Job details

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

Our objectives are:

• To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.
• To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.
• To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (https://www.gov.uk/)

25 Year Environment Plan - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/)

The NDV project team is developing business cases for delivery of the next phase of delivery on the Thames Estuary; we are developing a 15-year programme, designing the operating model and governance, and we are making the commercial arrangements.

As a Project Manager your main responsibilities will be to: 

• Oversee the delivery of the project to ensure that objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.
• Play a key role in project governance, working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable the projected benefits to be realised.
• Design the project structure appropriate to stage, selecting and applying relevant delivery methodologies.
• Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked, and owned. Identify and monitor project risks and issues.
• Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Delivery of projects, governance, and risk control frameworks.
• Delivering projects in Flood Risk Management, or the Water Industry or Waterways (navigation assets)
• Other infrastructure and construction sectors will be considered (e.g. Highways, Rail, Utilities) as well as experience from change or transformation projects
• CDM regulations, “CDM Client” role.
• PRINCE2 Practitioner / Project or Programme Management qualification or qualified by experience

Desirable:

• Experience of the 5-case model and business case development and assurance would be beneficial.
• Experience of using NEC4 contracts And Microsoft Project scheduling tool
• Degree level or equivalent in an engineering, environmental or geography related discipline.
• Working towards Chartered membership of a relevant professional body such as ICE, CIWEM, APMP

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with luciana-auras.popescu@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DEFRA guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

DEFR Aguarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.