What's involved with this role:
Interim Head of Development -Remote Working - PSR 1JP00048506 Pay Rate: Up to £600 per day pay range subject to IR35 status Previous strong experience in a central government ministry space / Demand Management and Government PMO's is essential for this role. Key Accountabilities:

• Developing and evolving an effective and agile portfolio definition and demand process that meets the needs of the directorate and aligns with wider organisational processes and governance
• Ensuring the approach taken delivers insight that helps the team to make informed strategic and tactical decisions on how and were to invest constrained resources
• Support team governance, ensuring high quality portfolio outputs are fed into the right forums at the right time
• Working closely with teams across the organisation to develop a view of the pipeline of demand, enabling early triage and effective use of resources
• Ensure our approach to portfolio management and demand management evolves as organisational transitions to steady state
• Develop efficient and agile processes and ensure these are run effectively to deliver the required outcomes
• Build a pipeline of new demand, enabling visibility of new initiatives and early triage to ensure effective use of resources
• Develop a deep understanding of delivery across the team, supporting the SLT in making strategic and tactical decisions on delivery
• Develop high quality, insight led, outputs to support SLT decision making
• Build relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels of the organisation, to support decision making and ensure effective delivery

Key Requirements:

• Portfolio Management and Planning experience
• Briefing and presentation experience
• Previous experience of building productive working relationships quickly to build confidence with the programmes and projects
• Previous experience of building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Experience of leading Portfolio management activities within a fast paced, customer centric environment, within the civil service or local government and in data related engagements
• Ability to develop efficient and effective processes
• Data analysis and insight development
• Ability to work with, and influence, a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Ability to flex across a range of priorities and deliver quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment
• Able to identify and manage dependencies with other teams across the Programme
• Able to work independently make decisions and judgement calls on behalf of executives and the team to progress work at pace
• Confident liaising with and influencing at C suite level, able to challenge the status quo yet take a balanced approach across the programme
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to chair meetings in place of executives where required
• Player-manager for the Customer Service Portfolio Office with the willingness to dive into the detail where required to resolve issues quickly and thoroughly
• Able to work with ambiguity and conflicting priorities in a challenging and fast-pace environment

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

"Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

1. Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, not that they would exclude candidates willing to travel/relocate, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours
2. Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
3. Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
4. Qualifications and experience relevant to the job role - please give full details within your CV document

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

1. Any local authority/public sector experience
2. Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for

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Job Ref: PSR 1JP00048506

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the "Essential Requirements" listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.