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Strategy, Delivery and PMO Lead

Hybrid in Manchester·Added today (last checked 31 Oct)

Cabinet Office

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Our summary

Salary
£59,207 - £66,192 a year

About £3,740 - £4,080 a month after tax.

Work mode
Hybrid, Manchester
Closing date
Apply by Friday 13 November
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
28.97% employer pension

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Candidates will be able to demonstrate:

  • Significant experience of programme, portfolio, or PMO leadership in a complex environment.
  • Strong understanding of governance, delivery assurance, and performance management.
  • Experience developing delivery plans and managing competing priorities across multiple workstreams.
  • Excellent analytical skills and the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations.
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decisions.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving and politically sensitive environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting complex organisational transformation or operating model change.
  • Experience developing dashboards, management information, and portfolio reporting products.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£59,207 - £66,192

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £59,207, Cabinet Office contributes £17,152 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

  • 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.

Visa & relocation

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

The role

The Prime Minister's Office enables the Prime Minister to deliver the Government's overall priorities and to communicate the Government's policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. From the Policy Unit, Press Office, Switchboard and Custodians to the Events & Visits team and the Private Office support; the diverse No.10 team draws on varied expertise from across the Civil Service and beyond. The teams come together to deliver excellent service to the Prime Minister while also making No.10 a great place to work.

No.10 North is focused on delivering good growth in every postcode and ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to thrive, no matter where they live. No.10 North is the Prime Minister's centre for devolution, place and local growth. Based in Manchester and working across the United Kingdom, it connects places directly to the centre of government. It brings together local leaders, HM Treasury and other government departments to resolve problems that no single organisation can solve alone.

The Strategy and PMO team provides the leadership, governance and coordination backbone of No.10 North. The team supports senior leaders, drives strategic planning, oversees programme delivery and ensures the organisation remains focused on its priorities. Working across governance, performance, business management, people and private office functions, the team coordinates activity across No.10 North and the wider Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, helping to turn ambitious priorities into effective delivery.

We are seeking outstanding individuals to work in the Strategy and PMO function at the heart of No.10 North. These are high-profile roles supporting senior leaders to translate strategic priorities into deliverable plans, monitor progress, identify emerging risks and ensure the organisation operates with strong governance and delivery discipline.

Postholders will work directly with Directors, Deputy Directors and senior partners across government to provide a clear line of sight from Prime Ministerial priorities through to delivery.

We are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable and delivery focused. You will be comfortable moving between strategic thinking and practical implementation, bringing structure to ambiguity and helping senior leaders maintain a clear view of progress and performance.

You will enjoy working at the centre of an organisation, building relationships across teams, solving problems and ensuring that priorities are translated into effective action. You will be equally comfortable preparing a briefing for a senior leader, coordinating a governance meeting, analysing delivery data or helping teams overcome barriers to delivery.

What you'll do

  • Working closely with policy leads, develop and maintain an integrated No.10 North delivery plan covering policy, engagement, organisational development and major programmes.
  • Support senior leaders to translate strategic objectives into clear milestones, deliverables and performance measures.
  • Coordinate activity across multiple teams to ensure delivery remains aligned to organisational priorities.
  • Lead portfolio-level planning exercises and support prioritisation decisions.
  • Design and manage governance arrangements across No.10 North.
  • Establish effective boards, decision forums and reporting mechanisms.
  • Ensure high-quality papers, briefing material and dashboards are available for senior leadership discussions.
  • Maintain oversight of key decisions, actions and commitments.
  • Develop meaningful performance reporting for senior leaders and ministers.
  • Produce concise delivery assessments that identify emerging opportunities and risks.
  • Lead development of delivery dashboards and management information.
  • Provide analysis and challenge to improve organisational performance.
  • Establish and maintain portfolio-wide risk, issue, and dependency management processes.
  • Support teams in identifying mitigation strategies and recovery plans.
  • Escalate significant delivery risks and provide assurance on management actions.
  • Work with leaders to improve planning, governance, and reporting capability across No.10 North.
  • Develop standard methodologies, templates, and tools.
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and delivery excellence.
  • Support implementation of organisational change and operating model developments.
  • Build strong relationships across No.10, the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet, HM Treasury, MHCLG and partner organisations.
  • Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders on programme management, governance, and delivery matters.
  • Coordinate requests for information and reporting from central government partners.

How you'll work

Permanent
Fixed term
Loan
Secondment

2 years - If Fixed Term, Loan or Secondment

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Manchester

Reference number

483466

Job grade

Grade 7

Business area

No.10 North

Type of role

Project Delivery
Strategy

Number of jobs available

2

Behaviours

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

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Leadership
  • Communicating and Influencing

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

  • Delivering at Pace

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via menurecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the 'Assistance required' section in the 'Additional requirements' page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Job contact :

  • Name : No.10 Recruitment Team
  • Email : No10Recruitment@no10.gov.uk

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Hiring process

Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 13th November 2026

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

A candidate information session will be held on Thursday 5th November 2026, 11:30-12:00, on MS Teams. You can join the session through this link: Candidate Information Session: Strategy and PMO, Join meeting in Teams, Microsoft Teams

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, a statement of suitability and a behavioural statement.

Please provide a CV of no more than 800 words setting out your career history, qualifications and experience, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant to the essential criteria in the person specification section of the job advert. You must ensure you do not go over 800 words. Any information included beyond 800 words will be disregarded and not assessed.

Please use your statement of suitability to (in no more than 1000 words) to explain how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification section of the job advert.

Please provide a 250-word statement explaining how you demonstrate the following behaviour; Delivering at pace.

CV and Statement of Suitability will be assessed against the Success Profiles Framework. Candidates successful at sift will be invited to a Behaviours based panel interview.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour; Delivering at pace. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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  • Email : menurecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Additional information

Office for the Prime Minister 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.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Office for the Prime Minister from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Near-miss opportunities may also be offered. This means candidates may be offered a similar role at a lower grade at the end of the campaign.

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : menurecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/

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