Senior Project Manager (Scientific)

Lead the day-to-day running of the science projects, with ownership and accountability for delivering agreed outcomes within time, cost, and quality constraints. Provide effective leadership to the project team. Develop and maintain project plans. Setting project controls, managing performance and report progress to Senior Programme Manager, escalating where appropriate. Lead the development of the budget and track project spend, attending monthly forecast of outturn meetings. Identify skills requirements and deploy suitable resources. Deliver the agreed business case benefits and outcomes. Monitor the longer-term delivery of benefits against the business case, ensuring the Benefits Realisation Strategy is updated. Identify key stakeholders, internal and external, and effectively manage these relationships. Lead on the programme risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions, escalating as appropriate. Identify and manage project assumptions and dependencies. Support effective governance and decision making. Provide project reports and updates at the monthly portfolio meetings, engaging in processes that hold you accountable for delivery. Engage with assurance reviews and support recommended action. Co-ordinate project assurance processes and gateway reviews. Set up effective change management processes, including documenting agreed changes to the project deliverables. Role model commitment to personal development, promoting individual and team performance through support, guidance, and coaching. An active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community. This is not an exhaustive list, and the above is only an outline of the core components, tasks and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by your line manager. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the division and the UKHSA. Essential Criteria Educated to degree level in science or health related subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Knowledge and experience of Project Management Methodology supported by professional qualifications such as: PRINCE2 Practitioner Agile Project Management Practitioner APM Project Management Qualification APM Chartered Project Professional Project Leadership Programme PMI Project Management Professional Experience of successfully managing medium complexity projects covering planning, scheduling, budget management, resource management, risk and issue management. Detailed knowledge and experience of project methodologies and frameworks, governance, assurance, planning, requirements management and change control in a project or programme environment. Experience in delivering scientific projects within a collaborative or multidisciplinary environment. Appreciation and understanding of the public health / public sector with the ability to extract key messages from complex scientific information and analysis. Working knowledge of business case development, benefits management, and commercial and procurement processes. A visible leader with experience of promoting diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, respecting differences. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries. Excellent communication skills demonstrated through the ability to influence and challenge effectively at a senior level. Ability to work well under pressure, with multiple tasks, in a fast-changing and ambiguous environment, with keen attention to detail. An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems Desirable Criteria Awareness of UK government departments, intergovernmental organisations and devolved administrations involved in pathogen surveillance and genomics activities and generally of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it. Selection Process Details This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical Skills. Success Profiles - GOV.

UK Stage 1

Application & Sift At sift stage you will be assessed against the 12 Essential Criteria listed in this job advert. You will be required to complete an: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 1500 word supporting statement This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the Essential Criteria listed in this advert. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. The application form is the kind of information you would put into your CV please note you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV. Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500 so your supporting statement can be no more than 1500 words. Longlisting In the event of a large number of applications, we may longlist into 3 piles of: Meets all Essential Criteria Meets some Essential Criteria Meets no Essential Criteria Only those that 'Meets all Essential Criteria' will progress to Shortlisting. Shortlisting In the event of a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift on the following

Essential Criteria

Experience of successfully managing medium complexity projects covering planning, scheduling, budget management, resource management, risk and issue management. Experience in delivering scientific projects within a collaborative or multidisciplinary environment. Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/successful candidates. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview. Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2

Interview You will be invited to a remote interview. Interview date(s) to be confirmed. The Behaviours and Experience being assessed during the interview will be as follows: Leadership - Lead Behaviour Changing and Improving Communication and Influencing Delivering at Pace Technical Skills will be assessed from questions during the interview. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Eligibility Criteria Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants). Location informationThis role is being offered as hybrid working based at our core HQ in London/Canary Wharf, 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf Estate, London E14 4PU. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at our office. Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Salary Information Grade

Civil Service

Grade 7 Grade 7 Inner

£60,494 - £70,566 per annum, pro rata This is a Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2029 If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms. Security Clearance Level RequirementSuccessful candidates must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Baseline Personnel Security Standard.