing and Improving)

• The ability to think of, research and apply new ideas and ways of doing things. Encourages and supports innovations from others, is willing to experiment and follow ideas through to implementation.

Culture Change (Level: Awareness / Aligned to the Civil Service behaviour: Changing and Improving)

• The ability to plan, lead and effect positive cultural change, securing commitment and buy-in and promoting a positive long term vision. Recognises when broader culture change is necessary to deliver a project .

Experience (A,I)

• Substantial experience in a project delivery role with demonstrable experience of Project Management methodologies and their application to the design, development, and implementation of projects.
• Experience of working in an environment of uncertainty and continual change.
• Deliver projects / programmes to time, quality, and cost.

Qualifications

• Qualification (hold 2 or more of the below)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner
• APM Project Management Qualification
• APM Chartered Project Professional
• Project Leadership Programme
• PMI Project Management Professional
• Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
• Government GOST accreditation

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• Following the sift, successful applicants will be invited to attend an initial technical interview; to be held via MS Teams and this will be based on several technical questions relevant to the role.
• Technical - A 10-minute presentation followed by a Q&A based on a topic determined by UKEF and will need to be prepared in advance, the details of this will be provided to the relevant candidates.
• Technical Questions relevant to the role

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £63,500, UK Export Finance contributes

£18,395 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%

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, Experience and Technical skills.

Please ensure that you read through the Candidate Information Pack attached to this advert, before applying.

All applications will be sifted against our essential criteria outlined in the personal specification.

• Qualification (hold 2 or more of the below)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner
• APM Project Management Qualification
• APM Chartered Project Professional
• Project Leadership Programme
• PMI Project Management Professional
• Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
• Government GOST accreditation
• Behaviour statement - 250 word statement on Delivering at Pace
• Statement of suitability - you should fully articulate in 750 words how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification within the Information Pack making use of the Project Delivery Capability Framework – pages 33, 138, 139.

In the event of a high volume of applications there will be a pre-sift on the behaviour statement: Delivering at Pace.

For the initial sift your application will be evaluated against :

• Experience - Application and Statement of Suitability
• Behaviours - 250-word statement on Delivering at Pace

Following the sift, successful applicants will be invited to attend an initial technical interview; to be held via MS Teams and this will be based on several technical questions relevant to the role.

If you are successful following the initial technical interview, you will be invited to a second stage interview , to be held onsite at 1 Horse Guards Road or via MS Teams ; this will include the following assessment:

• Behaviours/Experience/Line Manager Standards - a formal panel interview where you will be interviewed across all five behaviours highlighted in Appendix 1 .
• Technical - A 10-minute presentation followed by a Q&A based on a topic determined by UKEF and will need to be prepared in advance, the details of th