Benefits Manager

Benefits Manager

3 month contract - potential for extension

Competitive Day Rate

Any UK HMRC Regional Centre

Are you a Project Delivery Professional looking to work on some of the biggest, most exciting and sophisticated projects in the UK?

Our Benefits Managers play a crucial role in driving forward the ground-breaking change needed to achieve the future shape of HMRC and Tax administration on behalf of every citizen in the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse Project Delivery community as we continue to earn our place as one of the best project delivery departments across Government.

Job Description

The role of the Benefits Manager is to proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits used to justify investment in the project. The Benefits Manager ensures that a ‘fit for purpose’ approach to benefits measurement and realisation is used to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be achieved.

Responsibilities

Provide visible and effective leadership, lead benefits management and work with the project manager to deliver the business case benefits and outcomes. Develop clear vision and standards and champion the use of best practice benefits management standards, tools and processes.

Coach more junior members of staff in benefits management.

Build strong networks both internally and externally.

Support the project manager in preparing and updating the benefits elements of the Business Case working with specialists as required.

Define and shape the benefits management strategy taking into account the wider organisation methodology.

Oversee the project Benefits Realisation Plan including change control. Identify risks to benefits realisation.

Develop and propose mitigations.

Establish the mechanism for co-ordinated and consistent tracking and reporting of benefits through the project lifecycle and into realisation.

Co-ordinate workshops, maps benefits and ensures alignment. Circulates for agreement and approval. Works with a range of stakeholders to validate and test

dependencies.

Work with Stakeholders and wider benefits management community to ensure benefits are identified, understood, owned and maximised. Briefs key stakeholders ahead of Benefits reviews. Engages with organisations portfolio office to enhance and improve benefits management best practice.

Essential criteria

Demonstrable experience of managing a project benefits function on a range of project types.

Working in a Benefits Management environment

Working with a complex workload and being able to plan and prioritise effectively.

Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with key senior stakeholders.

Reviewing complex data, identifying issues, spotting trends or risks, and determining appropriate solutions.

Desirable criteria

Experience of coaching HO and SO grades on all types of project benefits.

Evidence of relevant qualifications (e.g. APMG Managing Benefits)

Experience of working in high-level complexity projects or programmes.