Business Case Writer & Benefits Manager

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Responsibilities will include

- Developing and agreeing templates with the finance team ensuring all business cases and benefits management documentation is fully compliant with internal and central government policies, processes and procedures.
- Producing an overarching business case development plan and business case submission timetable for the individual projects that make up the programme.
- Developing a single view of all business cases in production or anticipated within the organisation so that they are consistent and cohesive and can be effectively reported at project, programme and main board level as required.
- Actively working with project teams and stakeholders to source information and data, with a view to analysing and developing it into strategic narrative, metrics, costs, estimates and quantified benefits.
- Individually writing robust and credible business cases using the HMT Green Book five case model
- Developing a benefits management strategy which clearly defines the approach to realising benefits and the framework within which benefits realisation will be achieved and aligned to the department's strategic outcomes.
- Developing benefit profiles to define each benefit (and dis-benefit) and provide a detailed understanding of what will be involved and how each benefit will be realised.
- Developing benefit maps showing the relationship between project outputs, capabilities, outcomes, benefits and corporate objectives in order to display the cause and effect relationships between the elements and the impact of failing to deliver specific elements on benefit realisation.
- Producing benefit realisation plans (detailing when each benefit or dis-benefit will be realized) so that realisation of benefits can be tracked across the programme and to review controls set in advance.
- Tracking and measuring benefits in line with and by executing benefits realisation plans across the lifetime of the business cases and align these with annual planning rounds. Developing appropriate metrics, KPIs, data sources and monitoring dashboards whilst utilising appropriate tools and techniques.
- Developing an up-skilling strategy for the improvement of capability in business case production and benefits realisation within the organisation.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

- Programme or Project Management Qualification such as MSP, APM or PRINCE 2
- Accounting qualification, CCAB or equivalent

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (KEY COMPETENCES)

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leading and Communicating
- Achieving Commercial Outcomes
- Delivering Value for Money
- Delivering at pace