Business Case and Benefits Manager

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Customer Services Group brings together Asylum & Human Rights, Asylum Support and Dispersal, Asylum Accommodation Centres, Resettlement Group, Passports, Citizenship & Civil Registration, Customer Operations Support Services and UK Visas & Immigration. As a major operational arm of the Home Office, we play a vital role in supporting the economy and cultural life of the UK.
Sitting within Asylum Support, Resettlement and Accommodation (ASRA), the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme is responsible for delivering a suite of new and transformed non-detained asylum accommodation, and support service contracts which meet all the Department’s requirements, ensuring they provide effective, scalable accommodation with a high degree of flexibility to address future changes.
We are looking for a highly motivated, well-organised self-starter to join the team to help deliver the future Asylum Accommodation system working alongside the Business Case and Benefits Lead.
We are following the Hybrid working model so you will need to be office based for 60% of your time. We are also a national team, so you can be based in any region although there may also be a requirement for occasional travel., This is an exciting opportunity to hone and develop your Business Case and Benefits Management Skills working on one of the highest priority programmes within the Home Office.
This role will report to the Business Case and Benefits Manager Lead.
Benefits main responsibilities:
+ Support the Business Case manager in preparing and updating the benefits elements of the business case working with specialists as required.
+ Develop the benefits management strategy taking into account the wider organisation methodology.
+ Oversee the implementation of the programme 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 programme lifecycle and into realisation.
+ Co-ordinate workshops and other activities to develop benefit profiles, maps, and realisation plans.
+ Work with stakeholders and wider benefits management community to ensure benefits are identified, understood, owned and maximised. Brief key stakeholders ahead of benefits reviews.
+ Engages with ASRA and Customer Services portfolio office to enhance and improve benefits management best practice.
+ Tracking and reporting – Establish the mechanism for the tracking and reporting of benefits through the project lifecycle and into realisation.
Business Case main responsibilities:
+ Oversee the production of business cases with the Business Case Lead by supporting its development and drafting.
+ Organise and coordinate workshops with specialists to gather and discuss appropriate information to complete the Business cases.
+ Establish the governance pathway and prepare business cases supporting documents for submission to the appropriate boards, ensuring any actions are allocated an owner and are completed.
+ Provide guidance and advice to project teams on the requirements and development of business case, using organisational templates and HMT 5 case model.
+ Manage interactions with key stakeholders to support the production of business cases and ensure their involvement in requirements.
+ Use lessons learned from similar projects to inform business cases preparation.
+ Ensure all relevant organisational factors for change are incorporated within a comprehensive business cases
Working Pattern
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location., You can select up to two locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location and profession. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and profession.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further information
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up. For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
+ Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
+ Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)., If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

+ Experience of working in complex delivery environments
+ Comfortable working with numerical and financial data
+ Experience of working in a Programme Management Office (PMO)
+ Proficient Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Desirable Criteria
+ Better Business Cases (Practitioner), Managing Successful Programmes (Practitioner), APMG Manager Benefits (Practitioner), PRINCE 2 Practitioner), APM Project Management Qualification

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Leadership
+ Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Working Together, In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
+ In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
+ 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
+ Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
+ Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.