Job Details
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
- Working pattern: Full Time, standard hours 35 hours per week, hybrid working with at least 2/3 days at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, or Glasgow hub as required.
- Number of openings: 1
Job Description
The post is based in Revenue Scotland’s newly established Change Portfolio function, responsible for the implementation of New Devolved Taxes and other change initiatives across the organisation. The post holder will be responsible for leading the delivery of change from pre‑initiation to implementation, ensuring adherence to PPM best practice. The post holder will manage staff within a project context and may have line management responsibilities for at least one member of staff. The Project Manager is responsible for the scoping, planning, delivery, risk management and the quality of products and outputs of the project/s. The post holder will engage with internal and external stakeholders to establish requirements and manage deliverables for specific projects and work‑streams within the portfolio to ensure the safe landing of change within Revenue Scotland.
Responsibilities
- Lead a range of projects and work‑streams using appropriate project management methodologies, tools, and techniques to deliver outcomes on time, to quality and cost.
- Lead multi‑disciplinary teams and set priorities for yourself and others to deliver outcomes in line with project and programme objectives.
- Support overall portfolio delivery and facilitate effective decision making through collation of plans and managing risks and dependencies in conjunction with other areas of the portfolio and through adherence to the authorised framework.
- Lead on collation of options appraisals to support project, programme and portfolio deliverables and objectives, providing a strong evidence base for decisions through comprehensive and accurate analysis and robust recommendations.
- Create, manage, and maintain all required project artefacts to support delivery.
- Identify, categorise, and assess risks to delivery and plan required mitigating actions to deliver against time, cost and quality criteria.
- Plan and deliver a robust programme of stakeholder engagement to ensure required collaboration has taken place to support delivery.
Qualifications
Project Managers should have or be closely working towards a professional level qualification, such as APM’s PMQ, PMI’s PMP and Axelos’ Prince 2. The post holder must have a proven ability to successfully manage and deliver projects / programmes to required time, cost and quality requirements adhering to PPM best practice and SG’s Programme and Project Management Principles.
Other Information
Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) before appointment. BPSS includes identity, right to work, employment history and a criminal record check.
Applicants should be aware of the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and any complaints procedures. Applicants are encouraged to apply in line with the recruitment principles.
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Applicants should remain in post for a minimum of three years, unless successful at gaining promotion, and a reserve list may be kept for up to 12 months.
Minimum time to apply: 23:59 on Thursday 2 July.
