Information Technology Transformation Programme Owners x2 - 23100

2
National
All
Staff Grade 6
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share, Other
Digital
£46,374
We have two exciting Technology Transformation opportunities, leading on improving the Environment Agency IT estate, in particular those applications that are no longer fully supported (also known as Grey IT). These are digital transformation programmes of work require experienced programme owners.

Reliable and effective IT and digital solutions are essential to underpin our decision-making. We need to understand future technological changes and the opportunities presented by digitisation and automation to allow us to plan investments into our IT estate. In these roles, you will be leading the transformation of current, aging and unsupported IT systems and embedding new systems into the business.

We are recruiting Information Technology Programme Owners x2 that sits in the Digital and IT team within Sustainability and Service Operations, part of the Chief Operating Officer’s directorate. Our aim is to support delivery of the Environment Agency’s strategy and outcomes through technology and data services.
The Digital and IT team is responsible for:
• Working with Data, Digital and Technology Services (DDTS) in Defra and across the Environment Agency’s business on longer term technology planning
• Understanding our IT estate and assisting custodians to manage and understand the risks.
• Working with DDTS to identify opportunities for improving IT and digital services and developing an improvement roadmap
• Finding solutions to IT problems and communicating them across the business
You will be self-motivated, comfortable as part of a dispersed team. Able to demonstrate the following through experience and understanding:
• Successful management and delivery of IT projects, to budget, within agreed timescales, to expected standards.
• Preparing and approval of Business Cases.
• Agile discoveries / user needs.
• Demonstrating value for money, benefits realisation, and whole life costs of IT solutions

You will have experience of leading development of new IT systems and data management. You will be able to demonstrate understanding of managing a fast-paced programme or portfolio. Knowledge of the Environment Agency Business data and systems that support these activities is desirable.

You will be a highly effective communicator, proven leader and an experienced influencer with an adaptive style who can advocate positively for change, manage process and relationships effectively. You’ll be able to act as a confident client, ensuring needs are understood and met.
Your base location will be any Environment Agency office. Remote working/meetings is the norm at present/some national travel is likely to be beneficial in due course. We use technology to full effect to keep in touch/enable a good work/life balance.

The assessment process will be undertaken remotely in August.

If you are interested and you like to know more please contact Claire Quigley Claire.Quigley@environment-agency.gov.uk for an informal chat

04/07/2022, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Programme and Project Management
Selects, plans and manages contractors, programmes or events to achieve a set of objectives cost-effectively.

Please give an example(s) of a project(s) that you have managed from initial proposal to final operational delivery, identifying the steps you took to ensure it was delivered successfully.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Please provide evidence against this competency
Influences and Persuades Others
Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

Please provide evidence against this competency
Focuses on Efficiency, Innovation and Quality
Identifies and seizes the opportunity to create, introduce and implement new or improved methods, processes and without, compromising quality or accuracy.

Please provide evidence against this competency
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

This Vacancy is closed to applications.