Corporate Sponsor in London

Base salary: £66553 pa to £83191 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. This means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As the Corporate Sponsor, you will lead on ensuring efficient ways of working across the Sponsorship and Shareholder Relations Directorate, providing clear advice to Sponsorship colleagues and the wider HS2 Ltd business on requirements in the Development Agreement (DA) and Framework Document (FD) and establishing consistent processes for teams to follow.

The role also supports on cross-cutting issues where there is an interface with the Department for Transport (DfT), such as costs, funding and scope, and HS2 Ltd.'s input into DfT governance and external reviews of the programme and organisation.

• To be accountable for leading the delivery of key work areas within the Sponsorship and Shareholder Relations Directorate, proactively building and maintaining relationships with DfT and the relevant colleagues within HS2 Ltd.
• Management of the HS2 Development Agreement (DA), including acting as the single point of contact with DfT Client Team to agree and oversee DA change instructions, providing guidance to colleagues in Sponsorship and HS2 Ltd on DA issues and ensuring the DA remains fit for purpose as the programme evolves.
• Management of the HS2 Ltd Framework Document (FD), including acting as the first point of contact with DfT Shareholder Team on shareholder and corporate governance issues, providing guidance to colleagues in Sponsorship and HS2 Ltd on FD issues and leading for HS2 Ltd on FD updates as required.
• Ownership of the Requirements Management Framework to ensure effective management of HS2 Ltd’s consolidated set of top-level programme requirements.
• Support to the Head of Corporate and Delivery Sponsorship and the Sponsorship and Shareholder Relations Director on HS2 Ltd’s participation in DfT and wider Government governance meetings, including Sponsor Board and the Ministerial Taskforce.
• Responsible for corporate sponsorship activities that include liaison with DfT on Parliamentary Reports on the HS2 programme and DfT requests for briefings and information on cross-Phase issues (e.g. Management Information, Finance).
• Support the Head of Corporate and Delivery Sponsorship on cross-cutting issues where there is an interface with the Department for Transport (DfT), such as costs, funding and scope.
• Supporting the Sponsorship Senior Management Team to build the capability and support the development of the Sponsorship team, including developing and embedding efficient ways of working, tools, processes and knowledge management.
• Coordinate HS2 Ltd’s input into external reviews of the programme and organisation, ensuring that information provided to these reviews is accurate, timely and balanced and reflects the overall position of HS2 Ltd.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

• Ability to build and manage relationships internally and externally.
• Ability to work across virtual teams to achieve outcomes.
• Ability to produce and present materials regarding complex issues to a variety of audiences, including internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority.
• Ability to identify and work through competing interests and conflicting priorities.
• Ability to understand complex technical and political issues.
• Ability to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty or ambiguity.

• Knowledge of requirements management and change processes.
• Knowledge of high-level governance and decision making.
• Knowledge of policy, project or programme development or delivery.
• Knowledge of the political and economic context for HS2.

• Experience of working with others to achieve results.
• Experience working in complex policy or project contexts.
• Experience of working in an environment with a high degree of scrutiny.
• Experience working in or with the public sector.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.