Description
You will be responsible for delivery of projects, managing project teams and acting as a channel of information between service areas, partner organisations and external stakeholders, working to ensure project plans are delivered in line with agreed schedule, scope and budget and resolving differences between project stakeholders, identifying any issues and risks and taking action to mitigate against these. As an ICO leader you will demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support corporate efforts to ensure project management at the ICO remains an efficient and effective enabling tool for delivering our strategies. All our leaders should espouse the core ICO values of ambition, collaboration, service focused and leadership.
Key Responsibilities
1. Working with the project sponsor to develop and maintain a comprehensive project plan, coordinating actions and collaborating with the right people at the right time to ensure matters are progressed effectively.
2. Leading projects through to post-implementation review, managing teams to deliver successful projects within agreed scope, schedule and budget.
3. Develop and manage project teams, empowering and inspiring others to ensure objectives are met in line with agreed schedule, scope and budget.
4. Ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to monitor and control the project and manage the preparation and delivery of papers and reports for programme and project board(s) ensuring the board are kept up to date on project deliverables, progress as well as any issues or risks associated with delivery
5. Prepare detailed project plans and documentation and contribute to project content development, including drafting papers, developing communications and training plans as appropriate.
6. Collate, document, and communicate lessons learnt to support a continuous learning culture and development of the ICO’s project approach.
7. Identify and manage any risks involved in the project, including the development of contingency plans as appropriate.
8. Organise, facilitate, and support programme and project events such as workshops and stakeholder briefings.
Essential criteria assessed at application stage
9. A project management qualification or willingness to work towards one.
10. Experience of managing projects; preferably within an agile working environment.
11. Ability to work under pressure and deal with a demanding workload which may include conflicting demands on time.
12. Excellent knowledge and demonstrable ability of Microsoft 365 applications.
Essential criteria assessed at interview stage
13. Very strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate and to build and maintain good working relationships both internally and externally, up to and including senior management level.
14. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
15. Experience of communicating, negotiating and influencing strategic change.
16. High level of attention to detail and accuracy with proven experience of risk and issue management
17. Good judgement, with the ability to make considered decisions.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.
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Closing Date
Please submit your CV by 23:59 on 25 May 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
Clearance Required for this role:
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)