Assistant Scope & Change Manager

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Job Description

Salary: Base salary: £36,000pa to c.£42,350pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Assistant Scope & Change Manager at HS2 you will be responsible for supporting the development, implementation and control of HS2 Ltd.'s scope and WBS dictionary and the change management process, within a business unit (e.g. Civils, S&S). This will include populating the database during baseline production phases, and thereafter maintenance of all baselines elements (scope, schedule, cost, data structures) through change governance arrangements, process development and delivery, assurance and management of change control activities.

About the role:

• Support the Scope & Change Manager in working with Project Managers and the Project Controls community to define and manage the scope of projects, ensuring that outputs are clearly defined consistent with approved procedures for baseline production and management. Engage and source input from Sponsorship, Planning, Risk and Cost teams.
• Support the implementation of the scope and change management policy, processes and standards effectively.
• Contribute to the development of change control forward look schedules to ensure that the change control governance forums are effectively utilised.
• As instructed, apply the Stage Gate process, preparing for and providing recommendations to the Stage Gate Panel.
• To assist in the production of quality change proposals and ensure clear visibility of implications and movements from the programme baseline position in scope, budgets and schedule, raising any issues or risks.
• To provide "red lined" scope and WBS dictionary changes consistent with the required change, including correct identification of event risk to the assumptions and exclusions database element.
• To maintain the change register and assure reporting of changes to relevant stakeholders to enable prompt decision making, approvals and financial authorisations.

About You:

Skills:

• Ability to apply procedures to establish and maintain the WBS dictionary of a large complex project
• Communication skills, with the ability to engage colleagues.
• Ability to apply change management processes across the project
• Ability to analyse inputs and assess data.
• Ability to update configuration documentation.
• Ability to support change management reviews.
• Ability to work collaboratively and produce clear written and verbal communications

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Scope & Change Management objectives.
• Basic knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines.
• Basic knowledge of the stages of the project life cycle.
• Awareness of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.

Types of Experience:

• Experience of working systematically and according to procedure
• Experience of working collaboratively within a major project or programme.
• Experience of Project Management or Project Controls environments.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.