Senior Planning and Reporting Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking an experienced Senior Reporting and Planning Officer to join their team in Blackpool. The role involves managing data analysis, stakeholder relationships, and document management to support strategic reporting and planning functions. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and a proven track record in stakeholder management. This position offers a dynamic working environment focused on continuous improvement and effectiveness in business planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in data collection and analysis.
• Strong skills in stakeholder relationship building and management.
• Proven ability in managing documents and information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collate pertinent data for reporting.
• Critically evaluate and interpret data.
• Lead the SABO team in document management.
• Develop a stakeholder framework for report development.
• Organize assurance meetings and provide necessary reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Document management

Risk management

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government’s largest public service departments, serving over 20 million citizens with a sizeable annual budget.

The estate spans 1.4 million square metres across 800+ sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues.

Our vision includes DWP colleagues, supply chain, partners, and most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve. They are the reason for our existence.

We are responsible for the day-to-day operation of our estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning, and Facilities Management.

DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings - it’s about transformation. Our strategic goals include:

• Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate to meet future needs
• Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works
• Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs)
• Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards
• Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession

Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030:

• OPTIMISE: Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments

• INVEST: Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption

• SUPPORT: the drive for sustainability throughout DWP

• DELIVER: Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP

• THRIVE: Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government

There is no better time to join the award-winning DWP Estates team.

This role sits within the Estates Directorate, within the Strategic Alignment and Business Oversight Team. The post holder will join an energetic, vibrant team that plays a vital role in gathering, interrogating, and presenting intelligence and data to understand and assess performance against the departmental plan. You will manage your work and your teams to ensure objectives are met.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Reporting and Planning Officer to join the Strategic Alignment and Business Oversight (SABO) team, thriving in a busy and complex environment.

The SABO team supports SLT in developing and implementing the strategy. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the team to report progress toward strategic ambitions, utilizing data to inform a risk-based approach.

Key Accountabilities

• Controls and Reporting: Collate pertinent data from various stakeholders across all levels of DWP. Present the data in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring a clear connection between the DWP Estates Strategy and individual team plans.
• Analysis: Critically evaluate the data, interpret it based on established criteria, and make judgments based on evidence.
• Document and Information Management: Manage and lead the SABO team in their document control and administrative duties, standardizing and maintaining filing structures.
• Specialist Support: Maintain the Project Risk Register activity and support the management and monitoring of risk actions with respective risk owners.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop a stakeholder framework to identify, analyze, and manage relationships essential for report development.
• Assurance: Organize and chair assurance meetings, providing workstream leads with required reporting, including gap analysis.
• Team Member: Support the team with flexibility, providing appropriate challenge where necessary.
• Integrate into a geographically dispersed Programme team, providing expertise, leadership, and motivation to drive strategic aims.
• Report regularly to senior management on progress against plans.
• Engage with stakeholders to maintain relationships and gather data.
• Develop and update monthly performance and planning dashboards and reports for governance forums.
• Collaborate with wider teams to monitor performance and understand potential risks.
• Drive continuous improvement in business planning and reporting processes.