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We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Would you embrace the opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of the rail network in the North of England?
Do you have experience of managing or sponsoring the delivery of large-scale projects within a project delivery environment?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity available to join the Department for Transport’s Rail Infrastructure Services and Delivery Group as a Programme Client Manager and would love to hear from you!
Job description
You will join the Rail Infrastructure North (RIN) team, who are part of the wider Rail Infrastructure Services and Delivery Group, and responsible for overseeing investment in Rail in the North of England. You will work as part of a friendly and committed team, focused on improving the experience for rail passengers in the North of England and ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.
You will be responsible for securing this investment and working with Regional and Local Authorities on scheme development. In addition, you will Client Manage rail projects to ensure they are delivered on budget and on time, and that their outcomes are aligned with wider government priorities. This will involve collaborating with statutory bodies, regional and local authorities, and delivery partners such as Network Rail, as well as other colleagues across the DfT Rail Groups.
This is a sometimes-demanding role that involves a blend of Policy and Project Delivery skills, but will also give you exposure to projects being undertaken in an operational environment. It therefore offers a valuable opportunity for you to work on major and complex infrastructure projects, which also contribute to the Government’s levelling-up agenda. You will gain the opportunity to work with an extended supply chain, to develop your stakeholder-management skills and to support large-scale projects, aiding both your personal and professional development.
If you would like to find out more about what it's like to work at DfT Rail, please click here.
Your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Client management: Provide the day-to-day clienting of rail schemes, driving them towards successful delivery of outcomes to time, cost, and quality.
- Business Case Development: work with colleagues across DfT Rail, analysis, and delivery partners on the development of business cases for your projects, obtain investment decisions from boards, and ensure benefit realisation for projects once closeout is achieved.
- Stakeholder Management: Establish and manage strong relationships with a range of different internal and external stakeholders including Network Rail, Rail Industry partners, Regional and Local Authorities, HM Treasury, and Ministers.
- Financial Reporting:Monitoring and understanding project costs and trends, to give you the basis to challenge financial performance of projects and to understand underlying trends and reasons.
- Integration activitiesinclude identifying and managing dependencies and interfaces between our North East programme and other major schemes across the area including Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), and Network North.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.
Person specification
About You
You will have experience of programme/project management, including leading, managing, or sponsoring delivery of large-scale projects. You will have excellent analytical skills, with an understanding of project/programme data, how to interpret trends and report these effectively. You will have the ability to quickly understand the financial, organisational and political structures within which our infrastructure enhancement projects are promoted.
You will be an articulate communicator, both verbally and in writing. You will be familiar with using a range of communication channels and techniques, with the ability to produce high quality written material. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, enabling you to provide a positive, customer-centred approach, as well as building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders, building trust and demonstrating integrity.
You will be a resilient individual, who is comfortable working at pace and will remain flexible when faced with ambiguity. Therefore, enabling you to assess and reprioritise workflows when required to balance both immediate term priorities and longer-term goals.
You will either hold one of the following Project memberships/qualifications, or have a willingness to work towards once in the role:
- Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner
- APM Project Management Qualification
- APM Chartered Project Professional
- Project Leadership Programme
- Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Additional Information
This role is available to individuals who wish to be spending their office time in Leeds or Birmingham, and we would also expect the individual to be willing to occasionally travel to visit alternative DfT offices and locations relevant to the route.
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.
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How to Apply
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement (maximum 750 words) please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
- Leading, managing, or sponsoring delivery of large-scale projects
- Operating in a project/development environment, providing recommendations to senior managers.
- Effectively delivering at pace, including delegating and re-prioritising workload when required.
The sift is due to take place from 02/04/2024.
Interviews are likely to be held from 16/04/2024.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- An interview
This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Pre-employment Checking
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 applicant’s 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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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) (opens in a new window)
- 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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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