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In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment youd like to work in, wed love to hear from you.
As part of the Governments plan to provide first class, fit for purpose health care for the public and as a response to demands on the NHS post Covid-19 pandemic, several capital infrastructure programmes have been centrally funded, by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to provide additional or improved services to the NHS.
Three years ago, the Portfolio Management Office was established to provide oversight and to monitor deliver of a growing number of programmes designed to improve NHS services & facilities and manage NHS Elective Care backlog. The programmes vary in size, scope, and duration (over 2,000 projects sit within the overall PMO) and the Portfolio has a combined value of £7.5bn, comprised of:
- Hospital Upgrades
- Eradication of Mental Health Dormitories
- Removal or remediation of Reinforced Aerated Autoclaved Concrete from the estate
- Community Diagnostic Centres (increasing scanning capability)
- Digital Diagnostic Capabilities (improving digital infrastructure capability)
- Accident and Emergency improvements
- Targeted Investment Funding to tackle the backlog
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Funding
- Demand and Capacity (Winter Pressures)
- Mental Health Emergency Care
All programmes within the DHSC Capital Delivery Portfolio (CDP) are delivered by an Arms Length Body – NHS England (NHSE) which is the delivery arm, responsible for providing national leadership for the NHS. The PMO sits within DHSC and the PMO team work in partnership with colleagues in NHSE to drive delivery.
Job description
We are looking for a Portfolio Risk and Stakeholder Manager to join the PMO. This is a highly rewarding role and diverse in nature. The job holder will actively be involved in Portfolio Risk management and programme stakeholder engagement.
The Post holder will be responsible for implementing the Portfolios risk strategy ensuring a common approach to Risk Management activity, including tolerances, reporting, escalation and identifying risk/issue and manage necessary engagement routes to communicate risk/issue mitigations and decisions to the individual Programmes.
Portfolio risk trends analysis is critical to the role as such the role will involve categorising and aggregating risks that are occurring across several Programmes/Projects at the same time can be easily identified and dealt with as a whole rather than individually.
Person specification
Role Responsibilities:
- Implement and Maintains the Portfolio Risk Management Strategy.
- Monitors, reviews and proactively manages all escalated risks and issues.
- Identifies aggregated risks across the Portfolio and proactively manages the mitigating response plans by ensuring Risk Owners have clear direction on Portfolio level decisions.
- Manages resolution to the escalated risks and opportunities in accordance with agreed Portfolio tolerance thresholds.
- Escalates any unresolvable Portfolio risks and opportunities to Portfolio Board with proposed resolution plans.
- Be part of the key holder investment appraisals group providing assurance on capital Business Case to the Investment Committees.
- Remain alert to emerging issues and trends which could impact the delivery of capital programmes.
- Prepare quarterly report of Portfolio risk trends and present to the Portfolio Board to aid in effective decision making.
- Effectively communicate and manage the process and benefits of programme risk management to both internal and external stakeholder stakeholders.
Key skills and experience required for the role:
We are seeking a strong team player, experienced in working in a complex programme or project environment.
Essential
- Proven project management/PMO experience working on projects that have a strong focus on reporting and governance.
- Ability to ensure colleagues and stakeholders have a clear understanding of objectives, activities and time-frames.
- Strong organisational skills with a good eye for detail; including the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build productive working relationships with others by encouraging joined up teamwork within your own work activities and across your groups by establishing professional relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate with and to share information as appropriate and check understanding.
- Experience of working within a project or programme governance framework.
- Proven effective report writing skills and good written communication skills, with the ability to tailor for the relevant audience i.e. external stakeholders.
- Ability to efficiently identify, grasp and resolve emerging opportunities, risks, issues and trends which might impact your work area.
- Able to show positivity and enthusiasm towards your work and encouraging others to do the same.
- Can successfully deliver high quality outcomes that meet customer/ stakeholder needs and gives value for money.
- Strong Excel skills
Desirable
- Recognised PPM qualifications e.g., MOR, MOP,APM, MSPM. We will expect unqualified candidates to undertake one of these recognised qualifications within the first 6 months of joining the team, which will be funded through our L&D budget.
- Experience using PowerBi.
- Experience of working on reporting of infrastructure, transformation and/or capital projects would be an advantage.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
Benefits
£10,806 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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 average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
Sift date: expected W/C 8/1/24
Interview date: expected W/C 22/1/24
Interview location: Virtual, by video. Further details will be released to candidates who are successful at sift.
The available interview slots will be released with the sift scores.
Applications will be sifted on Statement of Suitability, CV and Behaviours.
Please use your CV to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. These can be found in the key skills and experience required for the role section of the advert.
Please use your Statement of Suitability to (in no more than 750 words) outline how you meet the key skills and experience required for the role as set out in the job advert. Please also outline your knowledge and experience of risk management at a programme/portfolio level.
Please complete statements on the specified Behaviours (250 word max per statement).
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
An initial sift based on the Statement of Suitability may be held if a large number of applications are received.
At interview candidates will be assessed on Behaviours.
To find out more about working in the department please visit our page on the Civil Service Careers Website here and to find out more information on how to apply visit the Civil Service Careers Website here
Further Information
Applicants who are appointable but were not successful in appointment to this vacancy, may be held on a reserve list for up to 12 months, and contacted if similar vacancies become available.
Please be aware that some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.
Please note that applicants will require BPSS clearance.
Any move to DHSC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service 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.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Terms and Conditions
Candidates should note that DHSCs Terms and Conditions of employment changed from 1 October 2013. It is the candidates responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful.
New Entrants to the Civil Service
New entrants appointed in grades AA to G6 will receive DHSCs modernised terms and conditions:
- Annual Leave: 25 days on entry rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff
- Privilege Leave: 1 day – for the Kings birthday
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): one month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay and five months half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allow staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Probation: 6 month probation period
Existing Civil Service staff transferring from another Government department, on either level transfer or promotion
All staff moving to DHSC will transfer onto DHSCs modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Existing DHSC staff, appointed on either level transfer or promotion
If DHSCs modernised terms and conditions are already held, the employee will retain those terms and conditions. If DHSCs pre-modernised terms and conditions are held, the employee will transfer onto DHSCs modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Abisayo Agbenla-Rahman
- Email : abisayo.agbenla-rahman@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/
