Planning & Change Lead
c.£60,000 per annum
London, Caxton House
23 months Fixed Term Contract
Hybrid Working
Are you an individual who thrives on adding value, optimising productivity, and delivering exceptional service? If so, we have an exciting opportunity waiting for you! The Money and Pensions Service is actively seeking a Planning & Workforce Lead to join our dynamic team in London. As a key player in our organisation, you’ll drive programme planning and align this to our strategic resource plans, ensuring seamless operations and impactful outcomes.
Here is an insight to the Pensions Dashboard Programme:
Pensions dashboards will enable people to access key information about all of their UK pensions, private and State, in one place online, revolutionising how people engage with their pensions throughout their lives. Enabling the delivery of pensions dashboards will require up to 52m adults in the UK to be connected with up to around 43,000 pension providers and schemes to search for their pensions.
Development work by industry has already taken place, as a concept. The goal is now to turn it into a delivery solution for the benefit of UK citizens. MaPS has created a Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) which will be responsible for delivering the digital architecture and governance framework that will allow multiple parties to be connected as part of the pension’s dashboards ecosystem. This hugely significant development has the potential to improve the financial wellbeing of millions of people.
The programme is comprised of an Industry Steering Group and a supporting Programme team within MaPS. The Programme is working in close partnership with DWP, TPR and FCA who all have related delivery responsibilities. Industry has had, and will continue to have, a crucial role to play in designing and developing the necessary components to make pensions dashboards possible.
The Planning and Change Lead will report directly to Programme Planning Lead. In this role you will be responsible for the following;
- Coordination of workstream and detailed programme plans to support overall programme delivery and management of associated dependencies
- Maintain and review programme wide assumptions and ensure they are updated in a controlled way
- Maintain detailed project/ release level plans in the planning tool, ensuring dependencies are identified and managed.
- Support joint planning and management of dependencies with the Money Helper Dashboard programme.
- Support an effective change control process to govern and manage any slippage against plans and targets and changes to project scope, design and standards.
- Design and implement best practice project management standards and methodologies and support their implementation across the Programme.
- Support the dissemination and embedding of programme management best practices across the wider Programme and ensure compliance.
- Actively engage in the wider project delivery communities to share best practice, lessons learned and wider capability building.
You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience;
- APM or PRINCE2 Practitioner level Qualification
- Experience in Programme/Project planning
- Experience of using Project management tools and systems such as MS Project / Gantt Pro
- Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies
- Experience of RAID, Change Control and decision management
- Ability to build good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
- Solution driven, logical problem solver
- Demonstrates a genuine passion/interest for project delivery and knowledge sharing and skills development of others
- Experience of facilitating programme and project delivery planning and risk and issue workshops
At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people in and around Bedford to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -
- Caring
We care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform. - Connecting
We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. - Transforming
We are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.
About MaPS
At MaPS, we help people – particularly those most in need – to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.
About our people
In our move to Bedford, we aim to attract and retain the absolute best talent, so we can achieve our objectives and continue to make a difference to millions of people’s lives. We are keen to encourage applications from individuals across the whole community with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours for the job, and who show a strong commitment to MaPS’ objectives, values, and vision. It is important to us that we continue our ambition to be a genuinely diverse and inclusive organisation, so that we reflect the people we are here to help.
Our inclusive working environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created.The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.
We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”
By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity.
What Money and Pensions Service can offer you?
- Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
- Interest-free loan to help you buy season tickets for buses and trains
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
- Life assurance scheme
- Give as you earn scheme
- Employee assistance programme (EAP)
- PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
- Enhanced family and sick pay
- Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
- Recognition Scheme
- Discounts portal to numerous retailers
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. Most of our roles can operate on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, noncontractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arm’s-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions. This role is to be appointed under MaPS Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C’s are found https://maps.org.uk/
Our policy requires that selection for appointment to the MaPS is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: recruitment@maps.org.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.
If you’re already a MaPS employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@maps.org.uk
Job Reference: MaPS00625
Close Date: 03rd June 2024
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. Most of our roles can operate on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, noncontractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arm’s-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions. This role is to be appointed under MaPS Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C’s are found https://maps.org.uk/
Our policy requires that selection for appointment to the MaPS is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: recruitment@maps.org.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.
If you’re already a MaPS employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@maps.org.uk
Job Reference: MaPS00625
Close Date: 03rd June 2024
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