The role of the Programme Manager is to lead and manage all day-to-day aspects of the Workplace Programme, with a key focus on delivering infrastructure objectives and supporting infrastructure outputs. This role encompasses responsibility for Estate drawdown, in addition to supporting the delivery of a reprovision site; infrastructure knowledge is therefore essential. The role requires a high level of engagement with various stakeholders across Defence, wider MOD, local and wider Government, and industry specialists.
The role of the Project Manager is to lead and manage the Project Team on a day-to-day basis. The Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project ensuring that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. The Project Manager has a key role in project Governance and working with Stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.
Specific responsibilities include but not limited to: Delivery – create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints Project Management – day-to-day management and leadership of the project and project team. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between project phases. Business case – develop and draft the business case with input from specialists as necessary Budget – develop the budget and track delivery within budget Resources – identify the skill requirements and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized team [to deliver the project] Benefits realisation – deliver the agreed business case benefits and outcomes. Ensure appropriate benefits realisation strategy is in place and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the business case Stakeholder Management – identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate Risks & Issues – identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage inter-dependencies Governance – support effective governance and decision making. Provide reports and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as project manager, to account for delivery Assurance – engage with Assurance reviews and support actions on recommendations. Organise Assurance processes such as Gateway reviews, as required Change Management – ensure effective change management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders Guidance and Support – provide support, guidance and coaching from the project team. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance
Programme Performance & Controls – cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Develop and maintain project plan. Identify and set appropriate project controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors.