Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford About the job Job summary Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work at the forefront of current policy making decisions? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you. Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UKs journey to net zero. Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference. Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below. 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 and the Civil Service D&I Strategy. Find Out More We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/pqUhdr3L72 You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/ Job description Would you like to join a critical programme for addressing climate change? In 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to legislate to have net zero carbon emissions by 2050, meaning we will no longer be a net emitter of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) can play a crucial role in reaching net zero. It can be an engine to drive cleaner, sustainable growth, transforming our industrial heartlands. It can also unlock new jobs and innovative businesses, raising productivity and competitiveness across the UK. With the Prime Minister recently announcing £21.7bn funding for the first CCUS projects, it is an exciting time to be part of the CCUS programme. CCUS is one of the biggest infrastructure programmes in government and is classed as a major project, attracting significant interest from No.10, Ministers, and Treasury. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide project delivery capability across multiple policy workstreams in the CCUS programme. This role will sit within the Transport & Storage and Market Transition team and is expected to deploy project delivery expertise across teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with policy leads, scoping and setting up planning, supporting RAID functions and coordinating policy workstreams, applying appropriate project management principles to deliver agreed objectives. The role will align closely with the Market Transition PMO team, and so will report into the PMO lead as well as work closely alongside the Market Transition SEO Project Manager, supporting where required in cross-cutting pieces of work. We are a lively, diverse, inclusive and friendly team, with a collaborative and encouraging culture and strong emphasis on learning and development. We seek to achieve high performance while also promoting well-being and supporting flexible working practices. We are embracing hybrid working and committed to being inclusive and a great place to work. Person specification Key responsibilities: Operating within an agreed reporting structure and PD standards, you will support the team in planning, designing, executing, monitoring and reporting on deliverables for CCUS. Including developing appropriate documentation e.g. detailed plans, risks and issues logs, reports and use them to effectively manage the project. You will establish and maintain strong working relationships within key individuals across DESNZ, HMG and delivery partners where appropriate. Including facilitating and support meetings, advisory groups and other stakeholder meetings ensuring appropriate papers are developed and actions captured and carried out. You will lead on planning and scheduling, monitoring activities against baseline milestones, highlighting inter-dependencies and provide effective reporting lines to the programme level plan. You will play an active and constructive part of the team and the wider programme to support delivery of milestones and objectives and contribute to enabling effective change management functions where required. You will support where required on enabling effective resource management and deployment during the upcoming Spending Review process to support workstreams. You will support where required on the team RAID log and provide the links with the programme level logs and partner organisation plans and support strategic planning. You will also support managing risks and highlight emerging issues and suggested solutions. You will lead on Knowledge and Information Management and document control, ensuring that naming conventions, etc are in place and adhered to. Successful candidates will need to be adaptable and flexible in their approach to work as they could be asked to move to different work areas as and when required to help deliver key priority areas of the Market Transition Project. Essential criteria: We are seeking a highly motivated individual, comfortable working with and influencing a wide range of stakeholders, with big picture thinking as well as an effective communicator and collaborator. We would love to hear from you if you have: A passion for project management and a proven track record of working with programme and policy leads to deliver successful outcomes. Experience in working in a complex project environment and a strong understanding of risk management, planning and scheduling, reporting and governance, and stakeholder engagement. Experience in project managing the collation of complex information commissions to tight deadlines. The ability to understand, process and communicate management information to senior team members. The ability to empower and motivate others in a dynamic environment and across organisational boundaries. Highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, with the credibility and ability to build excellent relationships with key stakeholders across organisational boundaries and evidence of a collaborative approach. Interest in energy and climate sectors. Desirable Skills: Holding a Project Delivery qualification / membership, such as: PRINCE2 Practitioner Project Management Practitioner APM Project Management Qualification PMI Project Management Professional Leading and Managing Project Workstreams Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Delivering at Pace Managing a Quality Service Working Together Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Delivering at Pace Managing a Quality Service Working Together Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Planning Benefits Alongside your salary of £42,385, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £12,278 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including: A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours. Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%. A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30. An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue. Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts. Office attendance The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period. 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. As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, behavioural statements, and technical skills. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Applications will be sifted on CV, behavioural statements and any technical skills required In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behaviour statement ( Delivering at Pace). Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview. The interview will consist of behaviour and strength based questions. Sift and interview dates Expected Timeline subject to change Sift dates: w/c 20/02/2025. Interview dates: 27/02/2025. Interview Location: MS Teams. Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process. Further Information Reasonable Adjustment We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions. I nformation about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available. We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position. Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home). DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Recor d Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your b ehalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Infodisclosurescotland.co.uk Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Feedback 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 Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. 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). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Callum Merrick Email : callum.merrick2energysecurity.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : desnzresourcing.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk Further information Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DESNZrecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. 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