AMS PSR

On behalf of Defra, we are currently creating a pipeline for an upcoming opportunity for a Senior Reporting Officer (Inside IR35) for a 12 month hybrid contract based from one of their hubs in either Newcastle, York, Bristol or London.

The successful candidate must be comfortable with some travel into London as and when required.

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

Our objectives are:

• To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future. 
• To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production. 
• To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs www.gov.uk. 

25 Year Environment Plan - GOV.UK www.gov.uk.

As a Senior Reporting Officer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead Defra’s transformation under the Synergy Programme
• Oversee programme delivery, governance, and alignment with government strategy
• Drive stakeholder engagement across Defra and its ALBs
• Manage finances, resources, and benefit realisation
• Ensure robust risk, reporting, and decision-making processes.
• Champion business change and shared services implementation
• Represent Defra’s interests within the Synergy Cluster
• Promote sustainability and data-driven decision making

Essential:

• Experience of leading Transformation Programmes, developing a clear vision and setting standards.
• Evidence of understanding the role of change management and culture plays in major transformation programmes and the importance for benefit realisation.
• Experience of implementing change within functional areas (e.g Finance or HR) with an impact on technology or implementing ERP technologies
• Experience of successfully working with a broad range of senior stakeholders and external partners, demonstrating the communications skills, impact and gravitas to effectively challenge assumptions and influence direction in a complex environment.
• Able to build consensus across a large and diverse group of stakeholders.
• Strong people leadership skills, with a track record of developing, leading and motivating large teams and driving a diverse and inclusive working culture
• The ability to work with ambiguity, to manage conflict resolution and be personally resilient.

Desirable:

• In-depth experience of segmentation and management of multiple stakeholder groups appropriately in complex environments.
• Managing programme budgets, ensuring that accurate plans and financial models for future phases are developed and agreed and forecast actual costs against them.
• Commercially minded, with sound business acumen and a strong focus on performance, value for money and financial management of major project budgets
• Ability to drive performance improvement in a contractual environment.

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

Disability Confident 

Disability Confident As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ 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".