About the job

Job summary

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in the UK can rely on a safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy supply. We are playing a vital part in accelerating the transition to Net Zero and a carbon neutral energy system - a goal that everyone wants to achieve. Whatever your role, you will be playing your part in creating new energy solutions that are great for customers, and great for the environment.

You will be part of the Digital Delivery Team as Principal PMO Lead and will embrace the full potential of digital and data in our work and support significant changes in the energy sector. We expect that you will already be working in a PMO function, which could be in any sector, but should be at principal level. You will be adept at using different programme/project management methods and be able to operate in both traditional and agile environments. It is likely that you hold a project management qualification, and you will need to have excellent communication and engagement skills – enabling you to present clear and relevant updates and dashboards to different audiences (including at a senior level). It is important that you can quickly build positive working relationships with different stakeholders to win trust and confidence and that you bring a proactive, structured and outcomes-focused approach to your work.

Ofgem is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job description

The energy market situation in recent months is unprecedented. The record increase and volatility in global gas prices has put the energy market under severe strain and is putting upward pressure on customers’ energy bills. Now more than ever we need to go further and faster in pursuing the country’s climate goals and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels to protect ourselves from similar future price shocks.

Such challenging times require bold action. We are looking for people to meet the challenges we face head-on, and help us deliver a greener, fairer energy system.

You will be someone who:

• Thrives in a flexible fast-paced environment with a proven background of delivering benefits for consumers, communities, or society in a role across a range of project management methodologies including waterfall and agile, digital transformation, commercial analysis, compliance and risk management.
• Champions our culture of inclusion and encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our colleagues, fuelling our innovation and ensuring we best represent the consumers and the communities we serve.

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

• Effective delivery of the overall PMO function/operation and establishing and supporting high quality governance for projects and programmes.
• Working with team and project leads to establish and maintain up-to-date plans, identifying and managing milestones, dependencies and resource needs across Directorate.
• Deliver accurate and timely reporting for senior colleagues, programme SROs and decision makers.
• Establishing resourcing requirements and securing necessary resources.
• Ensure effective risk management and assurance processes are in place, and a drumbeat for the regular review of risk across the Directorate.
• Actively engage with the wider Project Management and Delivery professional network to ensure sharing of best practice, building of capability, and promote continuous improvement.

Essential and Desirable

In the event of receiving a large number of applications an initial sift may take place on just the identified lead criteria indicated below.

Essential

• Experience of working in a PMO and applying knowledge of programme/project management methodologies, standardisation of governance processes and techniques to map out and manage a complex programme of work (LEAD).
• Experience in governance, planning, resourcing, risk and people management (LEAD).
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, and skills and experience in one or more project management specialisms including: delivery, planning, assurance, risk management, governance or stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to build effective relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders building capability and confidence with the programme and projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that effectively communicate complex issues to non-expert audiences.

Desirable

• Experience of a range of project management techniques, including agile and waterfall.
• Experience of user centred design in either a policy or digital environment.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,520, OFGEM contributes £15,800 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.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.