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Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Programme Director
- Public sector
- 15/07/2024
- £125000.00 /yearly
- Full Time & Permanent
Job Type
Salary
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About the Role
The Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Programme (CCUS) is a core DESNZ delivery programme, parts of which are in the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) and considered to be one of the top five most complex for HMG. It is a fundamental enabler of the cost-effective delivery of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 along with wider economic benefits in terms of creating jobs and securing global market share for UK supply chains. The programme is effectively launching a whole new industry, potentially the size of the UK gas industry, in a period of 10 15 years.
What will the successful candidate be doing?
Operating as a part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the DESNZ Energy Infrastructure Group (EIG) Group, and reporting to the Director General of EIG, the CCUS Programme Director is central to the success of the Programme. The Programme is a large and complex portfolio, with workstreams over a long time-span which are at different stages of progress. Consequently, the Programme has three SROs (across two Directorates), with clear accountabilities between them for the benefits areas each are responsible for. The Programme Director will work closely with all three SROs to drive an integrated programme forward. The Programme Director provide overall delivery leadership and direction to the CCUS Programme team across key activities, which include:
The Programme Director role will:
As the CCUS Programme Director, your key responsibilities will include:
The successful candidate will be a highly capable Programme Director with extensive commercial and major programme delivery skills and, ideally, an in-depth knowledge of the energy and net zero sectors:
They will be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:
Desirable criteria:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
How to apply
To apply for this post please follow the instructions on the CS Jobs website by no later than 23:55, Monday 12th August 2024. As part of the application process you are asked to complete the following:
1. A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
2. A Statement of Suitability (no more than 1250 words) explaining 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.
3. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to undertake a series of psychometric assessments including a Staff Engagement Exercise (SEE) as part of the recruitment process prior to the final interview. This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather it is designed to support the panels decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.
4. Final Interview, candidates will be required to prepare a presentation which will form part of the final interview. Full details of the assessment process will be provided to shortlisted candidates.
For further information on the application process and an overview on what to expect, please visit the Civil Service Careers website.
Overview of the Process
Government Recruitment Service will acknowledge your application and advise you of the outcome of the sift meeting. Depending on the number of applications received there may be a second stage sift.
Applications will be sifted to select those demonstrating the best fit with the post against the criteria set out in the person specification. Please ensure you keep this in mind when writing your CV and supporting statement.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
Arrangements for interview
The interview panel will be Chaired by Christopher Pilgrim, Civil Service Commissioner, and panel members will be senior officials from the Department and others with experience related to the responsibilities of the role and the essential criteria. The final panel will be confirmed in advance.
Candidates will be required to prepare a presentation which will form part of the final interview. Full details of the assessment process will be provided to shortlisted candidates.
At interview you will be assessed against the Success Profiles; Experience and Behaviours. You will be assessed against the following behaviours, Leadership, Communicating and Influencing, Seeing the Big Picture and Making Effective Decisions. For more information about Success Profiles, please follow this link; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
Expenses incurred by candidates during the recruitment process will not be reimbursed by the Department except in exceptional circumstances and only when agreed in advance.
Indicative Timeline
Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. If you are unable to meet these timeframes, please let us know by contacting [email protected]. Please ensure you quote the job title and reference number in your email.
Wherever possible interviews will be held in person at 3-8 Whitehall Place, London. Candidates are asked to note the timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process. The anticipated timetable is as follows:
Advert Closing Date: 23.55, Monday 12th August 2024
Shortlist Announcement: W/C 19.08.2024
Assessments: W/C 02.09.2024
Interview: W/C 09.09.2024
Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
Senior Civil Servant (SCS) staff are expected to aim for closer to 60% of the time at an office or non-home based location over the accounting period.
Further Information
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
We fully support adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
We do not have an exhaustive list of adjustments that we support but just some examples include additional time to complete your application form, behaviour questions up to 72 hours prior to interview and having extra time at interview.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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