Total 9 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Sutton In Ashfield, NG17 4JL

As a Senior Advisor for Business Operations, your typical work assignments may include:

• Providing expert advice, consultation, and assistance to the Administrator on high priority agency-wide policy matters relating to business operations in the areas of budget, contracts, facilities, resource management/appropriations, human resources, congress, public affairs, and information technology.
• Assessing the effectiveness of program and policy oversight, taking corrective action ensuring consistency with the DEA's goals, objectives and policies.
• Evaluating current policies and programs, recommending appropriate actions, and providing continuous review, updates, and analysis of policies, and standard operating procedures related to the business operations of DEA.
• Synthesize a large amount of data and information to effectively present this information to the Administrator for review.
• Representing the DEA and the Administrator in internal and interagency meetings related to business operations.

Starting at $104,604 Per Year (GS 14)

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13-14)

• Senior project manager with responsibility for overall project management of prospectus level or equally complex or precedent setting projects. Leads the development of the most major, politically sensitive and complex project plans including methodology, resource requirements, timelines, priorities and budget impact. Directs and performs budget planning. Establishes evaluation criteria and measurements to assess projects. Prepares timelines for project completion, implementing a system for review, control, and reporting on project status.
• Ensures that projects delivered meet agreed to customer requirements. Manages all aspects of the of the project's finances. Ensures the latest trends and state of the art technologies in facility design, construction, alterations, space management, contracting, negotiations, and knowledge management are applied. Independently develops innovative solutions to address unanticipated project complications.
• Ensures the completion of project documents and makes certain they are uploaded into all necessary systems of record in order to track established performance metrics and historical trends. Conducts and documents lessons learned analysis.
• Negotiates and coordinates project plans, budget objectives and schedules with customer agencies to establish and/or manage customer expectations. Informs customer officials of project status and any requirements for additional agency initiated action.
• Works with stakeholders and key leadership in various Federal agencies, State and local governments, non-profits, community organizations, special interest groups, and environmentalists. Maintains and/or oversees continuous contact with Federal, State and local officials, and the media (in coordination with Public Affairs) with regard to project issues and status. Briefs key leadership on costs, impact, feasibility, alternatives, issues, recommendations and status of project development and implementation.
• Leads and facilitates the efforts and expertise of a wide range of disciplines. Serves as a mentor for team members and others.
• Directs the acquisition and management of large numbers and types of contracts supporting all aspects of leasing and/or Federal construction projects. Monitors progress and evaluates performance against contract requirements.
• Prepares or assists the Contracting Officer and/or the COR in the preparation of statements of work, determinations, findings and solicitation documents.
• Negotiates the business transaction with customer agencies, including utilization rates and financial obligations; develops complex, accurate requests for funding and tracks financial obligations and expenses throughout the planning, execution and close-out of projects.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

• Conduct complex analytical studies that are of special interest to specific functional activities or programs, and participate in unusual, controversial and sometimes highly sensitive aspects of the program/system.
• Serves as the focal point and facilitates requirements gathering sessions, including requirements envisioning; and assists the product owner in managing requirement dependencies with other product teams.
• Prepares and/or conducts briefings for higher level management to explain the specific analysis of subject matter, as well as to provide recommendations or action plans and provide guidance and/or direction for implementation.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

These positions are located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Business Operations, Data Resource Branch. This position is 100% virtual and the US location is negotiable after selection. Work sites outside of the U.S. are prohibited. Your salary will be based upon the locality pay of your work site after selection.

To view the salary range including locality pay for your particular location, please visit this link to the OPM 2024 Salary Tables.

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.

As an IT Specialist (Project Manager), you will be responsible for planning and managing a wide variety of IT Projects.

Your major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Working with end users and stakeholders to elicit, clearly define, and prioritize business, functional, technical, security, user interface design, and data requirement for IT projects.
• Communicating clearly and collaborating with both technical and non-technical customers to troubleshoot and resolve issues and to identify practical solutions.
• Analyzing and developing solutions or providing assessments of critical IT issues, such as integration/interoperability issues, emerging technologies and their application/business processes, and optimization of existing architecture.
• Planning and managing IT projects involving interrelated technology specialty areas and multiple stages of the systems development lifecycle.
• Identifying and tracking project risks and taking action to mitigate, close, or avoid risks.
• Creating charters, project plans, business cases, requirements documents, statements of work, risk management plans, cost estimates, and other documentation to support the project and describe overall project scope, work schedule, and business benefits/value.

NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Starting at $88,520 Per Year (GS 13)

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent Mental Health Services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

The Community Mental Health Team is looking for a Business Support Administrator to join our admin team on a permanent basis.

We are inviting applications from individuals with excellent organisation skills, ability to work on your own or as a member of the wider admin team. The successful candidate will be able to communication with staff, servicer users, visitors and carers in a professional manner. The successful candidate must be computer literate, able to use Microsoft office packages and a good telephone manner.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service to the Community Mental health Team within the Mental Health Network, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.

The post holder will be aligned to a specific team and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Networks administrative service providing cover to departments on various sites as directed by their Deputy Admin Lead to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.


The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.


Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

• Manages eQIP, the USDA web-based Security Entry Tracking System (webSETS) database, Service Now, SharePoint, USAccess, USAStaffing and other systems related to personnel security and Linc-Pass.
• Initiate and coordinate the background investigation and national security clearance process, based on data provided from employees and human resources staff in the electronic questionnaire system (eQIP).
• Analyzes and process adjudications for employees and contractors that require credentials under HSPD-12, making determinations on the suitability of employees and contractors for access to government systems and facilities.
• Initiate and coordinate the background investigation and national security clearance processes, i.e., preemployment security determination for federal and nonfederal applicants offered a FPAC position.
• Reviews and adjudicates adverse and highly sensitive personnel security background investigations.
• Serves as focal point-of-contact for issues regarding Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program activities. Performs duties as the HSPD-12 sponsor ensuring that USDA employees and contractors are in the USAccess System.
• Initiates security requests based on data received from employees and human resources in the electronic questionnaire system (eQIP); processes data for respective clearances.

Starting at $88,520 Per Year (GS 13)

Strategic Planning and Execution

• Manages and stewards the agency's strategic plan by using strategic goals, objectives, performance plan measures, targets, and actual results to support decision-making for budget resource allocations and risk mitigation.
• Leads agency wide strategic planning - including analysis, inter-office coordination and leadership discussion.
• Oversees the production of leadership-level quarterly meeting to review agency priorities and progress toward the agency strategic plan.
• Oversees and leads the execution of the strategic planning process at the start of each presidential administration.
• Oversees production of a comprehensive report, or dashboard equivalent, to support the agency's Congressional Budget Justification.

.Performance Improvement

• Transmits regular reports on matters related to the authority as PIO to the agency's COO.
• Advises and assists the CEO and the COO to ensure that the mission and goals of the agency achieved through strategic goals and performance planning, measurement, analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of performance information to improve the results achieved.
• Assists the CEO and the COO in the development and use within the agency of performance measures in personnel performance appraisals.
• Ensures that agency progress toward the achievement of all goals is communicated to leaders, managers, and employees in the agency and Congress, and made available on a public website of the agency.

Stakeholder Engagement/Customer Relationship Management

• Exercises expert managerial and diplomacy skills to represent the DCOS, COS, COO or CEO by coordinating and consulting with multiple hierarchical levels of senior career and political management officials of the agency, other Federal agencies, and external stakeholders, as appropriate, regarding major initiatives, actions accomplished, milestones to be achieved, and any issues or problems of significance.

Leadership Direction and Supervision

• Provides leadership, oversight, and direction to the staff in the Office of Performance and Strategy.
• Manages employee performance, staffing, and personnel issues and implements delegated responsibilities. Provides appropriate guidance, leadership, and directives on the full range of administrative and technical matters affecting their responsibilities, including the interpretation of program and Agency policies affecting Agency offices.
• Evaluates performance in accordance with agency guidelines; has authority to make a broad range of human resource decisions including hiring, promotion, conduct and performance-based actions, performance evaluation/awards, and the development, training, and mentoring of staff.
• Models innovation, creativity, and excellence and encourages the development of those competencies throughout the agency. Performs these duties following and promoting equal employment opportunity principles.
• Inspires and motivates cross-functional teams and stakeholders with competing interests towards a shared vision, strategy, and goals, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence to achieve strategic goals. Makes informed, timely decisions that balance the needs of the team with organizational priorities, fostering trust and confidence in leadership. Cultivates innovative ideas and designs and implements cutting edge programs, processes, or business models to drive organizational growth and efficiency.
• Plans and directs strategic, operational, and cultural initiatives and plans for the CEO and COO, in partnership with the DCOS, keeping both parties abreast of agency climate, project statuses, new proposals, policy changes, and operational challenges.

Program Management and Operations

• Provides leadership, policy, executive direction, guidance and supervision, and coordinates long and short-range planning. Exercises overall authority for priority setting with respect to both resource allocation and issues for analysis and policy development. Provides leadership in developing, implementing, and monitoring policy, program plans and initiatives, and utilizes effective monitoring systems for critical initiatives.
• Manages budgets and resources effectively, ensuring financial prudence and optimal allocation of resources to support strategic initiatives. Identifies and implements strategies to maximize resource utilization and achieve cost savings.
• Improves policies, addresses challenges. Improves current processes and optimizes organizational procedures for efficiency and productivity. Creates and maintains systems and processes to streamline operations.
• Leads efforts to streamline processes, reduce inefficiencies, and improve overall productivity and effectiveness.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Starting at $165,649 Per Year (NX 1)