AMS PSR

On behalf of Defra, we are looking for a Assistant Business Case Manager (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract which is a hybrid role so does require up to 3 days a week in the nearest Defra hub - Birmingham, Bristol, London, Newcastle, Reading and York

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Support EUDP’s projects in their development of project-level business cases: Develop in-programme guidance and provide subject matter expertise on project level business cases. Upskill EUDP Project Leads on business case development requirements, processes, milestones and planning.

As a Assistant Business Case Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Ensure project adherence to the EUDP Approvals process through regular tracking and review of progress against milestones.
• Ensure guidance on the EUDP Approvals process is updated, distributed and available to reflect any changes and accessible to Project Leads.
• Provide review and assessment assistance to business cases as the project produce documentation.
• Support the Business Case Lead in the development of the EUDP Programme Business Case: Track progress on relevant documentation and liaise with case leads to ensure timely completion. Organise clearance slots with senior colleagues as required.
• Quality Assure documentation prior to submission milestones and monitor version control. Contribute to Project Stage Gate Reviews Track submission of project business case documentation as part of the Stage Gate Review process, liaising with projects to ensure accuracy. Deputise as required for the Business Case Manager on Stage Gate Review meetings, reviewing documentation and providing feedback to projects.
• Owner of the EUDP Programme-level Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA): Ensure the document is updated alongside the development of the PBC iterations.
• Work with analysts to strengthen the programmes understanding of its Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) impacts.

Essential Skills

• Programme level business case experience ideally within a busy central government department
• Project level experience of business cases
• Experience across a busy overall portfolio of work
• Stakeholder engagement at all levels
• Equally assessments experience within the business case development and process
• Strong self starter with a proactive approach to all duties

Desirable Skills

• GMPP programme experience would be highly beneficial
• Public sector government experience would be highly beneficial

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, Defra 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.

Armed Forces Covenant

Defra guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 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".