Head of Project Management Office

at  Crown Commercial Service

ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED LEADER WITHIN THE PMO SPACE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE INTO A NEWLY FORMED FUNCTION WITHIN CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE?

This role will be a critical position accountable for the monitoring, governance adherence and reporting processes for a portfolio of change across People, Process, Technology & Data at an enterprise level.
A key function which is being delivered as part of our exciting digital directorate transformation programme shaping the way effective change is delivered and managed within the organisation.
The role will be pivotal requiring leadership collaborating with both the internal Digital Teams, Portfolio & Investment Management and wider business leaders.
An exciting opportunity to shape how change is managed and delivered in Crown Commercial Service within this new function.

JOB SUMMARY

This is an exciting new leadership role within Digital and Data Services (DDS) which will design and embed a PMO function for the enterprise. The function will provide the data and assurance of the delivery of CCS change projects that deliver our business objectives

TEAM SUMMARY

The role of the Head of Programme Management office sits within the Strategic Projects and Governance team (SPAG) within the Digital Data & Services Directorate (DDS).
This is an exciting new leadership role within DDS which will design and embed a PMO function for the enterprise. The function will provide the data and assurance of the delivery of CCS change projects that deliver our business objectives

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Procure a service delivery partner to provide PMO support for CCS
• Lead and embed the PMO process and reporting etiquette for CCS
• Lead a team of project support officers (PSO) and PMO analysts to work with the business to collect and collate the reporting requirements for portfolio assessment
• Champion the use of best practice project management standards and processes.
• Support and maintain the agreed budgets for projects and/or programmes and forecast actual costs against them in partnership with the Project Manager and Finance Business Partner
• Manage the PMO team and support the Project Manager in the identification, recruitment, development, deployment and reassignment of resources throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mandate and monitor the project team on the use of appropriate tools and techniques for managing stakeholder relationships. Provide assurance to the Head of Projects on the effectiveness of stakeholder management within Projects Establish and maintain the project processes and standards for managing risks and issues. Provide assurance to the project manager on the effectiveness of Risk and Issue management arrangements.
• Ensure appropriate governance is in place across projects in readiness for external reviews e.g. Gateway Reviews at appropriate points in the project lifecycle. Monitor and report on the effectiveness of controls and ensure that recommendations from external reviews are acted upon.
• Maintain and Capture the Change Control Process for projects and/or programmes supported by the Project Manager and or SRO
• Establish and operate project controls on behalf of the project manager, reporting on project progress and status to appropriate bodies. Identify common capabilities and opportunities for linking up, re-using andsharing of methods and resources between projects and programmes. Ensure learning from experience is disseminated across the organisation.
• Identify, develop and share best practice project management processes, tools and templates and benchmarks against industry standards. Provides direction and guidance to the project team.

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)

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