Principal Project Manager (Ref: 91975)

HM Courts and Tribunals ServiceDirectorate: Digital Technology Services (DTS) Pay Band: Grade 7Job Title: Principal Project ManagerLocation: London / National Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability).Term: PermanentInterview: Video conference via TeamsImportant salary details:New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).GDD:Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession Capability Framework and Success Profiles Frameworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is within the Product and Delivery Job Family, is a Delivery Manager role at Senior Delivery Manager level, but carries the title Principal Project Manager within DTS.Reserve List:HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.Introduction:These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital.DTS is committed to being a great place to work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that youll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-serviceJob Description:As Principal Project Manager you will deliver end to end projects including owning service delivery for a significant function or product. You will be working closely with cross functional product teams to build delivery roadmaps. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well; identifying obstacles and helping the team to overcome them. You will have the ability to focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services and encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team.You will have a strong infrastructure and or digital delivery background and enjoy working in a delivery focused, agile environment with multidisciplinary teams. You will also be accountable for effective delivery of complex, high-risk products and services and have strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to engage senior stakeholders. You'll have a depth and breadth of experience across a range of products and services, throughout the entire lifecycle, and have greater responsibility and accountability as the main point of escalation.Skills & Experience:You will be resilient and used to dealing with difficult and complex situations.Have experience of managing potential conflict to resolution being aware of individual needsRegularly used creative thought to develop possible courses of action.Evaluated risks and made judgements on the most appropriate solutions.Experience of problem solving and working with others to deliver at pace.Have acted independently on day-to-day issues and taken a strategic view on operational or policy areas.Contributed significantly to the achievement of policy or business objectives.Essential Criteria:Previous experience of working in a large digital organisation, or demonstrable understanding of large digital organisations operate in the context of this role.Have been accountable for successful delivery of a project or workstream.Prior team management experience having operated as a team leader managing and supporting the work of junior grades.Ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to drive out needs and interpret between them.The capability to be responsible for deciding direction and methodology.Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skillsUsed your knowledge to give expert advice to more senior grades.Application process:The following areas of Success Profile Framework will be used to assess and score your application during the sift, and interview.Experience As demonstrated in your application form.Strengths The interview will involve a discussion around strengthsGDD Assessment During the interview, you will be assessed against the GDD framework:Life Cycle PerspectiveFinancial ManagementMaintaining Delivery MomentumAgile and Lean PracticesBehaviours You will be required to provide evidence of the following key behaviours at Grade 7 Level: LeadershipMaking Effective Decisions