Senior Planning and Reporting Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental public service department is seeking a Senior Reporting and Planning Officer for the Estates Directorate. The role involves gathering and analyzing data, managing stakeholder relationships, and leading document control efforts. Candidates should have strong data analysis skills and experience in reporting. Join a vibrant team committed to strategic objectives and sustainability in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to manage documentation and information.

Responsibilities

• Collate relevant data from stakeholders accurately and timely.
• Critically evaluate and interpret data based on established criteria.
• Lead the team in document control and administrative duties.
• Maintain the Project Risk Register and support risk management activities.
• Develop a stakeholder framework for report development.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Document control

Reporting

Risk management

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.

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 responsible for 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, playing a key role in reporting progress toward strategic ambitions using data to inform a risk-based approach.

Key Accountabilities

• Controls and Reporting: Collate relevant data from stakeholders at all levels of DWP, present it accurately and timely, ensuring connectivity between the DWP Estates Strategy and 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 required reporting and gap analysis.
• Team Member: Support the team, provide challenge, and work collaboratively across boundaries.

The successful candidate will integrate into a geographically dispersed Programme team, providing leadership and motivation to drive strategic aims, and will be responsible for regular reports to senior management, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and developing dashboards and reports for monitoring performance and progress.