Working Environment and Culture (WEC) Programme and PMO Lead

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Working Environment and Culture (WEC) Programme and PMO Lead

Salary: National £58,130, London £61,863.

Contract type - Permanent

Working pattern - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location: London, National

About the job

The Department for International Trade, is at the heart of the UK's relationship with the global economy. Our role is to promote and enable UK trade globally by helping businesses to take advantage of the appetite for British goods and services around the world, attracting foreign companies and investment to our shores, and helping international companies work with UK suppliers. Over the next three years, DIT aims to deliver a step change in UK trade and investment.

Project Delivery and Change is a new Directorate in DIT established with the exciting remit to drive DIT's change capability through processes, systems, procedures, culture and working practices that enable staff to optimise new initiatives and deliver through ambiguity and uncertainty effectively. Our aim is to support the delivery of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) objectives of doing the basics well, supporting delivery and building for the future. This includes our office move to Old Admiralty Building.

Location

Post Covid-19 restrictions we would expect these roles to be working in a DIT hub location 2/3 days per week with the rest of the time working remotely. Our principal hub is currently London but we are expecting to grow our footprint in the North of England over the next 12 months and can accommodate these home locations. Your home base can be discussed further at interview.

Job description

The WEC Programme and COO Lead will form part of Programme Office within the Change Directorate and lead a team to:

Design and implement programme management arrangements for DIT's working culture and environment programme (WEC), to include governance, assurance and benefits management.

Work with project managers to proactively identify and manage risks and issues across the WEC Programme and COO portfolio.

Oversee the COO Portfolio plan, including identification and management of internal and external dependencies and ownership of a "plan on a page" to share with senior stakeholders.

Oversee programme governance, ensuring effective decision making and escalation through departmental governance as required

Support alignment of change projects across the COO group by implementing light-touch portfolio management and supporting fiscal events.

Apply before the 20th March 2021