Hybrid Strategic Delivery Co-ordinator presso Bank of England
Bank of England · Leeds, Regno Unito · Hybrid
- Professional
- Ufficio in Leeds
Location: Leeds or London
This is a senior coordinator position within the Central Operations space to support the delivery of BAU change initiatives within the Central Services Optimisation Unit. The role is vital to ensuring clear visibility of how our strategy and activity translates into delivery, managing risk, and enabling sound strategic decisions in a controlled way across a portfolio that touches every part of the Bank's operations.
Accountabilities
- Support the creation/review of fit for purpose processes to support the monitoring and management of the Optimisation Unit
- Evaluate gaps and the interdependencies between Bank initiatives, CS programmes and projects to help maintain a single, consistent end to end plan to drive the performance of the Optimisation Unit and the Central Services area in scope.
- Support the creation and maintenance of Optimisation Unit plans to provide visibility of progress against our strategic goals to key stakeholders and internal team.
- Manage reporting of benefits to ensure clear visibility of the impact that strategic change initiatives will achieve and alignment to the Bank’s strategic goals.
- Coordinate reporting for the Unit delivery teams and governance groups to ensure the narrative is consistent, communicated in a timely manner and tracks to the plan/risks
- Evaluate and manage reporting on risks and interdependencies
- Ability to interrogate and analyse deliverable completion feasibility and provide insights to the Strategic Delivery Lead and OU Director
- Collaborate with project managers across Central Services and Unit Leads to provide expert support to ensure alignment with standard programme controls and methodologies
- Understand and manage stakeholder expectations through reporting, engagement and the development of key deliverables
- Secretariat duties for governance meetings
- Monitor and provide advice on resources and capacity across the portfolio of change, ensuring the Unit has the means for their delivery.
- Provide counsel to the team on best practice, methodologies and ways of working
- Support the planning of team/stakeholder workshops and mop up activities
- Deputise for the Strategic Delivery Lead taking the lead for reporting and governance when required
Knowledge / Skills / Experience required
- Proven PMO track record of working in portfolio, programme, and project management using relevant methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP). Large scale transformation would be an advantage.
- Good experience of project planning and plan management
- Excellent Stakeholder management skills
- Significant knowledge of programme controls and governance approaches
- Good experience in monitoring, managing and reporting risk, dependencies, and resourcing
- Good experience in assurance and developing strategies for benefits realisation
- Excellent written, verbal and communication skills
- Ability to align stakeholders on proposals and accountabilities for delivery
- Ability to manage self to meet changing demands in a high pressure and fast-moving environment
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task as well as support others
- Understanding of Operational functions (Eg Tech, People, Change, Ops) and their interaction
- Understanding of strategy development
- Leeds, £44,080 - £49,590 per annum
- London, £48,960 - £55,080 per annum
- Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
- A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
- An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
- 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
- Private medical insurance and income protection.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.