Lead Business Case Manager

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has been set up to provide health security and health protection for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We will act like no other organisation previously to mitigate threats to health before they materialise. As Lead Business Case Manager, you will prepare and maintain a robust Business Case, which justifies the necessary investment in the project which will typically be of very high complexity. This will determine if the project is desirable, viable and achievable. This role is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Business Case Manager. UKHSA will build the nation's health resilience and security, strengthening our ability to detect and monitor infectious diseases and external threats to health. Using robust evidence and world-leading expertise, we will go deeper to analyse threats to health, and how best to prevent and control them. UKHSA will ensure a system-wide response in partnership with local authorities, NHS, academia, global professional institutes, and industry. The programme has a small civil service core team that manages and controls the day-to-day work. Overall, this is headed by the Programme Director, supported by a Programme Manager and a management team. There is also a client-side Project Support Office, together with a framework of specialist suppliers for design, technical project management, cost management and other disciplines.Main duties of the job You will be joining the UKHSA Health Security Campus Programme which has responsibility for the strategic development, co-ordination, and delivery of the new site. Although this is not just about reprovisioning facilities, it is an organisational change programme. The scope is therefore broad and not only includes "bricks and mortar" but also business change management, physical transition, staff/public engagement, communications and HR elements such as relocation. The team are responsible for:

• Managing the delivery of the programme's requirements, these will be used to inform our external designers. Ensuring the programme's supply chain deliver their individual packages of work in accordance with their contracts, adhering to the scope, cost, time and quality.
• Providing project leadership and guidance to junior project managers and the capabilities team.
• Achieving the delivery and close out on each of the Royal Institute of British Architect stages (RIBA).
  
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UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.