Senior Project Sponsor - Central Government

Role: Senior Project Sponsor x 3 REF 106215
Contract Length: Until 11/10/2027
Location: Hybrid/Plymouth - 3 days a week on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £600 per day
Security Clearance: SC and Sole UK National requested

About the Role

Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Project Sponsor for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Project objective setting and Requirements Management: Ownership of requirements throughout the project life cycle, Developing Infrastructure
• Requirements, functional requirements, success criteria. – 40%
• Stakeholder Management: identifying, analysing, communicating, and engaging with external and internal stakeholders. Ensuring stakeholder support and commitment to the project success. Ensuring functional managers and subject matter experts relevant to the project are identified, engaged with and their requirements are captured. – 30%
• Thought Leadership: Champions the approach of the project and protects the benefits. Critical Friend to the Project Manager/ Project through appropriate motivation, support and challenge through understanding of project integrity and performance. Ensures the project is set up for success and enables the client to be an intelligent client. Ensures the project team has the resources it needs to deliver and keep the project in control. – 20%
• Applies governance to the project: develops and applies effective governance to the project and provides timely decision making. – 10%

Essential Skills and Experience

• Infrastructure experience.
• Understanding of requirements management
• Product delivery in a complex environment.
• Organisational Design development.
• Working with and managing approvals authorities and other government departments e.g. Cabinet Office and HMT.
• Stakeholder management in a complex environment with competing stakeholder interests. Able to achieve stakeholder alignment and agreement.
• Building relationships and networks that support business objectives.
• Understanding strategy and business objectives and aligning them to a requirement and justification for a project.
• Developing and applying governance to a project or change initiative.
• Experience in reviewing performance and reporting of performance to management teams for test, challenge and support.

  Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of infrastructure or equipment project delivery.
• Experience operating working with a mixed workforce (civilian, military or operational, contractors) and in an integrated project team.
• Proficient with M365 Office tools.
• Association of Project Management (APM) qualification e.g. APMQ., equivalent, or qualified by experience
• Ideally a degree in a tech subject
• Membership of INCOSE.
• Someone from an engineering background who understands project delivery would be good
• Project Leadership Programme (PLP).
• Awareness of NEC 4

Disability Confident Scheme

The client supports the Disability Confident Scheme and is committed to providing fair and inclusive recruitment opportunities. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role may be eligible for an interview under the scheme. Where application volumes are particularly high, the client may shortlist those candidates who best meet the role requirements.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client supports the Armed Forces Covenant and is committed to helping veterans and military spouses or partners access employment opportunities. Eligible veterans and spouses or partners of Armed Forces personnel who meet the minimum essential criteria may qualify for an interview under the client’s applicable recruitment scheme. Where application volumes are particularly high, shortlisting may be necessary.

How to Apply Under These Schemes

If you believe you qualify under either scheme, please inform your Spinwell recruitment consultant when applying and quote the relevant vacancy reference. We will explain the applicable process and confirm your request with the client.

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