About the job

Job summary

Our Delivery & Schemes Directorate is our delivery arm and manages several high-profile environmental and customer focused programmes. It’s a fast-paced and friendly place to work, and you can expect to be involved in meaningful work playing a part in delivering Ofgem’s goals of protecting energy consumers and decarbonising the energy system. Our flexible working career opportunities are incredibly varied, so we are committed to recruiting talented people from a diverse range of professional and personal backgrounds – bringing different perspectives and experiences to our work.

Deputy Director Strategy Change & Development will be great move for someone with proven experience in transformational programme and project management delivery, developing strategy whilst building and executing strategic delivery plans.  It's a role that will suit someone who can demonstrate how they have formulated evidence-based strategies and then been able to translate these into actual business practice.

Deputy Director Planning & Performance will be a great move for someone with proven experience in driving transformational change whilst ensuring that the business processes, governance and risk management are robust. You will have experience in leading PMO function or leading multi-faceted change programmes. To be successful in the role you will also have extensive influencing/negotiating skills.

For both roles you’ll be experienced in leading high performing teams and working with others to deliver high-quality, user focused outcomes. Good analytical skills are important in order that you can make full use of data and bring complex subject matter to life for different audiences. And you should be able to establish strong networks with senior stakeholders, within and outside your own organisation.

Job description

Deputy Director Strategy, Change & Development

Key Responsibilities:  

• Lead the central function within Delivery and Schemes responsible for the development and implementation of a multi-year strategy for the directorate, ensuring alignment with government plans through robust and effective strategic relationships with funding partners, and active engagement with GEMA. ​
• ​Lead the central change delivery function for the Delivery and Schemes directorate, ensuring effective deployment and performance of a flexible pool of Programme and Project Managers against an agreed annual change programme.​
• ​Build a new Business Development function for Delivery and Schemes, comprising of a central development team to support the Operational Delivery Profession and a new Scheme and Technical training team to build and deliver Delivery and Schemes specific training – a key enabler to future fast paced growth.​
• ​Lead a cross-directorate Continuous Improvement function to drive ongoing process efficiencies, increases in user-focused design and quality outcomes, and building a directorate fit for the future. Design a communication and engagement programme that fosters a culture of continuous improvement and encourages idea generation.  ​

 

Deputy Director Planning & Performance

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the central function within Delivery and Schemes responsible for the planning, prioritisation, and funding of the directorate.​
• ​Responsible for the governance and oversight of a significant programme of work across the Delivery and Schemes directorate via the leadership of a robust PMO office which plans and monitors the effective delivery of projects against agreed methodologies and frameworks, partnering with the Enterprise PMO as appropriate.​
• ​Deliver a strategic approach to directorate-wide workforce planning, aligning the needs of business as usual and change delivery with a robust and agile prioritisation mechanism to enable delivery against fluctuating in-year demands.  ​
• Develop and maintain effective strategic relationships with funding partners to successfully ensure common understanding and agreement on future budget and resources required to deliver against the Delivery and Schemes strategy.

Key Corporate responsibilities for both roles:

• Contributes to development of Ofgem’s strategic programmes and partners with senior leadership teams to prioritise work and resources to deliver effectively across Ofgem 
• Represents Ofgem across Government, UK Regulatory networks and the Energy sector to promote and advocate for Ofgem policies and priorities 
• Leads portfolio in line within Ofgem's operating model, supporting the organisation’s approach to strategic workforce planning and flexible deployment decisions to meet the organisation’s strategic priorities.
• Supports Ofgem’s Professions model, providing professional mentoring, development, leadership and thought leadership across postholder’s relevant professional disciplines ​

Neil Lawrence, Director of Delivery and Schemes, and other members of the Delivery and Schemes team, will hold a presentation on 6th June to talk about the fantastic work the directorate does and provide an opportunity for Questions and Answers. If you would like to attend that session, please contact Clare Williams at clare.williams@ofgem.gov.uk who will add you to the invite.  

Person specification

Deputy Director Strategy Change & Development 
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Essential Criteria​

• ​Proven experience in developing strategy and building & executing strategic delivery plans. (LEAD)​
• Extensive experience in transformational programme and project management delivery. (LEAD)​
• Demonstrable experience at building and maintaining effective senior level relationships with external and internal partners and successfully negotiating with/influencing senior stakeholders. ​
• Proven ability to manage a quality service, delivering user focused high-quality outcomes reliably and at pace.​
• Extensive experience in leading, inspiring, and developing diverse / multi-functional teams and ways of working, including training & development teams

Desirable Criteria​

• Strong understanding of change communications – with demonstrable experience of large-scale transformation and culture change. ​
• Formal change management and/or learning & development qualifications. 

Deputy Director Planning & Performance​

Essential Criteria​

• ​Extensive experience in driving transformational change in business management/operations processes e.g. budgeting, funder relationships, workforce planning and change governance. (LEAD)​
• Extensive experience at building and maintaining strong effective senior level relationships with external and internal partners and successfully negotiating with/influencing senior stakeholders. (LEAD)​
• Proven experience in leading a PMO function or leading multi-faceted change programmes. ​
• Proven ability to manage a quality service, delivering user focused high-quality outcomes reliably and at pace.​
• Extensive experience in leading, inspiring, and developing diverse / multi-functional teams and ways of working.​

Desirable Criteria​

• Strong understanding of change communications – with demonstrable experience of large-scale transformation. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £90,000, OFGEM contributes £24,300 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Full selection process included in the candidate pack.

Please indicate as part of your application which role you wish to be considered for or if you wish to be considered for both. 

You will be directed to attach a CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. This should not exceed two pages, and please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years. You will also be required to complete a Statement of Suitability (no longer than two pages unless you wish to be considered for both no more than three pages) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the person specification. If you wish to be considered for both roles please sure that you fully evidence within your statement of suitability the essential criteria for both roles. 

Failure to submit both documents (CV and Statement of Suitability) will mean the panel have only limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.

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 (opens in new window) 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) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for 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

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