Performance and Benefits Lead

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Job description

We are IT Recruitment Specialists partnered with a prestigious Global Consultancy who require an Performance and Benefits Lead for one of their Public Sector Clients based in UK.

IR35 - This role is inside of IR35

Job Title: Performance and Benefits Lead

Duration: 04 Months

Location: Remote

Job Description:

Minimum Requirement:

• The Strategy Directorate is at the heart of driving implementation of the 2021 Shared Services Strategy for Government. This role is required to proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits used to justify investment in the Portfolio. The job holder will be responsible for collecting and performing data analysis about costs, benefits, and performance for each cluster of departments. You will ensure that a fit for purpose' approach to benefits measurement and realisation is used to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be achieved, supporting the overall integrity and coherence of delivery against the shared services strategy.
• The successful post holder will need to demonstrate leadership, relationship building and strong written/verbal communication skills as well as strong analytical capability. Key will be the ability to support the delivery of high-quality analytical advice which is cognisant of the challenges and opportunities in transforming shared services for users, specialist users and organisations.
• Delivery & Leadership - Provide visible and effective leadership, lead benefits management and work with the Portfolio Manager to deliver the anticipated portfolio benefits and outcomes. Develop clear vision and standards and champion the use of best practice benefits management standards, tools and processes. Build strong networks both internally and externally.
• Business Case - Support the Clusters in preparing and updating the benefits elements of their Business Cases working with specialists as required.
• Benefits Management Strategy - Define and shape the benefits management strategy taking into account the wider organisation methodology.
• Benefits Realisation Plan - Oversee the Portfolio Benefits Realisation Plan including change control. Identify risks to benefits realisation. Develop and propose mitigations.
• Tracking & Reporting - Establish the mechanism for co-ordinated and consistent tracking and reporting of benefits through the Portfolio life cycle and into realisation.
• Benefits Mapping - Coordinate workshops, maps benefits and ensures alignment. Circulates for agreement and approval. Works with a range of stakeholders to validate and test dependencies.
• Stakeholder Management - Work with Stakeholders and wider benefits management community to ensure benefits are identified, understood, owned and maximised.
• Brief key stakeholders ahead of benefits reviews, enhance and improve benefits management best practice.
• Performance tracking - Gathering, analysing and interpreting data and information on various aspects of the performance across government departments and agencies
• Perform the methodical investigation, analysis, review, and documentation of all information and data related to costs, benefits, and performance for each from all departments.
• Regular update of the dashboard to present clearly and concisely the most important messages about strategy implementation

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to work through others to motivate change, drive an agenda and influence senior leaders
• A strong proven track record in relationship building
• A strong proven track record in relationship building and management, to challenge and collaborate across boundaries and in sensitive environments.
• Experience of planning significant programmes across government
• Strong level of data processing, analysis, and manipulation skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with an ability to get complex information across in a clear and succinct way.
• The ability to understand and analyse numerical data, and to identify and report the key points to non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of financial accounts and ability to analyse financial and performance information to identify and report on impact.
• Ability to use data visualisation tools (eg Power BI, Tableau, etc.) other relevant analytical tools, and strong excel skills
• Formal PPM qualification would be advantageous
• Numerate degree, accountancy, business economics, statistics or similar qualification would be advantageous

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.