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Strategy, Delivery and PMO Officer

On-site in Manchester·Added today (last checked 31 Oct)

Cabinet Office

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Our summary

Salary
£45,292 - £49,073 a year

About £3,010 - £3,240 a month after tax.

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

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

Candidates will be able to demonstrate:

  • Experience supporting delivery of programmes, projects, organisational priorities, or strategic initiatives.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
  • Experience working collaboratively across teams and organisational boundaries.
  • Sound judgement and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience of governance, PMO or programme management activity.
  • Experience of strategy development, business planning, or performance management.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£45,292 - £49,073

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £45,292, Cabinet Office contributes £13,121 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.

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 two high-performing Strategy, Delivery and PMO Officers to join the Strategy & PMO function. Working directly to the Grade 7 Strategy, Delivery and PMO Lead, the postholders will help ensure No.10 North's priorities are translated into clear plans, supported by robust governance, and delivered effectively. This is a varied role that combines elements of strategy, delivery management, programme management office (PMO) and organisational coordination. Successful candidates will work across a broad range of issues, supporting senior leaders to maintain oversight of delivery, identify emerging challenges and ensure effective decision-making.

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

  • Support the development and implementation of No.10 North's strategic priorities.
  • Help translate organisational objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, and performance measures.
  • Support business planning and priority-setting processes.
  • Identify cross-cutting themes, dependencies, and opportunities across teams.
  • Monitor progress against organisational priorities and key commitments.
  • Produce reporting, analysis, and insight to support senior decision-making.
  • Track milestones, deliverables, and actions across multiple workstreams.
  • Support problem-solving and recovery planning where delivery risks emerge.
  • Support governance arrangements, leadership meetings, and decision-making forums.
  • Coordinate agendas, papers, actions, and forward work plans.
  • Maintain delivery, risk, issue, and dependency tracking products.
  • Help develop and improve PMO tools, templates, and reporting processes.
  • Work across policy, engagement, and operational teams to support joined-up delivery.
  • Coordinate requests for information, updates, and briefing material.
  • Support implementation of organisational change and improvement initiatives.
  • Contribute to building a strong culture of delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Build effective working relationships across No.10 North and partner organisations.
  • Engage with colleagues across central government, local government, and delivery partners.
  • Prepare high-quality briefings and papers for senior leaders.
  • Support engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

How you'll work

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

Apply before

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

Reference number

483480

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent
Fixed term
Loan
Secondment

Length of employment

2 years - If Fixed Term, Loan or Secondment

Type of role

Project Delivery
Strategy

Number of jobs available

2

Location

Manchester

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.

Security

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.

Nationality requirements

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)

Job contact :

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

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Hiring process

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

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Seeing the Big Picture

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

  • Delivering at Pace

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 Tuesday 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 750 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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About the company & team

No.10 North

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

Additional information

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.

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.

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.

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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