Senior Planning and Reporting Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department seeks a Senior Reporting and Planning Officer to join the Strategic Alignment and Business Oversight Team. This role involves data evaluation, stakeholder management, and report preparation for senior management. The ideal candidate will thrive in a complex environment with a focus on delivering effective reports and managing relationships. Opportunities for professional development and a dynamic work culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to critically evaluate data.

Responsibilities

• Collate data from various stakeholders.
• Critically evaluate and present data accurately.
• Lead document control and administration tasks.
• Maintain the Project Risk Register.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Document management

Reporting

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, specifically in 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 team to ensure objectives are met.

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

The SABO team supports SLT in developing and implementing strategy, and you will play a pivotal role in reporting progress towards strategic ambitions, utilizing data to inform a risk-based approach.

Key Accountabilities

• Controls and Reporting: Collate data from various stakeholders across all levels of DWP. Present data accurately and timely, ensuring connectivity between the DWP Estates Strategy and individual team plans.
• Analysis: Critically evaluate data, interpret based on established criteria, and make judgments based on evidence.
• Document and Information Management: Lead the SABO team in document control and admin duties, standardizing and maintaining filing structures.
• Specialist Support: Maintain the Project Risk Register and support risk management activities.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop a stakeholder framework to identify, analyze, and manage relationships essential for report development.
• Assurance: Organize and chair assurance meetings, providing reports and gap analysis to workstream leads.
• Team Member: Support the team, providing challenge and leadership as needed.

The successful candidate will integrate into a dispersed Programme team, working across boundaries and providing expertise, leadership, and motivation to drive strategic aims.

Reporting to a SABO Strategy Lead, you will prepare regular reports for senior management, maintaining stakeholder relationships and developing performance dashboards and reports for governance forums.

You will lead on reporting for Estates In-Year and Departmental Strategic Plans, collaborating with stakeholders to monitor delivery and performance risks, and driving continuous improvement in business planning and reporting.