Heat Strategic Options

6 Months
1
London
London
1 Victoria Street London
SEO
SEO (L)
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share
Business Management & Improvement, Operational Delivery, Programme and Project Management
£36,000
£43,000

What we do:


The Department brings together responsibilities for business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, energy, and climate change.


What we are responsible for:


  • Business and enterprise: cementing the UK’s position as the best place in Europe to start and grow a business – by supporting local growth, entrepreneurs, and making it easier for businesses to resolve disputes quickly and easily.
  • Competitiveness: developing a long-term industrial strategy, supporting competitive markets, cutting red tape and protecting intellectual property.
  • Science and innovation: ensuring that the UK is the best place in Europe to innovate, maintaining our world-leading research and science base to drive growth and productivity while reforming the system to maximise value from our investments.
  • Labour markets: helping Britain move to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society, tackling illegal practices in the workplace, implementing reform of trade union law, and dealing with abuse of the minimum wage.
  • A reliable and resilient energy system: ensuring security of energy supply that families and businesses can rely on, now and in the future. This includes working across the oil, gas and electricity sectors to make sure the UK has a well-functioning, competitive and resilient energy system, and sufficient capacity to meet the needs of energy users in the years ahead.
  • Energy bills: keeping bills as low as possible for hard-working families and businesses.
  • International climate change and cost-effective carbon reduction at home: taking action on climate change alongside international partners to safeguard our long-term economic and national security. And meeting our national carbon target of at least an 80% emissions reduction by 2050 through efficient procurement of low carbon generation and otherwise in ways that keeps the cost of action as low as possible, to ensure value for money for our families and businesses.
  • UK energy legacy: managing the legacy of our energy industries sustainably and responsibly. This means discharging legal liabilities effectively and managing the security risks from the legacies of our nuclear and coal industries, and other energy liabilities.

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Heat is a fundamental part of our energy system. Around a third of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions result from heating and cooling buildings and using heat for industrial processes. The transition to a low carbon heating future will be complex and challenging and affect energy consumers and stakeholders across the UK. We will need to consider the potential for decarbonising the gas grid, against other strategic options for heat. The gas grid is a major piece of national infrastructure, and its future is one of the most important legacy decisions for this parliament.


 


The Heat Strategic Options Project (HSOP) aims to develop the policies that will be needed to put the UK on the lowest cost path to heat decarbonisation. Following completion of scoping and planning the project first phase is initiating now and is expected to complete in Summer 2018.


 


We are seeking to recruit an SEO with programme and project management skills to lead the project management function. The postholder will work at the project level with G6 Team Leaders and the Project Director to:


 


        •   Implement and improve project products and processes in line with  the BEIS Project     Delivery framework including Project Initiation Document, Business Cases, Benefits Profile, Project Plan, Highlight Report, Risk Register, Issues Register, Change Control Log, Lessons Learned Log, Dependency Log, Quality Assurance plan.


 


        •   Promote  and embed BEIS Project Delivery best practice in the team's ways of working.


 


        •   Lead production of project progress and highlight reports, departmental progress reports, assurance reports, gateway reviews and any other approvals or governance requirements.


 


At Workstream level, the postholder will work with Workstream Leads to ensure:


 


        •   Workstreams maintain and implement credible plans and thereafter deliver to agreed time, cost and quality, with early warning of slippage.


 


        •   Appropriate governance and management products are created and maintained for each


           Workstream (e.g. Work Package Plans)


 


        •   Risks and Issues are promptly identified, allocated and are actively being managed and escalated as necessary to Project Board or Programme Board.


 


        •   timely reporting of progress, risks and issues in accordance with agreed practices.


 

The role will also supporting and potentially leading work on internal stakeholder engagement

Andy Davey (0300 068 6605) or Richard Leyland (0300 068 5132)

Closing date - 9 January 2017 at 23:55pm

09/01/2017, 23:55 hours

early February - exact dates TBC
Non Reserved
Basic Check (BPSS)
Delivering at Pace
This project is challenging and complex with multiple key dependencies. The ability to adapt to changing circumstances whilst still focusing on sustaining timely performance will be paramount. You will need personal resilience to maintain energy and enthusiasm. You will take responsibility and accountability for quality outcomes, agreed goals and activities, dealing with challenges in a responsive and constructive way.
Building Capability for All
Successful delivery of this project will in part be reliant on achieving effective ways of working and processes, consistent with BEIS best practice and continuous improvement. You will need to maintain and drive intra and inter team discussions to capture and learn from experience within the team and to adopt organisational processes and plans. The ability to identify PPM capability requirements needed to deliver future objectives will be key alongside coaching and supporting colleagues on appropriate project management approaches, tools and techniques.
Making Effective Decisions
Effectiveness in this area is about being objective; using sound judgement, evidence and knowledge to provide accurate, expert and professional advice. You will be able to receive and synthesise information from a variety of sources and determine the salient points on which to act. You will be able to show clarity of thought, set priorities, analyse and use information to assess progress, risks and issues, evaluate options and to arrive at well-reasoned, justifiable recommendations and decisions.
Leading and Communicating
You will need to lead from the front in terms of planning and delivering to time and quality and negotiating change, fostering a positive "can-do" team culture. You will be equally adept at writing and verbally communicating key information points, being able to deploy a variety of styles for optimum impact, whilst remaining inclusive.
Professional competency
Risk Management
Effectiveness in this area is about demonstrating previous experience in the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks and the application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unforeseen events
Professional competency
Project Governance
Effectiveness in this area is about demonstrating previous experience in working with Project Directors and SRO to design and use proportionate and effective project governance frameworks; establishing, managing and controlling projects and programmes, together with the provision of appropriate management information to stakeholders.
Desirable: Project management qualifications and policy experience would be a significant advantage.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

This Vacancy is closed to applications.