About the job

Job summary

The Chief Operating Office is a newly formed directorate in Homes England; it is the ‘engine room’ and spine of the organisation and provides a range of services that support both operational and change delivery across the organisation. 

Job description

Having recognised the need for an effective Portfolio Management function to connect the Agency’s project delivery to its strategic objectives, a new Enterprise Portfolio Management Office has been established. It is now looking to recruit to Portfolio Lead roles, and is seeking EPMO professionals who have experience of working in large, complex organisations. 

 

The EPMO Leads will play a critical role in supporting Amy Pritchard, the Director of Enterprise Portfolio & Change, and her Senior Management Team, in establishing frameworks, processes and functions across the Enterprise Portfolio to ensure successful delivery of the organisation's strategic objectives.  

 

This is a rare opportunity to join the new EPMO and to help shape both its future and the future of Change Delivery in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. The successful candidates will be joining a newly formed, small, but enthusiastic team who are committed to building and growing a successful EPMO function and making a positive impact in terms of how the Agency delivers Change.  

Person specification

These roles will suit experienced project / programme / portfolio management professionals with expertise and an interest in progressing their careers in some or all of the following areas:

 

• Analysis, planning, governance and reporting, with a sound understanding of analytical tools and good mathematical skills
• Planning and resourcing skills with experience of working in a portfolio level PMO across multiple programmes of change or experience of managing resource and capability of significant complexity.
• Portfolio level governance, reporting, risk and assurance skills with experience of working with portfolio level Boards and similar.
• Benefits management – defining, tracking, and reviewing value of business change. 

 

Whilst we are looking for the Leads to take on specific thematic areas, it is envisaged there will also be some rotation of these responsibilities among the team, to support cross-skilling, team resilience and to offer the successful applicants the opportunity to work across the full range of P3M3 disciplines.  

 

These will be varied and challenging roles, so applicants should also be used to "spinning several plates" at once. We are looking for people who are always on the look out for ways to improve and innovate, comfortable tackling complex issues and operating in an environment of uncertainty and continual change, where the ability to adapt at pace will be key. 

 

The successful applicants will be comfortable managing colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, and able to build strong networks across the organisation and project delivery community, working in a collaborative, inclusive way.  They will also be committed to role modelling and living our values and behaviours in everything they do.

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

 

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

 

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

 

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

 

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

 

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

 

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

 

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

 

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

 

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

 

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us.  Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

 

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

 

 

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

 

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.