Technology Projects Delivery Lead – GPA Freelance

Michael Page Technology

This is a unique opportunity in delivering Workplace Services Property Technology at the Government Property Agency.

This role can be based in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester or Nottingham.

Client Details

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of the Government’s transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 & tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda.

To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio in order to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.

Beyond the bricks & mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus & Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments + promoting flexible working practices.

Description

The Chief Technology Office is a high-performing, motivated and collaborative team responsible for delivering a portfolio of property technology standards across government, and have a Civil Service Operations Board mandate to support the work. Our aim is to provide a best in class, interoperable approach to property technology delivery within government buildings. This involves delivering those changes within the GPA managed estate and collaborating with the other government departments to deliver this elsewhere.

The Technology function supports clients and customers in their preparation and move to more effective technology and helps them to realise the full benefits of a great place to work. User research and customer satisfaction feedback is core to achieving our goals effectively.

• Accountable for the leadership and delivery of property technology when improving the existing GPA estate and delivering capital projects as part of wider project delivery and representing the CTO function to ensure prop tech standards are delivered within wider project delivery. Responsible for ensuring that the CTO function is Embedded in and effectively supports workplace and capital projects delivery.
• Accountable for ensuring prop tech delivery is a fundamental part of an integrated workplace and technology delivery approach from the very beginning of each project. Accountable for the design, planning and implementation of proptech delivery within workplace projects to support the ambition to deliver a great place to work and seamless prop tech interoperability.
• Accountable for the design, management and assurance of the delivery partner model to support the technology aspects of proptech project delivery. Responsible for ensuring any PropTech risks and issues are managed and visible to the DDaT and service delivery teams.Responsible for reporting any issues or concerns regarding prop tech design and implementation to product, technology and architecture leads and working together to resolve and accountable for managing the seamless transition of prop tech delivered by projects to BAU delivery teams.
• Accountable for agreed aspects of IT Life cycle replacement (LCR) remediation budget and capital projects budget, including defining the pipeline ahead of spending reviews and delivering and reporting against agreed budget. Planning for delivery against available team capacity and managing the team to deliver.
• Responsible for Exec and SCS community-level engagement to ensure GPA commitment to delivering on the CSOB prop tech mandate.
• Responsible for engaging with OGD clients and senior stakeholders to ensure the prop tech product set is understood and fit for purpose when occupying GPA buildings to ensure a seamless user experience.
• Responsible for engagement with – and influencing – GPA clients to ensure a smooth transition and excellent experience for people moving into improved workspaces and to resolve issues to maintain positive client satisfaction as part of the transition to BAU.
• Responsible for the management of the DDaT PMO function, with direct line management responsibility for the Head of DDaT PMO. Ensuring it is:Appropriately set up and resourced
• Effectively using the standard GPA toolset for delivery (Project online for delivery and reporting, PowerBI for dashboarding)
• Fully aligned and integrated to GPA project reporting approach for both workplace and capital projects.
• Supporting the implementation of toolset strategy to update once and integrate to report in many formats. Reducing inefficiency and ensuring the right people have Real Time and seamless access to the required information.
• Accountable for providing direct support and advice to the Chief Technology Officer (line manager) (SCS1) and Chief Operating Officer (SCS2). A key member of the DDaT and CTO Senior Leadership Team, taking a shared role in shaping the strategy, outputs and performance of the team as a whole.

The role holder will:

• Maintain the overall integrity and coherence of the initiatives governance framework to support each project, and plan assurance activities
• Ensure dependencies are actively managed, arbitrate/enforce the resolution of issues across functions
• Ensure a coherent procurement strategy is applied to commission supply chain partners supporting delivery
• Ensure teams have suitable resources to complete their objectives.
• Realise and report benefits, ensure deliverables meet objectives

Profile

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities and wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a sense of belonging in a workplace where everyone feels valued.

• Experience and/or qualifications related to large scale digital or technology project delivery – essential
• Strong grasp of the key strategic delivery issues associated with project delivery at scale and technology Infrastructure delivery.
• Planning and facilitation skills and experience
• Awareness of the Government Workplace Design Guide and how workspace can influence behaviours and influence experience
• Able to navigate the political environment and operate successfully within the Civil Service
• CITP accreditation (achieved or willing to achieve)
• or
• APMG AgileDS, AgilePM, Agile PgM or similar Change or project management qualifications (achieved or willing to achieve)

Job Offer

Alongside your salary of £62,900, GPA contributes £13,959 towards you being a member of the CS DBP Pension scheme.

GPA is also committed to recognising and rewarding where our staff hold the ‘Gold Standard’ accreditation relevant to their Specialism and offer a specific non-pensionable allowance to staff who have achieved this. This amounts to a potential extra £5,000 Which is non-pensionable.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides via our website:

• 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%
• Generous annual leave

This vacancy is using Civil Service Success Profiles:

These will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities and wider society that we serve.

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles

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 (RIS) to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.
Read more about prison leaver recruitment

Sift
The closing date is 2.2.24, the sift is due to take place by 9.2.24 but is subject to change.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to produce a 500-word statement, which should then align with the Person Specification, (At interview, applicants will be scored against 4 behaviours – Managing a Quality Service, Communicating and Influencing, Seeing The Bigger Picture, and Delivering at Pace.)

Applicants successful at sift will be invited to interviews, due to take place week commencing 18.2.24 and will be a virtual interview.
This is subject to change dependent upon where most successful candidates are based.

Interview questions will be a blend of Behaviour, Experience, Strength and Technical (core skill) questions.