Project Manager

GBP34,404 + 32% Pens (STC) + Flexitime/Hours + 3 days WFH

25 days holiday + Course Access + More.

About HMRC

This is an exciting time to join an organisation that probably doesn t work how you d imagine a government organisation would. Here at HMRC, we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

HMRC is building a modern, digital tax administration and runs the biggest digital operation in Government, providing digital services for 45 million individuals and 4.9 million business customers. Our digital programme is multi–award winning and the envy of other government organisations.

About the Team

Our Team is a friendly, passionate team from all over the country who are responsible for one of HMRC s larger change programmes, with a rolling portfolio of circa 60 individual projects delivering policy changes across HMRC whether:

• announced by Treasury Ministers as part of the fiscal event process, or;
• arising from other government departments (OGDs), Devolved Administrations, or;
• small CS&TD BAU IT change

The Opportunity

As a Project Manager in HMRC CDIO, you will lead on project management for multi–component / system IT projects, collaborating with other teams in CDIO and across HMRC and wider Government, to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to sufficient quality.

This is an excellent opportunity to join HMRC s Project Delivery Profession team where you will be supporting a large scale and radical transformation that will have a profound impact for both the customers and the staff.

Our roles sit within HMRC s Chief Digital & Information Group (CDIO) in the Policy Driven Change (PDC) team.

CDIO is HMRC s IT function. With 4,000 people, CDIO Group are a key part of HMRC.

Responsibilities

• Build Project Plan and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives.
• Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, overcome obstacles and get the best value against constraints.
• Tracking / monitoring spend against agreed budgets to ensure projects are delivered in line with the business case.
• Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.

Essential Criteria

You will need to demonstrate within your application the following:

• Experience delivering small to medium scale projects.
• The ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders, facilitating collaboration in order to achieve successful outcomes for the business.
• Ability to identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalations if required.
• Commercial awareness including managing and monitoring of project costs and budgets to ensure best service and value for money.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience delivering small to medium scale technical or IT enabled business change projects against a backdrop of large scale organisational change.
• Understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• A recognised or a willingness to work towards a Project Management qualification such as Prince 2 Practitioner, Agile Practitioner or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).

Please reach out to me to learn more. Follow link to apply through full application form.

Please apply before role closes at 11:55 pm on Wednesday 15th February 2023

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre–settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals