Job Description

Details

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Reference number

430220
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Salary

47,895 - 62,699
National 47,895-58,519, London 50748-62,699


Please ensure that you read the Pay and Reward information for civil service and internal colleagues before applying.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Grade 7
Level 2B###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

OFGEM - Eserve - Delivery and Schemes###

Type of role

Project Delivery###

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations - Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow.

About the job

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Job summary

Join Ofgem at the forefront of one of the UK's most transformative energy initiatives, the Warm Homes Plan. As a Programme Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of greener, warmer, and more affordable homes across the country. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact, multi-disciplinary programme team, driving delivery across a complex landscape of workstreams and partnerships with DESNZ. You'll be the strategic anchor for programme governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that every milestone is met with precision and purpose. From establishing robust programme controls to ensuring business readiness for change, you'll be instrumental in delivering meaningful benefits to customers and communities. If you thrive in dynamic environments, excel at inclusive leadership, and are passionate about making a tangible difference in the energy sector, this role offers the chance to do just that, while working at the heart of Ofgem's mission to build a fairer, more sustainable energy future.



Ofgem has a culture of inclusion that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our colleagues. It fuels our innovation and helps ensure we can best represent the consumers and the communities we serve. Everyone is welcome - as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.

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Job description

As part of government's ambitious Warm Homes Plan, Ofgem is supporting DESNZ to explore options to deliver warmer, greener home that are more affordable to heat. As this gathers momentum, we need to manage a number of related workstreams and initiatives supporting this work in Ofgem.


The Programme Manager will:

Provide programme management leadership to the multi-disciplinary programme team, ensuring they have clear direction, are achieving objectives, and are supported to overcome challenges; Advise SRO, senior leaders and programme governance on programme risks, resourcing, prioritisation, and the critical path for decisions and outputs; Demonstrate exceptional inclusive people leadership, ongoing professional development and commitment to Ofgem values.

Key Responsibilities

Establish and manage a high performing programme team; Cascade the vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team; Input, and co-ordinate input of project leads and SMEs into business case as required; Set up, implement and maintain effective programme controls, governance and assurance frameworks ; Manage risks and issues; ensure mitigations are in place. Identify and manage dependencies between the various elements of the programme. Lead the programme to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints; Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and highlight need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate; Ensure realisation of benefits for customers Ensure business readiness for change; Put in place a framework for the monitoring of and reporting on programme performance, working with Delivery & Scheme PMO

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Set up, and adapt as necessary, a framework and ways of working for the management, monitoring and evaluation of the programme, including strong links with DESNZ and wider Ofgem; Produce updates, report and other programme documentation to agreed content and deadlines; Input into drafting of communications, briefings, process and governance materials relevant to the programme; Establish, and keep under review, clear responsibilities and ways of working, with DESNZ. ###

Person specification

Role Criertia:

Essential

Robust experience of leading significant change or transformation programmes (LEAD)

Strong track record of engaging with and influencing stakeholders at senior level (LEAD)

Experience of leading a change team Skilled collaborator and strong communicator, able to work across a wide range of teams leading and Managing Project Workstreams Programme management, transformation, change Management practices qualification, for example: + PRINCE2 Practitioner
+ Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
+ Management of Risk Practitioner
+ Managing Portfolios Practitioner
+ Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner
+ APM Chartered Project Professional
+ Project Leadership Programme

Desirable

Proven aptitude for leadership through management of others (line/project/matrix management) Understanding of the energy sector ###

Behaviours

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


Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture Working Together Leadership ###

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


You will also be asked to prepare a presentation. Full details of the presentation will be included in the invitation to interview.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 47,895, OFGEM contributes 13,875 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
When you press the 'Apply now' button, you will be directed to a Civil Service test - guidance for this can be found here Civil Service online tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The test you are due to take is not timed and you can complete it at your own pace.

Upon passing the test, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel),and asked to attach a blind CV of no more than 2 pages..


You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word 'personal statement' evidencing how you meet the essential criteria listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the criteria listed in the role profile.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Please refer to Civil Service candidate advice on the acceptable use of artificial intelligence within the recruitment and selection process - Artificial intelligence and recruitment , Civil Service Careers

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [ https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].



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) 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
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Working for the Civil Service

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 to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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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 (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.###

Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Lucy Dowding Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : recruitment@ofgem.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 there has been a breach of these Recruitment Principles.




In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via recruitment@ofgem.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 website.