Future Technology Project Business Case Manager

Details
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Reference number

463438

Salary

£43,760 \- £47,413
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

CO \- Government People Group (GPG) \- Government Skills, moving towards becoming The National School for Government and Public Services### Type of role

Secretarial### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8HS : Manchester, North West England, M2 3AA : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE98 1ZZ : York, Yorkshire and the Humber, YO1 7PXAbout the job
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Job summary

The Civil Service must have the skills needed to support the delivery of the government's priorities. Training in the Civil Service needs to support the development of skills for 550,000 civil servants. It must support these civil servants in improving their performance in role as well as advancing their career development, whether they are in central policy roles, front line delivery, or any number of arms length bodies.

Government Skills was created in 2020 to improve the coherence and quality of learning and development in government through better training, knowledge and networks. Ministers have now asked us to make an ambitious Spending Review bid to transform the operating model for skills in government, delivered under The National School of Government and Public Services.

As part of this transformational change of delivering training, we are reviewing the balance between training procured externally and design and/or delivered internally in the civil service. We expect this balance to shift more towards in\-house design and/or delivery as we move away from the current approach of outsourcing to external training providers.

The Learning Infrastructure Team is responsible for three enabling workstreams under the National School of Government and Public Services Portfolio. Between them, these workstreams cover the current, transitional and future infrastructure to support centralised training for Civil Servants.

Your role is to design, implement, and manage the governance frameworks and reporting cycles that provide transparency to the Government Skills Portfolio Board and other senior boards. You will ensure that as we transition to a new way of delivering commercial and technical infrastructure that provides centralised training model for 550,000 Civil Servants, every decision is evidenced, and every risk is accounted for.

You will lead a small, high\-performing team to maintain the "single source of truth" for the project, ensuring that our infrastructure delivery—covering commercial and digital workstreams—remains robustly assured and audit\-ready.

Job description

In line with the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF), your responsibilities include:

• Business Case Development: Lead and organise the preparation of all elements of building the business case from a varied stakeholder group contributions, ensure all necessary governance completed, and all supporting documentation is provided.


• Reporting \& Data Analysis: Lead the production of high\-quality monthly progress returns for the Government Skills Portfolio Board, the Government People Group PMO and Project Profession Authority. You will analyse and challenge workstream data to ensure reporting is accurate and honest.


• Production of reports and presentations: Creation of and contributions to slide decks, briefing and business cases.


• Secretariat Leadership: Oversee the HEO and EO in providing professional secretariat support for Board\-level forums, including managing agendas and drafting high\-level briefing papers.


• Risk \& Issue Facilitation: Coordinate the proactive identification and tracking of risks and dependencies across the project workstreams, ensuring they are integral to the governance cycle.


• Change Control: Design and manage the change control process, tracking any shifts in scope, cost, or timelines within the infrastructure project to maintain baseline integrity.


• Knowledge \& Assurance: Promote a culture of continuous improvement by facilitating "lessons learned" sessions and ensuring all project artefacts meet future audit requirements.

Person specification

Technical Competencies

• Business Case Development (Working): The ability to prepare, develop, commission and update business cases to justify the initiation and continuation of projects in terms of benefits, value for money and risk.


• Assurance (Practitioner): Experience in planning and managing reviews to provide confidence that outcomes can be delivered within constraints.


• Digital and Data (Practitioner): Ability to leverage digital tools and data analytics to improve reporting efficiency and inform decision\-making.


• Stakeholder Engagement (Working): Capability to communicate with senior stakeholders, accounting for their levels of influence and interest.

Essential Criteria

• Project/Programme Experience: Proven experience in a PMO or Project Delivery environment or Governance role within a complex environment, focusing on delivering outcomes in tight timescales, within budget and aligned to strategic objectives


• Exceptional Written Communication: A track record of distilling complex data into succinct Board papers or Ministerial submissions. Drafting sections of Business Case, focusing on the governance part.


• Ambiguity \& Adaptability: Ability to operate effectively in rapidly changing strategic contexts, particularly during high\-profile Spending Review periods.


• People Management: Experience in leading and developing junior staff (HEO/EO level) to maintain high standards of delivery.


• Security Clearance: CTC required


• Project Management Qualification(s): *e.g. Prince2, Agile, Scrum, Project Fundamentals Qualification*

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of the government financial approvals process for large projects


• Awareness of, or experience with, Cabinet Office governance and approvals channels, i.e. Investment Committee


• Experience in the development and preparation of business cases


• Experience in the creation of benefit strategies and wider benefits management

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions


• Leadership


• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £43,760, Cabinet Office contributes £12,677 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .* Learning and development tailored to your role.

• An environment with flexible working options.


• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.


• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28\.97%.


• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30\.

Things you need to know
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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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.Application process

As part of the application form you will be asked to submit:

• A CV


• A 500 word Personal Statement setting out how you meet the criteria in the person specification


• Up to 250 words demonstrating the lead behaviour of Making Effective Decisions.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using the lead Behaviour, Making Effective Decisions. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to interview.

Selection process

Applicants who pass the sift will be invited to interview. The interview will consist of questions to assess the candidates against the Civil Service Behaviours of:

• Making Effective Decisions


• Leadership


• Working together

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected sift date – week commencing 13th July 2026

Expected interview date/s – week commencing 3rd August 2026

Interview location \- Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non\-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as

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