Senior Project Manager

Money and Pensions Service; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 69,000; Full time

Job description

Bedford

Job Summary
Senior Project Manager
c.£69,000 per annum
Bedford
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Are you a seasoned project manager with a passion for driving impactful change? The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is seeking a dynamic Senior Project Manager to join our change team and lead prioritised initiatives. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering key projects, including the groundbreaking MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard, set to revolutionise how people access their pension information. If you're ready to make a significant difference and help everyone make the most of their money and pensions, we want to hear from you!

Job Description
Role Overview
The Senior Project Manager will report directly to Senior Programme Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Project Management – Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls.
• Delivery – Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Budget – Develop the budget and track delivery within budget.
• Resources – Identify skill requirements; and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized team.
• Benefits Realisation – Deliver the agreed Business Case benefits and outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management – Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support.
• Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
• Dependencies & Assumptions – Identify and monitor project dependencies and assumptions.
• Governance – Support effective governance and decision making.
• Assurance – Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations.
• Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables.
• Guidance & Support – Provide support, guidance and coaching for the project team.
• Support Change Function centrally (where required) – Support the central change activities and the development new change processes.
• Business Case – Support the development of Business Cases, with input from specialists as necessary.

Skills And Experience Required
To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

• Qualified PPM Professional: Project/Programme management qualification (PRINCE2, MSP etc).
• Experience of successfully managing programmes or projects through the end to end project lifecycle and through stage gates.
• Experience of working effectively with wide range of stakeholders across other government departments, directorate/business group lines.
• A highly seasoned project manager, able to provide direction on development to team and across project delivery profession.
• Experience of securing resources and directing planning scheduling, resourcing and estimation for complex and large-scale programmes.
• Experience of overseeing risk and issue management.
• Experience of leading day to day management and leadership of the project and its’ team.
• Ability to provide effective leadership and management controls.
• Experience of monitoring longer term delivery of benefits against business case and ensuring appropriate benefits realisation strategy is in place.
• Ability to understand policy and align change delivery, cascading vision and driving delivery objectives through your team.
• Ability to work with ambiguity.

About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

Our Values
At The Heart Of The Money And Pensions Service Are Our Values – Caring, Connecting, And Transforming, Which Are The Foundation Of Our Success. They Permeate Every Area Of Our Work And Define All Our Business Relationships And The Way We Work With Each Other. We’re Not Only Looking For The Best People To Come And Work For Us, But We Need People Who Align Themselves With Our Values.

• Caring: We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting: We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming: We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

What We Offer

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays.
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary).
• Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Give as you earn scheme.
• Employee assistance programme (EAP).
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing).
• Enhanced family and sick pay.
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year).
• Recognition Scheme.
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers.

Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered.

Selection Process Details
If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.

Application Process
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: [e-mail].

Job Reference: MaPS00771
Close Date: 29th April 2025
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service.

Contact point for applicants
Job Contact

• Name : Nick
• Email : [e-mail]

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]