Role: Deputy Director REF 99907
Contract Length: 24 months
Location: Hybrid/London, Croydon, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester. (If not London-based weekly visits to the London HQ will be required) 60% onsite requirement per week.
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS and SC eligible
Spinwell is recruiting for a Deputy Director for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
- Lead and manage the programme, which includes Contentious, Non-Contentious and Technology Workstreams, Project Management Teams and the Project Management Office (PMO)
- Resource the programme with skilled and capability contributors, building a delivery-focused, resilient and high performing team
- Finalise and gain approval for the programme Final Business Case
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders. Engage regularly and communicate widely.
- Develop, gain approval for and deliver the plan for the Beta Phase, including development, testing, operational readiness and business change.
- Monitor and maximise the delivery of benefits, as detailed in the Final Business Case
- Coordinate delivery, ensuring robust workflows and technology interfaces are developed and implemented, between the programme platform and existing and future HR and Finance systems.
- Ensure that all relevant strategic, operational and programme risks are identified, mitigated and controls monitored
- Manage the Programme Budget, ensuring reporting of forecasts and expenditure are reviewed and that any potential under or over-spends are alerted to the Finance Team as early as possible.
- Produce robust Management Information for the Programme Board, Delivery and Portfolio Assurance Committee (DPAC), and EXCO.
- Support the development and establishment of the client Project Management Methodology with defined standards, documentation and Gate Lifecycle requirement.
- Routinely audit all projects for compliance to standards and methodologies, and conduct post implementation reviews to determine “Lessons Identified” and that Return on Investment (ROI) and Business Benefits have been achieved.
- Identify and ensure progress along the Critical Path between all activities of all projects within the Programme and promote the Critical Path within the portfolio.
- Manage the Programme Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) and associated project logs, advising the senior leadership of the client of decisions that may need to be taken.
- Ensure that the programme implements and adheres to all appropriate Government Functional Standards (in particular GovS 002, 003, 005, 006 and 007) and the Government Digital Service’s (GDS) Service Standards and Technical Code of Practice (TCOP)
- Ensure the programme works collaboratively with all functions and teams within client, especially Digital, Data and Technology professionals, delivering the highest quality outcomes as a result of collective design and delivery.
Key Outcomes
- The delivery of the programme and its constituent projects to time, cost, quality and benefits criteria.
- Effective engagement and communication between Stakeholders, Business Systems Owners and the programme.
- Project Documentation produced to a high quality
- Business change and operational readiness is effective in order to allow the successful adoption of the new platform and working practices
- Post implementation and embedding activities identify learning for use in subsequent projects, learning can be demonstrated in subsequent project delivery
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
- APM, MSP or Prince 2
- Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering large scale transformation programmes incorporating delivery of new technology services
- Successfully completion of Government Project Delivery assurance gates
- Successful completion of Government Digital Service (GDS) service assessments
- Technical [Project Delivery – Programme Director SCS1 Level Experience]
- Stakeholder Engagement – Expert Level
- Governance – Expert Level
- Digital and Data – Practitioner Level
- Business Change and implementation – Practitioner Level
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