JOB SUMMARY

The Project Delivery Centre of Excellence has grown significantly since its creation in June 2020 and consists of the following expertise: Portfolio Management, Assurance, Benefits, Business Change and the PD Profession. This is an exciting time to join us, and there is much to do.
The Senior Portfolio Advisor role is one of two at this grade that will work across these functions and help to provide much needed capacity to test, adapt and improve project delivery across the department. We have a current vacancy and we are looking for a candidate who is interested to join our team to play a key role in guiding how DCMS operates its project delivery function. This is a challenging and varied role, with scope for significant learning on portfolio, programme and project management.
We have a high performing and supportive team environment. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about working collaboratively with others in the team and across DCMS to continue making the department a great place to deliver the best projects in Whitehall.

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

Further information on nationality requirements

YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING DUTIES, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE WIDER TEAM ACCORDING TO BUSINESS NEEDS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE:

• Work with the team to embed sound project delivery understanding and practice on areas such as project delivery capability, change management, programme reporting, benefits management, assurance and risk.
• Provide advice and support to projects across all areas of departmental delivery, including sponsorship policy and capital investment.
• Contribute to the governance of our major programmes by supporting the work of the Delivery and Risk Committee (DRC), monthly reporting insight and analysis of GMPP data.
• Work with the team to provide leadership for strategic long term roadmaps for the Project Delivery function.
• Collaborate on a prioritised schedule of risk and assurance reviews for a wide range of projects including our major projects, tier C (departmental priority) and corporate change projects. Provide cross-cutting analysis from the assurance programme (eg on resourcing, dependencies) and assess progress on the implementation of recommendations.
• Create a culture of learning by contributing findings, experience and lessons learnt to the Project Delivery Community of Practice to spread good practice across the Portfolio.
• Support the development of the Project Delivery Profession and promote learning and development activities.
• Work with the Business Change functions across the organisation, ensuring individuals understand their roles and responsibilities and have access to the right training, tools and development.

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the experience success profile:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable 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 and you should insert your CV into the “Job History” section on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
• A Statement of Suitability (max 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 requirements highlighted. You may also choose to reference the desirable skills listed however these will not be considered in the assessment of your application except in circumstances where there are a high number and caliber of candidates