SEO Project and Programme Support Manager

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Job title: Project and Programme Support Manager – Trade & Regulation

Sector/Organisation: UK Government

Grade: SEO

Contract: Interim, Full-time

Start: ASAP

Duration: Until 31/03/2027

Rate: £400/day Umbrella LTD (inside IR35)

Location: Remote / UK-based

About the role

Join a fast-paced, high-profile programme focused on the UK-EU trading and regulatory relationship.

Take responsibility for the delivery of one or two complex projects within a wider programme of interconnected projects.

Manage the full range of project delivery activity, including plans, schedules, RAID, reporting, governance and performance.

Get quickly up to speed with complex and technical subject matter, working closely with project teams and cross-government stakeholders.

Inherit existing project plans and controls, getting these into better shape where required, while also establishing new areas of delivery from the ground up.

Contribute to programme-level planning, business cases, resourcing and benefits realisation.

Key responsibilities

• Managing one or more projects within a wider cross-government programme
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, plans, milestones and critical deliverables
• Managing risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies
• Monitoring delivery and identifying slippage, emerging risks and opportunities
• Producing clear project and programme-level reporting
• Managing governance and decision-making forums
• Challenging plans and assumptions to ensure delivery is realistic and achievable
• Improving inherited project plans, controls and reporting arrangements
• Establishing plans and controls for new areas of delivery
• Contributing to business cases, resource planning and benefits realisation
• Working closely with stakeholders across government in a fast-paced and changing environment

Essential experience

• We’re particularly interested in candidates with:
• Strong project management experience within government, regulation, trade or a cross-government environment
• Experience managing complex projects within a wider programme, including governance and decision-making forums
• Strong hands-on experience across project plans, scheduling, milestones, RAID, controls and reporting
• Experience inheriting project plans and controls, improving them and taking ownership of ongoing delivery
• Strong planning capability, ideally including Microsoft Project / Project Online
• Knowledge and practical experience of government business-case processes, resource planning and benefits realisation
• A relevant Project Delivery qualification, alongside strong stakeholder management and the ability to work at pace across complex technical subject matter

What you need to do now

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