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P3M Assurance Manager
Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for an experienced P3M Assurance Manager to join our team flexible working across the NWS estate.
As part of this role, you will manage value adding, independently delivered, targeted assurance of programmes and projects across their whole life cycles within an allocated grouping of programmes(s) and projects in accordance with NWS processes and best practices to help improve programme and project outcomes.
You will also manage delivery of improvements to the programme and project assurance arrangements, focusing on mapping data and leaning into improvement opportunities, maintaining a competent programme and project assurance community and optimisation of processes and associated material to ensure the arrangements are effective and efficient.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Own, plan, manage, improve, and optimise the relevant programme and project assurance processes.Develop and maintain the overall NWS IAAP.
- Ensure that programme and project assurance IAAPs are appropriate and in line with NWS and NDA guidance. Focussing on the assurance of risks and key decisions.Plan, initiate and lead programme and project assurance events.
- Ensure that programme and project assurance reviews take place according to the applicable processes by providing appropriate support and guidance. Hopefully on rare occasions, diplomatically intervene if the review is not being conducted in a way that will not deliver the required outcomes or compromise the rigour of the review.
- Manage the delivery of assurance briefings ahead of assurance events, supported by the wider team where appropriate, to maintain a community of competent programme and project assurance reviewers and ensuring the consistent execution of events.
- Maintain regular contact with the programmes and projects to regularly capture learning and trends emerging and to identify improvement opportunities.
- Manage the preparation of the annual (end of financial year) Programme and Project Assurance Report, share with all relevant stakeholder groups using appropriate communication methods and appropriately presented LfE, and use this to determine the next improvement scope to be addressed.
- Manage delivery of new technological improvements (including enterprise-wide tools) from which programme and project assurance can benefit.
- Manage and support the delivery of the agreed programme and project assurance improvement scopes.
- Coach Programme & Project Managers and Team Members, Programme & Project Assurance Leads and Team Members and SPAs/SROs in the arrangements for assurance, where necessary.
- Provide a key input on programme and project health through the lens of assurance to the EPMO and EPPSC.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Demonstratable experience of programme and project delivery aligned to medium-high project complexity and application.
- Adaptable and flexible to respond to changing organisational and project requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Professional qualification in Project Management and Programme Management as a minimum APM PFQ or equivalent, Project Controls or a relevant degree in a related field
- Exhibits demonstrable leadership qualities in providing vision, motivation and inspiration, setting high standards and expectations, leading by example and holding the Integrated Project Teams to account.
- Experienced with how projects and programmes are delivered in the Nuclear sector including experience in the development of business cases aligned to government green book standards.
- Ability to demonstrate competence/experience of all Project Delivery Fundamentals.
- Creditable experience of presenting potentially challenging feedback to groups of senior leaders
Desirable
- IPA Government Gateway review assurance team member or equivalent
- Experience in Programme and Project Audits
- Strong understanding of Government Project Delivery Practices
- Professional Qualification in Project Management as a minimum PMQ and/or Programme Qualification MSP or international equivalent.
- Strong presentation qualities and confident in presenting to large audiences.
For internal candidates currently on RWM T&C’s, the RWM grade equivalent for this role is 5-4
Who are we?
Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK’s nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.
Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world
If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you’ll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms – scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory – to name a few.
We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
We are action orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.
We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.
We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.
We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future
What's in it for you?
- On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
- Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
Equal Opportunities
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email nws.recruitment@nuclearwasteservices.uk