JOB SUMMARY
As Lead Project Manager you will lead on the day to day running of a project(s) that are typically moderate to high in complexity. These will be UKHSA’s most strategically, impactful and novel undertakings. You will be responsible for overseeing the delivery, ensuring that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will have effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and will play a key role in project governance, working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefit realisation.
This role will lead the team that will primarily focus on:
- The writing and agreement of Requirements for the Science Hub Campus
- The Science and Laboratory Estate strategy for the Science Hub Campus
- The Target Operating Model for the Science Hub Campus
- Ensuring the programmes supply chain deliver their individual packages of work in accordance with their contracts, adhering to the scope, cost, time and quality.
- Achieving the delivery and close out on each of the RIBA stages.
- Stakeholder engagement with the business
This role is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Project Manager 4.
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Lead the day to day running of the project, taking ownership and accountability for delivering agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.
- Lead the development and maintenance of project plans and determine appropriate delivery methodology. Setting project controls, managing performance and report progress to sponsors.
- Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to the stage, effectively managing the transition between phases.
- Lead development of the budget and track project spend.
- Identify skills requirements and deploy suitable resources.
- Identify key stakeholders, internal and external, and effectively manage these relationships.
- Identify and monitor project risks and issues, developing mitigating actions and escalating as appropriate. identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
- Support effective governance and decision making. provide project reports, engaging in processes that hold you accountable for delivery.
- Engage with assurance reviews and support recommended action. Co-ordinate project assurance processes and gateway review
The role sits within the Science Hub Programme. The overall aim of the programme is to deliver new modern Science facilities, creating a hub for the critical scientific capabilities the UK needs to deliver on key health security objectives. The Science Hub programme aims to enhance and replace existing UKHSA infrastructure - most importantly its high-containment laboratories - which are essential for protecting the nation against potentially highly infectious diseases.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
You will be assessed on the below 8 essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Document.
- Experience of developing requirements, strategies or target operating models for new facilities or ways of working with colleagues in a specialised microbiology labs or other types of medical facilities.
- Experience working with mdcs (multi-disciplinary design consultants) and/or other contractors to develop designs for specialised microbiology labs or other types of medical facilities.
- Significant experience of successfully managing medium or high complexity projects covering scheduling, budgeting and cost management, risk and issue management, governance, assurance and change control.
- Expert knowledge of planning and resource management in a project delivery environment.
- 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 at a senior level.
- Ability to work well under pressure, with multiple tasks, in a fast-changing and ambiguous environment, effecting positive culture change.
- To be an accredited Contract Manager at Contract Management Foundation (Government Commercial Function) or equivalent.
- Has knowledge and experience of Project Management Methodology supported by professional qualifications or equivalent to the below (4) Or equivalent experience in Infrastructure, Construction or Capital delivery: -
- APM Project Management Qualification,
- APM Registered Project Professional.
- Managing Successful Programmes, Desirable Practitioner level
- Project Leadership Programme
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)
- 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
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