Description Do you want to lead changes to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency’s administration and pension payment processes for Scotland’s key service workers, ensuring these are implemented and embedded into our operational areas? As part of the SPPA’s strategic priorities our focus is on paying pensions accurately and on time, building our capability, implementing Remedy and delivering an updated pensions administration platform. Delivering the 2015 McLeod Remedy is a substantial project for the SPPA. This major legislative change, affecting over 200,000 members, is possibly the most complex we have ever managed, and significant resource has been dedicated to delivering the requirements. This product has been running for over 2 years and you will be accountable for the final delivery of this complex legislative project. Remedy is an exciting and dynamic project which moves in an agile way, often daily. With an established team already on the road to delivery, picking up the leadership of this project will involve the Programme Delivery Lead to be experienced in programme delivery on a large scale. This is a 24 month fixed term appointment position to lead the SPPA on the changes implemented under the 2015 McLeod Remedy and lead on the delivery of the legislative Government Pension Dashboard programme once this commences. Responsibilities Line managing of workstream project managers, business analysts and delivery leads as well as short term contractors. Function as the escalation point for resolving large or high-risk commercial management issues, ensuring fair and effective contractual relationships. Mediate between stakeholders at all levels, managing expectations and moderating discussions on high-risk and complex topics. Represent the programme effectively to diverse audiences including board level governance, both internally and externally, ensuring clear communication of programme goals and priorities and responsibility for employer and member communication delivery. Manage the budgets across the programmes, effectively managing resources to achieve programme financial and milestone goals. Find innovative solutions to unblock issues and overcome obstacles, ensuring continuous progress towards programme goals and optimising programme delivery effectiveness. Ensure support to the operation when embedding programme deliverables into business-as-usual processing. Responsibilities Qualifications You should have a recognised project management qualification. Success Profile Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. Technical Skills: 1. Agile and Lean practices - Expert 2. Commercial management - Expert 3. Communicating between the technical and non-technical - Expert 4. Financial management - Expert 5. Life-cycle perspective - Expert 6. Maintaining delivery momentum - Expert 7. Planning – Expert This role is aligned to a Programme Delivery Manager within the Product and Delivery job family. Please review the following to understand the skill expectations: Programme delivery manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework You should be able to operate at an expert level against the above 7 technical elements. These will not be assessed at sift stage. These will be assessed as part of the DDaT technical assessment if invited to interview. Experience: Demonstrable experience of previously leading large programmes of change. Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions - Level 4 Leadership - Level 4 You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot Qualifications How to Apply Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1500 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. You will not be tested on the Technical skills at sift stage. Stage one (application sift): Candidates will have their applications assessed against all success profile criteria (minus the Technical skills) listed above unless there is a large number of applications, in which case, the following process will apply. An initial sift will be conducted using the CV and supporting statement on the Experience criteria as listed above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against the Behaviours. Stage two (interview and DDaT technical assessment): If successful at application sift, you will be invited to interview and assessment where we will test all criteria listed above. All the behaviours, experiences and technical elements outlined in the Success Profile will be assessed at this stage. Assessments are scheduled for April 2025 however this may be subject to change. Interview and assessment are expected to take place in person on site at SPPA, 7 Tweedside Park, Tweedbank, Galashiels, TD1 3TE. About Us The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire-fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland for over 500,000 key workers. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers with an annual pension spend to over 200,000 pensioners to the value of more than £2.5 billion. SPPA Careers | SPPA (pensions.gov.scot ) Civil Service Nationality Rules Working Pattern Our standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options, with two days minimum working on site at SPPA in the Tweedbank Office. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us. DDaT Pay Supplement This post attracts a £5000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 months DDaT competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review. This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession. As a member of the profession you will join the professional development system, currently BCS Role Mode plus. Equality Statement We are committed to equality and inclusion, and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation. Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them. Further information Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website. Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes. For further information on this post please contact Liz Rae by email at Liz.Raegov.scot Apply before: 23rd March (23:59)