Senior Project Manager

Job summary

We’d love you to join us at Companies House as a Senior Project Manager.

In this exciting role, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of projects within our portfolio of delivery. The majority of projects come within the remit of our transformation programme and will deliver new and transformed digital services and legislative reform. Our aim is to be the best registry in the world, achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete redesign of our digital services, target operating model and culture and delivering legislative reform to play a vital role in fighting economic crime. This requires different skills, capabilities, and mindset, where empowerment is encouraged and utilised.

In this role, you’ll be an active member of the Project Delivery profession in Companies House, supporting and mentoring other Project Managers.

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies House we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working with no core hours (between 6am and 8pm)
• 30 days annual leave
• 8 bank holidays & 1 privilege day
• Enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme, with an average employer contribution of 28%

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work.

Job description

Our Senior Project Manager will focus on the management of high value and complex digital and non-digital projects and will report to one of our Principal Project Managers. The responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the project Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) to design and manage the delivery of project objectives and outcomes in accordance with our project management practices.
• Developing the continuing business justification for the project.
• Ensuring that benefits are identified, defined, and monitored, and that mechanisms for measuring progress and benefits realisation are in place.
• Developing and managing the delivery plan, ensuring the achievement of project, programme, and portfolio delivery milestones.
• Leading the project delivery team, holding them accountable for their delivery, removing impediments to progress, supporting them in production of project deliverables, operating effective change control processes, and planning the integration of the project outputs to business as usual.
• Ensuring the project is compliant with our governance requirements and arrangements, including any interface with broader governance arrangements, such as government digital service or procurement standards.
• Managing relationships effectively with customers and stakeholders both internally and with external organisations.
• Providing assurance to the project board of your management of project budgets, issues, risks, resources, dependencies, delivery, and quality, and managing project controls around these.
• Arranging and facilitating project board and project team meetings, including the preparation of reporting decks.
• Contributing to broader portfolio reporting.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of our project delivery profession, including the continuous development of your own skills.

About the team

Our Senior Project Manager will sit within the Transformation Delivery Directorate and is at the heart of our transformation - facilitating the project delivery of significant changes to the role and functions of Companies House over the next few years. As outlined in our corporate strategy, we play an important role in driving confidence in the UK economy. Our programme of change over the coming years is key to enhancing that role further. We are an enthusiastic and inclusive team with lots to do and a positive attitude to achieving it.

Please note:

• You will be based at either our Cardiff or Edinburgh office where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis.
• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
• We can accept applications for those looking to work full time, part time or compressed hours, a minimum of 30 hours over 4 days per week.

Person specification

We're looking for:

• Experience of delivering complex, high-value projects, including at least one of the following:

- Working in a digital environment using Agile development methodology.

- Working with complex business change, managing cross-cutting themes, and mixed methodologies.

- Working in partnership with external suppliers or organisations.

As well as:

• A people-focused approach to project delivery.
• That they are resourceful, show initiative, with a willingness to explore and solve problems effectively
• Who can demonstrate strong technical skills in project planning and/or risk management and/or benefits management.
• Strong communication and engagement skills, both written and verbal, for effective team collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Extensive experience of working in a project environment, showcasing great project management skills.
• A willingness and experience of stepping out of their comfort zone, and learn new things quickly.
• A commitment to ongoing professional development and staying abreast of industry trends and best practices.
• Experience of line management.

Qualifications

We're looking for a Senior Project Manager with project management skills who has achieved at least one of these qualifications, or has equivalent demonstrable experience.

1. PRINCE2 Practitioner
2. Agile Project Management Practitioner
3. APM Project Management Qualification
4. APM Practitioner Qualification

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

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

• Strong technical skills in project planning and/or risk management and/or benefits management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £53,540, Companies House contributes £15,510 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).

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.

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