AMS PSR

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a PMO Planning and Risk Manager (Inside IR35) for a 3 month contract which is a hybrid role so requires up to 3 days a week in the nearest DWP hub - Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff, Newcastle and Glasgow, not London.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

The HTP Programme Delivery Planning team is a small team working in a central Hub and Planning spoke approach.

As a PMO Planning and Risk Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Managing and maintaining the HTP Integrated Plan, ensuring key deliverables are tracked and accurately report through Programme artefacts.
• Managing, maintaining and reporting Programme Risks to ensure risk causes, impacts and mitigations are properly identified, actioned and reported to protect HTP delivery.
• Managing Programme dependencies, to ensure they are actively managed, monitored and reported on to maintain Programme delivery.
• Support the G6 and G7 in managing the HTP Integration Programme Plan IPP and updating key planning artifacts to deliver overall planning assurance and control of the plan
• Leading on the management and accurate reporting of high-profile Programme Risks and Dependencies, ensuring Programme risks are actively managed and monitored, and the Programme Dependency register is maintained
• Leading on the development of high profile monthly HTP Dashboards for both Programme Delivery Group and Programme Board
• Running the Weekly Download Calls (Hub and Planning spokes)– driving the agenda to include key issues/progress/risks/ dependencies/escalation points

Essential Skills

• Experience of managing the planning part of the PMO in central government
• Experience of managing the RISK management across PMO
• Experience or reporting across a PMO function for governance boards
• Stakeholder engagement at all levels
• MS planner, Microsoft office suite skillsets
• Strong self starter with a proactive approach to all duties

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, DWP 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

DWP 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".