Programme Management Officer

Job summary

We are MHCLG

In response to the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government established the Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) Remediation Funds and the Building Safety Fund (BSF) to make sure high-rise buildings are safe – and people living in them feel safe – now and in the future. The ACM and BSF Programmes sit within the Remediation Portfolio which is part of the Government Major Project Portfolio. The Government has made over £5bn of funding available to building owners to enable them to undertake remediation of unsafe cladding on high rise buildings.

The Programme Support Officer will work within the Programme Management Office (PMO) team supporting governance, Programme Board, reporting, information management, programme closure and RAID management. The post holder will play a visible role, engaging and collaborating with external and internal stakeholders including our Delivery Partners and our Contract Management team. Prioritisation and adaptability will be key in managing priorities in a busy PMO.

Job description

As the Programme Management Officer your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the establishment of a new governance framework
• Providing secretariat and reporting functions, including for Programme Board and Operational Board meetings
• Programme and Portfolio reporting, including managing, monitoring and change control
• RAID management, monitoring, reporting, working with subject matter experts to identify, mitigate and manage programme risks, issues and dependencies, and escalating as appropriate
• Leading on commissioning updates from subject matter experts and team leaders to track milestones and activity
• Maintaining team and programme information management systems and supporting associated quality assurance processes
• Supporting programme and portfolio level evaluation, Lessons Learnt and benefits management
• Supporting project and programme planning, timelines and milestone management
• Leading on programme events and activities

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• Track record, knowledge and experience working in a PMO/project/programme environment
• Able to build productive relationships across the programme
• Qualification in one or more of the following areas:

  o PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) Foundation

  o APM (Association for Project Management) Project Fundamentals Qualification

  o Managing Successful Programmes Foundation

  o Agile Project Management Foundation

  o Other Project Delivery Qualifications such as Lean Six Sigma; Change Management Qualifications; Management of Risk etc.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,773, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £13,260 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).At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Staff Benefits Scheme, Childcare Vouchers, and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Application and Selection
The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours , Experience , Strengths

Stage 1: Sift

• Experience (Lead Element): How would you use your experience to help establish a new governance framework? (250 words)

• Behaviour: Leadership

• Behaviour: Communicating and Influencing

There is a 250-word limit per question.

When writing your application, remember:

• the assessor won’t be reading your answers sequentially

• do not assume that the same assessors will have read all of your answers

• if talking about something in your first answer, make sure that you write the second answer as if you had not written the first (and so on!)

Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that each of your answers would be viewed by different assessors.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift using the lead behaviour listed in the advert. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

If you run into any technical problems when applying through Be Applied (for example, trouble logging in or submitting your application), their support team can help. Please contact them at [email removed].

Stage 2: Interview

• Behaviours: Managing a Quality Service, Making Effective Decisions.
• Experience: Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description.

• Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Candidates will be asked to prepare a 5-minute presentation, further details will be provided on invitation to interview.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 19/10/2026

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 09/11/2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)

We are a Disability Confident employer.

We apply a fair and proportionate interview process for all candidates. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to progress candidates who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the required minimum selection criteria.

However, where high application volumes are received, progression to interview may be limited to those who best meet the role criteria. In these circumstances, the benchmark required to proceed to interview may be raised for all candidates.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

• Applying

• Sifting

• Interview

• Interview Results & Feedback