PMO Planning Lead (Grade 7)

If you’ve been involved with heading up planning activities for a complex, large-scale programme on a national scale before, you could have what it takes to help shape a change programme at a critical stage – one that’s set to transform the way the country consumes energy.

What is Smart Metering?

Smart metering is a major programme across government and industry that will help the UK move to a low carbon economy. It involves the installation of smart meters in every home and small business across the country by 2019 – making this change programme the biggest the energy industry has seen for 40 years. Smart meters will enable residents and small businesses to understand their energy consumption, to save energy and to reduce carbon emissions. Smart meters will also form the foundation for smart grids, part of the Coalition Government’s strategy on energy and climate change policy. Your expertise can help this ambitious, high-profile project to succeed.

About the role

As PMO Planning Lead, you will oversee the delivery of a complex set of workstreams and milestones, bringing together dependencies and risks from the technical development of smart meters through to the delivery to consumers. You will have a significant influence on the shaping and delivery of a long-standing, core and critical national programme that will deliver energy savings for generations to come. We’ll look to you personally to develop, maintain and report against a set of detailed programme plans, aligning those plans with industry and other Smart Meters participants. You will manage critical path analysis, the change control process as well as programme risk management. Of course, you won’t be doing this alone – you’ll be part of the wider PMO and you’ll have a team to help you, who will require your leadership and support, plus numerous internal and external stakeholders to manage. You will be a key part of the PMO and will contribute to decision-making across the programme.

About you

Having worked in a Programme Management Office of a large and complex programme before, you will be ready for this key, high-profile role. You will have extensive experience of planning and programme work and ‘Prince 2’ and ‘Managing Successful Programmes’ methodologies. You will be familiar with public sector programme governance processes and best practice programme management techniques. You will have the written and oral skills to communicate complex issues clearly and simply and you will have the inter-personal skills to build constructive relationships with a range of work-stream leads and stakeholders, plus the credibility to earn their respect. You will be delivery focussed and have the determination to meet milestones and you will be keen to seize this opportunity to have a lasting effect on global sustainability.

About DECC

The Department of Energy & Climate Change was created in October 2008, signalling the importance of integrating the energy and climate change agendas.

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Closing date: 6th February 2012

DECC values equality and diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sectors of society.