Programme Manager LIBRTI

Abingdon Rd, Culham, UK

Full-time

Salary: GBP82,815 (inclusive of MPP) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension

Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire

Confirmed Grade: Level 7

Department: Materials (MRF)

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

Job Description

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.

- Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).

- Flexible working options including family friendly policies.

- Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.

- Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.

- Wide range of career development opportunities.

- A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

Salary: GBP82,815.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Programme Manager - LIBRTI, you will play a key role in the programme management of a GBP200m UK endeavour to demonstrate the feasibility of breeding fusion fuel for future powerplants. You will report to Director of Programme LIBRTI and oversee a team of Business Partners (People, Environmental Health Safety & Quality (EHSQ), IP, IT, Finance, Procurement) providing support on execution and delivery whilst ensuring quality and cost targets are maintained. You'll integrate planning and reporting across multiple international Experimental Consortia and will be able to represent the UKAEA externally at a senior level, generating reports for the Executive Committee (Exco), UKAEA Board and UK Government.

Additional Responsibilities

- Lead and manage the set-up of the programme, ensuring appropriate programme and project management and legal frameworks are in place. Provide lead and lag indicators to the senior leadership team at UKAEA and the delivery teams (external and internal consortia) to ensure effective delivery.

- Ensure formal reporting arrangements on programme are in place and the collation of high-quality Board level reporting metrics to inform decisions. Orchestrate a quarterly Programme Board and deliver a UKAEA Annual Report contribution.

- Manage the day to day co-ordination between workstreams of the programme on behalf of the Programme Director to ensure that desired programme objectives are delivered and that the expected benefits are realised.

- Provide clear leadership to the Business Partners in the enabling functions ; resolve obstacles to delivery within the programme and lead the identification and employment of solutions to overcome them. Manage the programme budget, including risk allowance and management reserves.

- Lead on change management with all relevant stakeholders (UKAEA Divisions, consortia partners, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Executive Committee (Exco) etc).

- Act as the government liaison, industry networking and public facing role as required by the Programme Director, driving preparation for Outline Business Case (OBC), Projects and Investment Committee (PIC),Treasury Approval Point (TAP), Technical Advisory Group (TAG), Commercial Assurance Board (CAB) and Full Business Case (FBC) milestones and reviews and actioning their recommendations.

- Manage the programme in compliance with the UKAEA's Quality Assurance requirements. Lead benefits realisation and prioritisation exercises and instruct value engineering exercises on projects within the programme where required, ensuring funding spend remains on track and that the programme is delivered in line with expected quality standards and in line with the business strategic objectives.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

- Experience of managing large team exercises ( 100 people) and budgets (>GBP50m).

- Excellent leadership, communication, influencing, and collaboration skills.

- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to make sound economic decisions that maximise programme value.

- Extensive experience managing commercial contracts and procurements.

- Proven ability to handle ambiguity, uncertainty and high levels of complexity in project delivery.

- Substantial experience in working with a diverse range of senior stakeholders and external partners, ideally with an element of public funding.

- Understanding of the wider issues impacting the UK science and innovation landscape.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits and to apply, select the apply button to be taken through to the UKAEA careers pages.

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the UK Government website for information on criminal records checks. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.