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Job Summary

Job summary

In response to the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government established the Building Safety Fund (BSF) to make sure buildings are safe – and people feel safe – now and in the future.  

The Building Safety Programme sits within the Remediation  portfolio, in the Safer, Greener Buildings Group and is one of the government’s major programmes, key to addressing safety concerns on high rise buildings. The Government has made over £5bn of funding available to building owners to enable them to undertake remediation of unsafe cladding on high rise buildings. 

The programme is going through a period of significant transformation, as we seek to increase the pace of delivery by addressing internal pain points, drive progress and grip of buildings through the fund and incentivise freeholder behaviour.  

The Change Project Manager will be accountable for delivering project level activities aligned to the objectives and outcomes of the programme. The role sits within the Strategy, Change & Briefings team and will report to the Senior Change Manager, working alongside PMO and Strategy colleagues. The Change Project Manager will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of change projects to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.  

We particularly welcome candidates from an ethnic minority background and other underrepresented groups to apply, as we work to continually improve our ability to represent the places and communities we support through our work.

Job description

The role is key to delivering high quality change into the Operations teams, including multiple 3rd parties, whether initiated from policy re-design or continuous improvement.  

The Change Project Manager role is expected to encompass the following: 

Project management – Day-to-day management and leadership of change projects. Setting project controls, designing the project structure appropriate to stage, selecting and applying appropriate delivery methodologies. Build project plans and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives. Identify and set appropriate project controls. Track and report delivery against milestones 

Business case – Co-ordinate and lead the development of project documentation including for example project initiation documents and business cases.  

Budget – Track the delivery of change projects within agreed budgets.  

Benefits realisation – Undertake theory of change documentation, ensuring inputs and outcomes (short, medium and long-term) as well as core metrics are understood. Track the realisation of benefits. Ensure an appropriate benefits realisation strategy is in place, and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against business cases.  

Stakeholder management – Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships including with the programme management team and programme management office. Facilitate stakeholder planning across change projects. 

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 including feeding in our backlog of projects and prioritisation to the change board. 

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. 

Projects – Lead on specific change projects. 

Person specification

Experience: 

• Should be a project / programme delivery professional with relevant Risk and Governance knowledge and experience of delivering projects programmes in complex environments.  

• Knowledge and demonstrable experience working in a Change Management function.  

• Will have proven project leadership capabilities. 

• Experience in leading project delivery in complex and challenging environments. 

• Experience delivering and managing risk/issues for projects and programmes for government departments. 

• A relevant programme/project management qualification, or change management qualification, for example MSP, Prince II, APM. 

• Leading internal and external project teams and resource directly and indirectly. 

Key Personal Attributes:  

• A self-starter and proactive team member. 

• Possess strong leadership and decision-making skills. 

• Combine realism with openness and the clarity of expression to communicate the project objectives and the programme’s vision and objectives in relation to change effectively. 

• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships across organisational boundaries. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,732, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities contributes £10,457 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role

• An environment with flexible working options

• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Transfers across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018: 

Any move to DLUHC 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 at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. 

For further information about the benefits available to DLUHC employees, please see the attached Candidate Pack. 

Things you need to know

Selection process details

We are for everyone

At DLUHC we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and a working environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.

We would strongly recommend that applicants get in touch with the vacancy manager to find out more information about this role.

We are for everyone

CV and Cover Letter Declaration

We recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity - this is called name blind recruitment. 

Please remove references to your:

• name/title

• educational institutions

• age

• gender

• email address

• postal address

• phone number

• nationality/immigration status

You will need to merge your CV and covering letter into one document. When submitting your application Applied will ask you to upload a CV, when doing this you should upload your merged document of your CV and covering letter.

At sift, through your CV and covering letter we will be assessing:

• Experience

• Technical 

In your CV and covering letter, please include:   

• why you are interested in the role; 

• how you meet the essential skills and experience required

Your covering letter should be no more than 500 words.

The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of the following success profiles elements:

• Behaviours: changing and improving, Making effective decisions, Communicating and influencing and delivering at pace

• Experience

• Technical

• Strengths

In full the campaign will test the below Success Profile Elements:

• Behaviours: Changing and improving, Making effective decisions, Communicating and influencing and Delivering at pace

• Experience

• Strengths

• Technical

Technical and Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description.

The strength based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

We do not consider direct CV applications – you must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs:

Please note that near miss offers may be made at the lower grade to candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this campaign

SEO salary

• The salary for this role is £38, 732 (National).

• For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable.

Location

• Wolverhampton

• Darlington

• Manchester

• Birmingham

There may be opportunities for candidates to work flexibly depending on the business needs. This will be discussed with the vacancy manager on a case-by-case basis if you are successful for the role.

*Please note: The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring together people across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important economic issues of the day. The work of the Campus will make a real difference to people both across the UK and internationally. There will be substantial career opportunities and exciting prospects - a career at the Campus means you will be working at the heart of Government, with access to the benefits and fantastic opportunities offered by the civil service.  This role is based at DLUHC and we will be joined on the campus by:

• HM Treasury

• Department for International Trade

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• Office for National Statistics

• Department for Education

For further information on the DEC, please take a look at the attached DEC candidate pack.

Sift and Interview dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the W/C 11th of December 2023 with interview dates to be confirmed. All interviews are currently being held remotely via videocall. 

Reserve List 

In the event that we identify more appointable candidates than we currently have posts available, we will hold applicant details on a reserve list for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made. This may include roles at a lower grade. Candidates placed on a reserve list will be informed of this. Those candidates who do not wish to remain on the reserve list should contact recruitment@levellingup.gov.uk to be removed from the reserve list. 

Before starting your application it’s very important to make sure that you are eligible to apply and meet the Civil Service nationality requirements. All candidates are expected to read the information provided in the DLUHC candidate pack regarding nationality requirements and rules

Candidate Pack Information

Please see attached Candidate pack for further information.

Internal Fraud Database

The Internal Fraud function of the Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants Function at the Cabinet Office processes details of civil servants who have been dismissed for committing internal fraud, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned.The Cabinet Office receives the details from participating government organisations of civil servants who have been dismissed, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned, for internal fraud. In instances such as this, civil servants are then banned for 5 years from further employment in the civil service. The Cabinet Office then processes this data and discloses a limited dataset back to DLUHC as a participating government organisations. DLUHC then carry out the pre employment checks so as to detect instances where known fraudsters are attempting to reapply for roles in the civil service. In this way, the policy is ensured and the repetition of internal fraud is prevented.

For more information please see- Internal Fraud Register

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)

Eligibility

This vacancy is open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.

Working for the Civil Service

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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name :Rebecca Fisher

• Email :rebecca.fisher@levellingup.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email :recruitment@levellingup.gov.uk