Head of Project Management Office - London, United Kingdom - OFGEM

OFGEM

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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- £56,000 - £82,820

London £60,000 £82,820 Outside London £56,000 £76,962
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Grade 6

Level 3
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
OFGEM
Corporate Services
Type of role:
Administration / Corporate Support
Business Management and Improvement
Project Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
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Cardiff, Glasgow, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

The energy market grapples with unprecedented challenges as global gas prices surge, impacting consumers' energy bills. Now more than ever, we need to address these challenges and advance the nation's climate goals. We seek individuals ready for bold action, contributing to the delivery of a greener, fairer energy system.

Join our dynamic team as someone who thrives in a flexible, fast-paced environment.

With a proven track record in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile, digital transformation, commercial analysis, and risk management, you'll be instrumental in delivering benefits for teams.

Taking proactive responsibility for outcomes, you excel in issue resolution through collaborative efforts. Your comfort with independent work, paired with a passion for system improvement, drives efficient workflows.

Understanding the significance of good governance, transparency, and clarity, you champion our inclusive culture.

Encouraging diverse voices and experiences, you contribute to innovation, ensuring our representation aligns with the consumers and communities we serve.

As a key player in our Corporate Services team, your responsibilities include ensuring high-quality product delivery for GEMA (Ofgem's Board), and its sub-committees, coordinating a Corporate Services' strategic plan for 2024/25, and managing interrelated workstreams.

You oversee the development of the Corporate Services Annual Report, draft communications, and support COO engagement activities. Establishing governance for projects and programmes, you collaborate with the COO and portfolio leads for effective planning and reporting.

Your role involves resource management, accurate reporting, and active engagement with the Project Management and Delivery network for continuous improvement.

Essential criteria include behaviours such as delivering at pace, effective communication and influencing, collaborative teamwork, and managing a quality service.

In your supporting statement, please clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the criteria outlined in the attached Essential & Desirable Criteria supporting document (in not more than 1250 words).

Ofgem operates a Flexible Resourcing model, which means over time, you may have the chance to flexibly contribute across various Ofgem projects or take on an extended assignment within a team, showcasing your sought-after specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise.

Ofgem values inclusion, celebrating diverse voices and experiences.

We encourage different perspectives and experiences in our work, making everyone welcome in our inclusive workplace, where employees can bring their authentic selves to work.

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Key Responsibilities

Effective delivery of the overall PMO function/operation and establishing and supporting high quality governance for projects and programmes.
Working with team and project leads to establish and maintain uptodate plans, identifying and managing milestones, dependencies, and resource needs across the Directorate.
Deliver accurate and timely reporting for senior colleagues, programme SROs and decision makers.
Establishing resourcing requirements and securing necessary resources.
Ensure effective risk management and assurance processes are in place, and a drumbeat for the regular review of risk across the Directorate.
As part of the SLT for Markets Change and Delivery work with PMO and Change colleagues to deliver initiatives across the Markets Group.
Lead on governance and reporting across Markets.
Actively engage with the wider Project Management and Delivery professional network to ensure sharing of best practice, building of capability, and promote continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities - Professional Development Lead (PDL)
As a Personal Development Lead, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Mentors and coaches staff on personal and professional development in line with the professional standards and behavioural framework for their profession.
Undertakes their PDL responsibilities in line with Ofgem's Diversity and Inclusion commitments, championing inclusivity in their approach.
Collates 360degree feedback from staff's colleagues in a thorough and timely manner holding colleagues to account for providing high qual