Governance Manager, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United States Cabinet Office Full time

Job summary

The IPA is the government�s centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. We sit at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. Our core teams include experts in infrastructure, project delivery and project finance who work with government departments and industry. We support the successful delivery of all types of infrastructure and major projects; ranging from railways, schools, hospitals and housing, to defence, IT and major transformation programmes. We lead the project delivery and project finance professions across government.

Our purpose is to continuously improve the way infrastructure and major projects are delivered, in order to support government priorities and improve people�s lives. We aspire to create the best-performing project system of any country in the world.

The IPA works with government and industry to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, and to improve performance over time. We work on the overall project delivery system, which includes the projects, people and processes that together create the right environment for successful delivery. We measure how well the system is performing, so we can learn important lessons and continuously improve project performance over time.

The Team

The purpose of the Function, Insight and Profession Team is to support the leadership and development of the project delivery function and profession. The team contributes to the overall work of the IPA in four service areas:

Build a skilled, valued and respected profession through the use of targeted interventions. This is done through learning and leadership products, ensuring we have a diverse and robust pipeline, and orchestrating the accreditation of members of the professionLead the function�s data collation and analysis from across GMPP and more broadly. It provides tools, insight and data to enable
better outcomes for projects at the IPA portfolio and programme levelEnables the function to continuously improve and hold itself accountable by supporting its governance, management and strategic direction and driving its maturity by setting standards, best practice guidance and developing other capabilities.Build an engaged and connected community across government. This is done through regular communications and events, and by supporting the adoption of products and services to bring about change that benefits individuals and organisations by helping the government to run more effectively and efficiently.

Job description

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority is the home of the government�s project delivery function and is responsible for:

setting the standards for and enabling the set-up, development, delivery and assurance of portfolios, programmes and projectssetting professional standards, building capability and capacity through learning and providing the mechanisms through which professionals can develop their careerproviding the data, benchmarks and insights needed to understand and predict performance, and drive targeted continuous improvement and interventionssetting the strategies needed across government to develop and improve project delivery and meet UNSDG goals overall building a community of informed and celebrated professionals through communications, events and campaigns

We are looking for an experienced Project Delivery Governance Manager to lead on the day-to-day governance and control activities to enable effective management and decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity to join small, friendly team that support the Projects Council, CEO of the IPA and Director of Function, Profession and Standards with the strategic direction, management and governance of the function.

Roles and Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the role will be to:

Manage the development, maintenance and implementation of long-term strategy for the project delivery function across government and to support the alignment of departmental level functional strategies with the cross-government functional strategy.Manage secretariat for key governance boards and provide a high-quality service, ensuring it is well-planned and seamlessly delivered including meeting scheduling, forward planning, preparation of agenda, management of papers, minutes, actions and decisions.Manage the development of the governance and management framework for the project delivery function across governmentDevelop and test a centralised reporting process for the continuous improvement assessment framework and support departments to develop action plansSupport departments with the development and maturity of departmental level governance and management frameworks and ensuring alignment with cross government governanceRegularly review and develop the project delivery functional standard and its assessment framework, ensuring that it is embedded across the project delivery system and drives value and improved outcomesSupport the maturity of the IPA and wider project delivery function on strategy development, governance and managementEstablish effective-working relationships within IPA and other government departments, along with other government functions to maintain alignmentConduct research and analysis of functional effectiveness, processes, procedures and stakeholders to understand areas for improvement, future strategic goals and the issues of the future that the project delivery function should be preparing for nowPresent findings, projections and recommended actions to senior leaders of the project delivery functionMonitor and report on progress against strategy, including the identification and implementation of metricsSupport and guide senior executive decision-making processes.

Person specification

Essential criteria:

Experience in project delivery in either a project, programme or portfolio roleExperience of secretariat, governance and reporting and working with boards in a corporate or project roleUnderstand the strategy and policy development process, including the ability to identify, understand and use data, evidence and advice to test and improve strategic goalExperience of enabling participation by stakeholders in the strategy and policy process, encouraging enhanced transparency and opennessAwareness of the government function model, its aims and purpose

Desirable criteria:

Accredited to practitioner or senior practitioner level under the Government Project Delivery Accreditation SchemeExperience of supporting organisation-wide governance and management frameworksExperience of supporting the strategy and policy development process to deliver strategy and strategic plansExperience with developing and setting functional standards or equivalent

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Questions on:Governance, Planning, and Stakeholder Management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �40,850, Cabinet Office contributes �11,029 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your role.An environment with flexible working options.A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.A which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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