UK Health Security Agency
Senior Business Case Manager
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Core HQs - London, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool
Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior Business Case Manager to join us in our critical work to protect the nation from health threats. Successful candidates will be assigned to one of our diverse range of projects or programmes with opportunities for you to lead the development of the business case for multiple initiatives such as:
- Major change programmes within UKHSA’s Portfolio, aligned to the organisation’s strategic objectives.
- Health protection projects or other health initiatives.
- Technology programmes or projects.
- Infrastructure programmes or projects.
- Organisational change / transformation programmes or projects.
We are looking for candidates with experience of business case writing, particularly those with experience of transformational delivery, Government operations reform and/or digital projects.
Job Description
As a Senior Business Case Manager, you will prepare, develop and maintain a robust business case, which justifies the necessary investment in the project which will typically be high to very high in complexity. This will determine if the project is desirable, viable and achievable.
This role is a government project delivery profession role and part of UKHSA’s project delivery resource model. It is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Business Case Manager G7.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Oversee the production of the business case by leading the planning, development, and drafting. Provide challenge to expert input where appropriate.
- Responsible for ensuring the business case follows UKHSA and Treasury requirements and makes use of lessons learned from similar projects.
- Ensures that all relevant organisational factors for change are incorporated within a comprehensive business case, including clear rationale for preferred options.
- Develop guidance and provide expert advice to project teams on the requirements and development of the business case, using organisational templates and HMT 5 case model.
- Present business case rationale to senior leaders and governance boards.
- Work with key stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate issues and delays whilst engaging with senior leaders.
- Lead on adopting configuration management techniques to ensure the business case retains validity throughout the project lifecycle, updating sponsors as required.
- Lead stakeholder engagement to identify, define and quantify benefits. Negotiating to agree the key benefits.
- Manage key stakeholder relationships to support the production of business cases, ensuring linkage with benefits realisation.
- Use digital tools and data analytics to develop robust business cases, assess project viability and track benefits realisation.
- Be an active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community.
The job holder will be supported to work towards achieving Government Project Delivery Accreditation where they do not already hold this.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Significant experience of drafting and developing business cases.
- Experience of identifying, planning and tracking benefits.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of governance and approval routeways.
- Working knowledge of budgeting and cost management, risk and issues management and business change and implementation.
- A visible leader with experience of challenging and negotiating at a senior level.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries.
- Experienced in using digital tools and data analysis to make effective decisions.
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Alongside your salary of £56,185, UK Health Security Agency contributes £16,276 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA's ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
Success Profiles
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours & Technical skills.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
You Will Be Required To Complete An Application Form. You Will Be Assessed On The Listed 7 Essential Criteria, And This Will Be In The Form Of A:
- Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
- 1000 word supporting statement.
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V –please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.
Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 1000 words. We will not consider any words over 1000 words.
Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets some essential criteria
- Meets no essential criteria
If used, the pile(s) that meets ALL and SOME essential criteria will proceed to shortlisting.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:
- Significant experience of drafting and developing business cases.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview - Success profiles
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You will be invited to a single remote interview.
Behaviours and Technical skills will be tested at interview through questioning.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be
- Lead Behaviour - Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communication and Influencing
- Working Together
Interviews dates to be confirmed.
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Eligibility Criteria
External: Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a standard disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Salary Information
If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms. Please, be aware that the salary is based on the office location.
Grade 7
- £56,185 - £66,581 (National)
- £58,340 - £68,574 (Outer London)
- £60,494 - £70,566 (Inner London
Future location
UKHSA is investing in a new state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre in Harlow, Essex, which will eventually bring together teams currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale and Porton Down. For more details, please see: Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection - GOV.UK.
The new facilities will start becoming operational in the mid-2030s, with full completion by 2038. Staff will move in phases as facilities become available. If you're appointed to a role currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale or Porton Down, please note that we'll continue investing in these sites for the next decade. As we get closer to the transition, we'll provide full information about relocation support available to staff.
Reasonable Adjustments
The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme.
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