This role will lead the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis. The Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of projects to ensure 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. Key Responsibilities 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 the project team. Set project controls. Design the project structure appropriate to stage. Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies. Business case - Co-ordinate development of the business case. Budget - Track delivery within budget. Resources - Schedule / manage resources to deliver the project. May work independently or with a small team. Benefits realisation - Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place, and support monitoring of longer term delivery of benefits against the business case where this is no alternative designated owner. Stakeholder management - Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships. Risks and issues - Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Governance - Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making. Assurance - Support or set appropriate project assurance. Change management - Ensure effective change management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders. Guidance and support - Seek appropriate support, guidance and coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance. Project performance and controls - Build Project Plan and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Track and report delivery against milestones. Actively engage with the wider Project Management and Delivery professional network to ensure sharing of best practice, building of capability, and promote continuous improvement. Person specification Key Outputs and Deliverables Ensure all projects are appropriately planned, documented, and monitored with appropriate risk and dependencies identified. Ensure all relevant Ofgem standards and associated processes and procedures are implemented and embedded. Identify common capabilities and opportunities for linking up, re-using and sharing of methods and resources between projects and programmes. Support in-year prioritisation and plan progress reviews. Proactively challenge and evolve thinking within the Directorate and beyond, encouraging the organisation to be more efficient, more effective and more ambitious, supporting continuous improvement and ongoing business process change. Deliver strategic projects or key workstreams as required. Engage with colleagues across Ofgem to develop shared understanding of problems and collaborate on effective solutions. Role Criteria Essential Experience in a Project Management role of planning, delivering, controlling and completing a project from start to finish. (LEAD) A relevant qualification such as those listed below, or equivalent practical experience (LEAD): PRINCE2 Practitioner Agile Project Management Practitioner APM Project Management Qualification PMI Project Management Professional Leading and Managing Project Workstreams Ability to deliver and change direction in a fast-paced environment. Ability to build effective relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders Excellent organisational, written and verbal communication skills that effectively communicate complex issues to non-expert audiences with attention to detail Desirable Experience of a range of project management techniques, including agile and waterfall. Experience of Change Management tools and methods. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Communicating and Influencing Working Together Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details. Benefits Alongside your salary of £34,123, OFGEM contributes £9,885 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working, flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about. 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. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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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. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .