Project Management Office Manager

Are you interested in pursuing or further developing a career in Project Delivery?
Are you motivated, curious and committed to creating a bright future for our customers?

Do you enjoy collaborating with others to deliver?
If so, you should consider a career in Project Delivery within DWP.

We are looking for people who understand the challenges of introducing something new and want to use their skills to support and enable the transformation of services for customers. We would welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of skills who are ambitious, curious and committed to developing their career in Project Delivery.

DWP are looking to fill 20 Project Management Office Manager roles within Change and Resilience Group in some of the largest programmes across Government. Details about the various programmes in our Group can be found in the Candidate Information Pack.

As a Project Management Office Manager, you will play a key role at the heart of our projects and programmes in helping enable successful delivery of Change, and the opportunities we have available are challenging and within a varied environment. You will require excellent stakeholder management skills to positively engage others and build capability.
You will provide support to projects to remain on track and organise appropriate governance at different points in the project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery across DWP’s Change Portfolio. You will implement and share best practice across different programmes as well support the development and application of project procedures, tools and techniques. In return, you will join a flourishing, supportive community delivering some of the largest transformation programmes in the UK.
Our success depends on our people. We are looking for people to join our team who are as motivated by our unique purpose as we are!

What are the role responsibilities?

While no two days will be the same, the responsibilities may vary from role to role but include:

• Leading a small PMO team to deliver a range of products in support of the wider programme, ensuring individuals are supported and developed.
• Providing end to end planning and reporting.
• Analysing and co-ordinate a wide range of data and information to inform preparation of reports to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Supporting and arranging assurance reviews at appropriate points in the programme lifecycle.
• Providing secretariat to senior governance meetings.
• Identifying impact of Cross Departmental and new ministerial initiatives.
• Preparing business cases and track benefits realisation.
• Identifying, developing and managing project risks, issues and interdependencies, escalating as appropriate.
• Collaborating and building strong working relationships with colleagues from across DWP including Digital, Policy and Operational Delivery ensuring the level of engagement is appropriate.

Our Mission
The Department for Work and Pensions is one of the biggest government departments, delivering vital services to some of the most vulnerable people in society. As part of the UK’s biggest public service department, we make sure that millions of people receive their State Pension and working age, disability and ill health benefits each year.
Change and Resilience Group (CRG) lead on the Department’s portfolio of Change programmes and projects. We work in multi-disciplinary teams to continually improve how we do things and deliver our services with minimal disruption to DWP customers. More information can be found in the Candidate Information Pack attached and in the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lI-sy4rvm4?si=xJ2w4hlq7Q4m8c-T

The size and scale of DWP means that there are plenty of opportunities to develop, learn and progress throughout your career. We are committed to developing our people now and in the future. Our aim is for our colleagues to be appropriately skilled and qualified from the moment of entry up to becoming an experienced Project Delivery practitioner within their role. The Government Project Delivery Profession accreditation scheme is at the heart of what we are delivering within DWP. This scheme, designed for all Project Delivery professionals working in projects, programmes and portfolios, provides an industry aligned standard by which project delivery professionals working across government can be recognised for their knowledge, skills and experience

We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make Change and Resilience Group as diverse as possible, and we particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including people from an ethnic minority background, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.