PR-0122 Hands-on PMO Lead in the BIS Digital Group

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Summary of the work You’ll work in a multi-disciplinary agile team in servant role supporting the delivery team; reporting, meeting organisation, planning, manage the risk register. Provide a single point of contact for all enquiries and handle logistical issues. Specialist role Delivery manager Expected Contract Length 24 months, but may be shorter, depending on how the project develops and the needs. Latest start date 27/06/2016 Who Speclialist Work With Digital specialists including but not limited to: Service Manager, Product Owners, Front & back end developers, technical architect, quality assurance, interaction designers, user researchers, content designers, product managers, user support, performance analyst, delivery managers. What Specialists Work On To provide Programme Management Support to the Digital Apprenticeships Team: organise and minute meetings, maintain the overall delivery plan, track and report on spend against budget and flag issues with burn rate, support the development and delivery of business cases, manage the risk register and risk framework for the digital apprenticeships service, work with external stakeholders to provide clear and consistent reports and engagement, to provide a single point of contact and knowledge for all enquiries. Skills & Experience • 3+ years experience from a PMO function (Scores 10%) • 2+ years experience of working in software teams using an agile delivery methodology (Scores 10%) • Proven experience balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity (6%) • Encourage a culture of innovation focused on adding value – give people space to think creatively (5%) • Create clear, pragmatic and manageable plans and reports (7%) • Has experience from public sector (5%) Nice to Haves • Provide constructive challenge to senior management (5%) • Experience in developing lightweight processes (Scores 2%) • Experience in not allowing unnecessary bureaucracy and structure to suppress innovation and delivery (5%) Work Location Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET and Skills Funding Agency, Quinton Road, Coventry, CV1 2WT Working Arrangments Monday to Friday on site. Hours and working pattern as needed to deliver a professional service in an efficient way. You will be in our office in Westminster, London and work in Coventry 2 days a week on average. (Skills Funding Agency, Quinton Road, Coventry, CV1 2WT Security Clearance Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Works well in a collaborative agile team (Scores 4%) • Demonstrate courage (e.g. can express controversial views, confront reality, make tough decisions, question actions inconsistent with group behaviours, candid about progress/estimates) (Scores 4%) • Demonstrate responsibility (e.g. act like a leader, serve your team, provide solutions to problems, engage in external/internal environments, seek the best for the organisation beyond your team) (Scores 4%) • Demonstrate vulnerability (e.g. declare uncertainty, fear, recognise mistakes, apologise, acknowledge weaknesses) (Scores 2%) • Demonstrate simplicity (e.g. take simple steps to goals, do less but better, mitigate failures, talk straight with respect) (Scores 2%) • Demonstrate excellence (e.g. seek actionable feedback, set challenging targets, know users, deliver cost effective high level customer satisfaction) (Scores 2%) • Demonstrate enthusiasm (e.g. bring whole self to work, celebrate success, share passion and energy with others, optimistic) (Scores 2%) Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 55% Cultural fit 20% Price 25% Questions from Suppliers 1. Are you able to specify maximum day rate? No Max Day Rate, but good to remember that Price Scoring is completed against the cheapest day rate of those evaluated, with the lowest price scoring the highest score.