AMS PSR

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Benefits Manager  Inside IR35 for a 12 months contract based Hybrid 2 days a week in Exeter and the rest from home.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance. 

As a Benefits Manager , your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead benefits management activities and collaborate with the project team to deliver the benefits and outcomes outlined in the business case. Champions best practices and provides expert advice to team members and the project community.
• Assists the Project Manager in preparing and updating the benefits section of the business case, working with specialists as needed.
• Define and shape the benefits management strategy, considering the organisation's broader methodology
• Establish and maintain the project benefits realisation plan, including managing change control.
• Set up the system for tracking and reporting benefits throughout the project lifecycle and into realisation.
• Facilitate workshops to map benefits and circulates them for agreement and approval. Uses experience to challenge assumptions and ensure their robustness. Works with various stakeholders to validate and test dependencies.

Essential:

• Extensive experience as benefits manager
• Experience in socio-economic impact benefits modelling and benefits realisation (MA framework).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• APMG/ APM/ PRINCE2/ MSP

Desirable:

• Explicit working knowledge of the Partnerships Fund (ISPF) - highly desirable
• Science and technology research (AI) background - highly desirable

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Met Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".