Project Manager | Ref: PSR0039598

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.
Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:
+ Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
+ Increase saving for, and security in later life
+ Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
+ Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
+ Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity, The Project Manager role involves the delivery of transition programmes, projects and services to drive the improvement of Digital capability standards and breadth within DWP.
The main duties and responsibilities of the Project Manager would be:
+ Delivery of BAU
+ Leading on the implementation a new governance framework for the Department and providing secretariat for its associated Board
+ Delivery of various projects including, but not limited to the implementation and transition to a new contract which will have a significant impact on ways of working.
+ Leading on continuous improvements to harness opportunities for process and cost efficiencies.
+ Co-ordinating BAU Delivery, enabling the delivery of capability of skills and resources for Digital.
+ Designing, implementing and managing a variety of medium-large size projects. This includes the planning, resource-budgeting, co-ordinating, communicating and monitoring of the entire project.
+ Actively managing and co-ordinating the overall work programme for the Team, ensuring priorities are understood and resources are allocated accordingly.
+ Ensure potential issues and risks are identified and escalated swiftly, ensuring mitigate plans are in place and monitored.

+ Strong previous project management experience
+ Strong interpersonal & Stakeholder Management skills
+ Excellent communications skills
+ Planning and reporting experience
+ Task management experience
+ Change Management and CI
+ Awareness of contract management
+ Experience in the Implementation of HR systems or Recruitment Management System (Desirable), Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.