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Are you looking for an opportunity to develop project management skills?
Do you enjoy collaborating and building working relationships?
If so, we are looking for two Project Support Officers to join our North West Client Team, and we would love to hear from you.
Job description
As one of our Project Support Officers, you will support an experienced team of Project Clients with the day-to-day sponsorship of high-profile rail infrastructure projects in the North of England. We manage a portfolio of complex and large-scale rail infrastructure upgrades which sit at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda.
Our team covers projects at all stages of development. We develop business cases and progress them through the Department’s governance to identify and secure funding options. We ensure the rail projects are fit for purpose and aligned with the Government’s strategy.
You will be joining a friendly and committed team, focused on improving rail passengers experience in the North of England and ensuring value for money for the taxpayer. These roles provide the opportunity to collaborate with statutory bodies, local authorities, and delivery partners such as Network Rail, as well as colleagues across the Department’s Rail Groups.
In these roles you will develop invaluable project management skills whilst working across a range of disciplinaries and you will be supported to complete the project delivery professional qualifications.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Briefings and Correspondence: Leading the drafting and co-ordination of responses to Prime Minister’s Questions, Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial and other correspondence, and producing briefings for Ministers and senior leaders.
- Project Support: Supporting Project Clients with the day-to-day clienting of rail schemes, driving successful delivery to time, cost and quality, and reviewing and briefing senior management on project data and reports.
- Risk Management: Supporting Project Clients with their risk management, ensuring that risks and issues are captured and regularly monitored.
- Project Finances & Milestones: Collating, analysing, and sharing high-quality project management data on a routine basis, ensuring accuracy and consistency and enabling evidence-based decision-making.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Developing collaborative relationships with key partners, in particular Network Rail, Train Operating Companies and local authorities.
- Governance & Assurance: Coordinating and producing reporting packs for industry working groups and deep dives with the Rail Infrastructure Director General.
- Performing Secretariat duties for the North West Governance Boards and Manchester Task Force, arranging meetings, collating minutes and monitoring actions.
Person specification
About you
You will have excellent interpersonal skills to confidently engage with a range of industry partners within and outside of the Department for Transport. You will demonstrate high quality drafting skills to respond to correspondence and produce reports and briefings for senior leaders.
You will enjoy working as part of a team, with the ability to collaborate and build trusted relationships with diverse partners.
You will have high attention to detail, excellent analytical and planning skills and be able to prioritise workloads and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
You will have the enthusiasm and willingness to learn new skills and the confidence to take forward improved ways of working.
Additional Information
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.
Occasional travel to visit our industry partners in the North of England will be required.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
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 your experience, please tailor your CV and personal statement (maximum word count 750) to provide evidence of the following:
- Experience of producing high quality written and oral reports/briefings for decision makers.
- Experience of capturing, interpreting, and presenting data using a variety of tools and techniques.
- Experience of building relationships with various teams or stakeholders.
The sift is due to take place from 05/02/2024.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 26/02/2024.
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 anda presentation exercise
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.
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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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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Nationality requirements
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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