Net Zero Coordinator

UK Civil Service


Delivery Centre of Excellence Lead (Methods, Tools, Knowledge and Continuous Improvement)
UK Civil Service • Didcot, United Kingdom • via LinkedIn
1 day ago
Full–time
No Degree Mentioned
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Job description
Contents
• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Cardiff, Wales, CF10 1EP : Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8FT : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE4 5SP : Didcot, South East England, OX11 0DF

About The Job

Job summary

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the governments space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the governments vision.

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanitys horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sectors interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes.

We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.

More information about the Agency is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

To discover more please watch this film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZZ-o0IkVU

Our Inclusive Environment

We have an inclusive culture to make UK Space Agency a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion.

Job Description

Centre of Excellence
• Understanding and communicating the best practice contained within the HMG Teal Book, to ensure the Agency meets required standards.
• Liaising with Infrastructure Project Authority (IPA), DSIT PMO, and DSIT Departmental Assurance Coordinator to ensure that UK Space Agencys standards and tools for delivery are appropriate.
• Where necessary, adapting IPA and DSIT tools, templates and processes for appropriate UK Space Agency use.
• Leading, and facilitating, learning-from-experience practices and the development of recommendations and action plans for continuous improvement of skills, templates, tools and processes as a result.
• Development, dissemination, and provision, of guidance to delivery practitioners.
• Assisting the Agencys Head of Project Delivery Profession with administrative support in carrying out their role.
• Coordinating internal and external networking and community-of-practice initiatives for the UK Space Agency delivery community, including identification and coordination of external speakers.
• Networking with external organisations such as APM to learn and share best practice.
• Facilitating coaching and peer to peer knowledge sharing.
• Advising delivery professionals on carrier development opportunities, development planning, use of the PDCF and GOST tools.
• Planning continuous development of Verto and other information management (for P3M) capabilities within delivery teams.
• Planning and conducting delivery-specific induction of new joiners taking on delivery roles within the Agency.

Person specification

The Role Holder Will Be Required
• Ensuring that UK Space Agency, its leaders and delivery teams, have the appropriate tools, processes, and skills to carry out its delivery initiatives.
• Establishing and driving a culture of continuous improvement and learning-from-experience.
• Deputising for the Portfolio Delivery Manager.
• Duties and tasks commensurate with being an employee within UK Space Agency.

Essential Skills / Qualification
• Project or programme delivery experience.
• Good analytical and presentational skills.
• Confidence to work with multiple stakeholders across the organisation.
• Good communication skills, with experience of presenting technical information clearly.
• Good information visualisation skills
• Able to work with minimal supervision in engaging with stakeholders at all levels
• Tenacity, resilience and adaptability to changing priorities and processes.

Required Essential Qualifications
• Portfolio Office Experience.
• P3O Practitioner
• Managing Successful Programmes Foundation
• Management of Portfolios Foundation
• APM PMQ / Fundamentals or equivalent

UK Space Agency is currently going through IPAs Government Project Delivery Accreditation. The successful candidate will be expected to go through the accreditation process after joining UKSA, if theyre not currently already going through the process.

Project Delivery Capability Framework

This role is commensurate with the Portfolio Analyst, Assurance Manager, and Risk and Issues Manager roles at SEO grade in the Project Delivery Capability Framework.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
• Frameworks and Methodologies
• Business case development

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,415, UK Space Agency contributes £11,708 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

UK Space Agency offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.

Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.+7%

A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.

An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.

Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts.

A generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave package.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home, or elsewhere, as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this).  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Things you need to know

Selection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

This post is advertised as a Fixed term or Loan contract for a period of 24 months

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.

UK Space Agency Employees

You must seek approval from your substantive manager before applying for any non-permanent vacancy, this includes applying for a new post during an existing temporary posting. Please note that if applying for a temporary post within UK Space Agency or elsewhere on promotion, successful appointment will not automatically result in a permanent promotion - you will revert to your current substantive grade at the end of the Fixed Term or Loan period (unless funding has been approved to make the post permanent).

If applying for a secondment, you should confirm with your employer that, in principle, they are willing to second you before you apply for these posts.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement (maximum 500 words) and behaviour examples (maximum 250 words each).

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

The CV is for information purposes only and will not be scored.

Please use your personal statement to include the skills and experiences you have that make you suitable for this role

The Sift will be assessed on Personal Statement and Behaviours

The Interview will be assessed on Behaviours and Technical Skills

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

Expected Timeline subject to change

The sift is expected to take place week commencing 24/02/2025.

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 10/03/2025.

Interview location: MS teams.

Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Further information

Reasonable Adjustment

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 uksarecruitment.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 youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

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

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

Any move to UK Space Agency 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. Determine your eligibility https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

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

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

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

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 applicants 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.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.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) Working for the Civil ServiceThe 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.Diversity and InclusionThe 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).

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About

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.Contact point for applicantsJob contact :
• Name : Tom Parrin
• Email : Tom.Parrin2@ukspaceagency.gov.uk

Recruitment team
• Email : uksarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further informationAppointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions 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 you should contact in the first instance UKSARecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints

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About The Job

Job summary

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Job Description

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link)

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• Core Role Environmental Sustainability
• Level Practitioner

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