Portfolio Raid and Controls Manager
Salary: £39,390 (National Framework) or £44,792 (London Framework - if you are London office-based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home.
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week - or compressed hours/job share will also be considered.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-based with regular meetings in London, Newcastle or Leeds office
Closing date: Sunday 7th July 2024 at 11.59pm
About Us
We're the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.
Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care, where necessary.
One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ Equality Network.
We are now looking for a Portfolio Raid and Controls Manager to join our small, high-performing team of change professionals on a permanent, full-time basis.
The Benefits
- 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking
Why this could be a great role for you
If you have experience of operating risks and controls activity within a project and/or programme environment and a strong grasp of a range of programme/project methodologies, this is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference with our essential organisation.
You will step into a pivotal role where your expertise will be vital in driving excellence in health and adult social care across England.
What's more, you can enjoy a comprehensive benefits package alongside enhancing your professional portfolio with impactful projects.
So, if you're ready to elevate your career and join the team, apply today!
What you will bring...
To be considered as our Portfolio Raid and Controls Manager, you will need:
- Experience of operating risks, issues and controls activity within a project and/or programme environment
- Good knowledge of a wide range of programme/project methodologies and demonstrable experience of applying them appropriately in different contexts
- Experience of improving performance by coaching individuals
- Experience of learning from and embracing new technologies
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders with wide ranging and often competing priorities
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management experience
- A P3O Practitioner qualification
- A PRINCE2 Foundation qualification
- A Management of Risk Practitioner qualification
What you'll be doing
As our Portfolio Raid and Controls Manager, you will manage and control risk and issues across a recently-transformed digital service-based environment.
You'll ensure that timely, consistent and effective controls are in place, co-ordinating the identification, documentation, monitoring and reporting of risks and issues, and supporting the development of mitigation plans.
Leading the development and delivery of best practice management controls, you'll act as our subject matter expert on risk and issue management, ensuring that our change activity is routinely seeking out and managing risks.
Additionally, you will:
- Develop and implement a range of standards for risks, issues, and controls principles
- Upskill colleagues to practice their discipline across the portfolio
- Work with both internal and external senior stakeholders
- Develop and maintain product and process documentation
If you require any support or assistance with the recruitment process, please get in touch with our team or include a note in your application.
We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
So, if you'd like to join us as our Portfolio Raid and Controls Manager, please apply via the button shown.
Other organisations may call this role PMO Lead, Portfolio Management Co-ordinator, IT Delivery Programme Manager, PMO Manager, Senior PMO Analyst, or Technical Project Manager.