About the job

Job summary

Do you thrive on delivering impactful projects? Are you interested in developing a career in Project Management? Then we want to hear from you.

In this role, you will be responsible for overall delivery of often complex projects ensuring their outputs meet their objectives within budget, time, and quality constraints.

You will deliver in line with government best practice and HM Land Registry’s project delivery standards and processes.

You will report to a programme manager and will be part of a Portfolio designed to deliver HM Land Registry’s Strategy.

Job description

HM Land Registry is an essential component of the conveyancing process and of the functioning of the property market generally. Our data is of significant value to digital services in the public and private sectors. HM Land Registry (HMLR) wants to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.

To achieve this HMLR is making significant investment in its transformation. The Transformation Portfolio spans multiple years, investing in a range of products and services, including people, customers, digital and ways of working changes. Delivery of the portfolio is through a combination of waterfall, agile and business as usual change. There are many suppliers involved in delivery and it impacts on thousands of staff and millions of customers. As such it is inherently complex, iterative, risk-driven and wide ranging.

You will be accountable and responsible for delivery of a range of projects within HM Land Registry and you will be responsible for the planning, design and governance of the project including obtaining approval for the project.

You will be responsible for managing project delivery against plans, costs and benefits and including dependency management, risk and issues management and resource management.

Working closely with the Programme Manager, Benefits Manager and Benefits Owner you will agree benefits profiles and realisation plans.

You will work with the Project Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), Programme Manager and other interested parties on the transition of project products and services to a 'business as usual' position. 

You will also be required to manage third party contributions and stakeholders including communications at project level.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate experience and understanding of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling using project planning tools and methodologies.

You will also have experience of successfully managing project budgets and resource allocation using the appropriate methodologies.

You will be able to demonstrate experience of effectively managing stakeholders and effective collaboration with others including experience of working with suppliers. You will also have the ability to be pragmatic and bring others along with you.

You will be able to prioritise multiple demands and tasks and respond quickly to changing circumstances and be able to show effective leadership, interpersonal, communication skills, including leading, participating in, and advising at senior stakeholder groups, such as project boards.

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Please note, due to the nature of the role there is a minimum requirement of 30 hours. The role will also require frequent travel and some less frequent overnight stays.

For more information about the role, please see the attached candidate pack.

If you would like to find out more about this role and Project Management in HM Land Registry, we will be running a drop-in session on 19th March at 12pm - 1pm. 

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,887, HM Land Registry contributes £11,309 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, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

To apply, please copy and paste your CV when prompted; include your qualifications, career history, skills and practical experience clearly showing how you fulfil the role requirements.

You must then provide a short statement (no more than 250 words) clearly indicating how you meet the technical requirement of the role detailing:

A proven track record of delivering transformational change projects OR business delivery, within defined time, cost and quality criteria. You will be able to demonstrate the difference that you have personally made in making the delivery a success e.g. making the right things happen within the timeframe and budget.  Please include the size and scope of the project(s) and or business delivery in your example.

The Personal Statement section (in no more than 1000 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential criteria listed in the attached Candidate Pack.

In the event of a high volume of applications, the panel may pre-sift on the CV and the technical criteria set out above.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview and a pre-prepared presentation w/c 22 April 2024.

The blended interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the attached Job Description, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration please notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

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Job Applicant Personal Information

For applicants applying to our Coventry office, please note that our office will be moving to our new location, Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Road, Coventry CV1 2WT. The move from our current location (CV1 3BH) will happen in phases, with all staff due to have moved to Cheylesmore House by July 2024.

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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Working for 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.