Project Manager

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Location

Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Worthing

Summary

About the job

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.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

Are you a hardworking results-oriented Project Manager looking for your next challenge? Is it important that for you to work for an employer who cares about the work-life balance of its workforce and offers structured personal development genuine progression opportunities? Well look no further!

HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC is the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for our public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support!

HMRC’s Digital Directorate(CDIO)

As we strive to meet our ambitions to become one of the most digitally advanced administrations in the world we have lots of focused change programmes to help achieve our transformation goals. We are leading the way in the delivery of modern services for customers which will change how millions of businesses and landlords interact with the tax system, replacing the burden of the annual tax return with digital record keeping and quarterly updates.

To support this we have one of the largest and most sophisticated IT estates at our fingertips. The complexity of the operation these systems support is truly impressive; on a scale rarely seen in other global organisations.

Job Description

As a senior IT Project Manager, you’ll be joining a lively and encouraging team in a dynamic and exciting environment leading a variety of interesting projects and programmes. Driving and overseeing the delivery to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time frames, costings being mindful of quality.

Responsibilities Will Include

Responsibilities

• Engaging effectively with programme and project partners including suppliers and other third parties.
• Building and leading projects to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints. Whilst selecting and applying appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid).
• Ensuring IT expenditure is tracked against the agreed budget; and you are comfortable challenging proposals on a value for money basis where necessary.
• Identifying, assessing and handling risks in line with the CRAID logging technique.
• Utilising the fantastic support, guidance and coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.
• Accountability for aligning with governance, reviewing projects in accordance with the Change Delivery Guidance and acting upon lessons learnt.
  

Essential Criteria

• Experience and proven track record of Project Managing the delivery of medium to large scale IT- enabled business change projects involving multiple delivery partners.
• Experience of developing and tracking Microsoft Project Plans (MPP) and produce detailed Work, Resource and Product Breakdown Structures (WBS, RBS & PBS).
• Experience of managing and monitoring project costs and budgets, effectively challenging internal & external suppliers to provide value for money.
  

Desirable Criteria

• Have a recognised or a willingness to work towards achieving a PPM practitioner-level qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, MSP etc.
  

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
  

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
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Team members that are moving offices as a result of the Locations Programme will be entitled to a Moves Adjustment Payment for three years where they incur additional costs. This is calculated based on the difference between the costs of travelling to and from the new and old office, over a weekly period. You will get more detail on this as part of targeted locations move communications.

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Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete

Selection process details

This vacancy is using

As part of the application process you will be asked to provide:

• Your CV
• Your personal statement, showing how you meet the essential criteria. (500 words max)
  

Please note that your CV & personal statement should be aligned to the essential criteria required for the advertised role.

An initial sift of your CV & personal statement will be conducted against the essential criteria required for the advertised p ost.

Candidates invited to interview will be further assessed against their suitability for this role by providing specific examples of how they have demonstrated the following Behaviours in contexts befitting this role:-

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
  

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days(Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. The inbox to contact is: hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk - Use subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application - 236453 & the vacancy closing date 04/10/2022.

Security Update

If you are successful and transferring from another Government Department, we will carry out a check of your identity, nationality, and immigration status (including the right to work in the UK) and a criminal record check before confirming your appointment.

Successful candidates must pass a Disclosure and Barring Security Check . Please note that HMRC have an exemption under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, which enables us to make enquiries about both unspent and spent convictions.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. 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.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

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 applicant’s 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.

HMRC transformation

HM Revenue and Customs is currently going through an exciting ten-year transformation programme to create a tax authority fit for the future. As part of this, we are committed to providing high-quality jobs and giving employees a great place to work, whichever location you work from.

HM Revenue and Customs has made significant progress with its plans to locate in 14 large, modern, flexible offices, equipped with high-speed digital infrastructure supporting improved customer service and compliance activity. These collaborative workspaces will enable smarter working and great training and development facilities, allowing for the sharing of expertise, local training, promotion, and provide great ongoing career development opportunities.

These offices will be located in central locations in the following towns and cities close to accessible transport links: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Portsmouth and Stratford.

In addition, there will also be a small number of specialist sites where the work cannot be done anywhere else, in Gartcosh (near Glasgow), Telford, Ipswich, Worthing and Dover, as well as our headquarters in central London. What’s more, our Welsh language service has people located in Porthmadog, as well as Cardiff.

We are letting you know about our future plans because if you are recruited into an office that is not one of these locations, you will be expected, subject to HM Revenue and Customs applicable policies, to move to one of these locations in the future. In some cases, this will be via one of our nine transitional sites.

For more information please contact the vacancy holder.

Terms and Conditions

We really hope you decide to apply for this role. If you’re successful you need to know that in February 2021 members of recognised trade unions (ARC and PCS) voted to approve a pay and contract reform offer. This means that HMRC will adopt new terms and conditions for all colleagues as part of a multi-year pay deal and contract offer, the pay deal period is 01 June 2020 – 31 st May 2023 and terms and conditions changes take place from the 01 June 2021 onwards. These terms will apply to colleagues who already work in HMRC and if you join us, it will apply to you too. We’ve put together a summary of the key changes that will be made and you can find this attached to the Job Advert.

Pay

If you are currently working for an OGD and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document "Pay on Transfer from OGD" for further information. (Please note the attached document could also be called “ Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”)

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Further Information

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement this will be tested as part of the selection process.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

After interview, a single merit list will be created and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Any move to HMRC 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

HMRC welcomes applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, taking into account our operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer .

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ’Contact point for applicants’ section.

Important Information For Existing HMRC Contractual Homeworkers

This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need, so please take into account the advertised office locations for this role when submitting an application and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you are able to travel to.

Reasonable adjustment

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate. Please see our for more details.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
• Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
  

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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
• 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
  

Working for the Civil Service

The

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s

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 : Imrul Hassan
• Email : Imrul.Hassan@hmrc.gov.uk
• Telephone : 07825 244816

Recruitment team :

• Email : hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
  

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly with the department concerned via complaints.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click