Benefits Manager - SC

Job Title: Benefits Manager
Location: Hybrid/Bristol or London (2 days/week on site)
Contract Duration : 6 months
Daily Rate: £550/day (Umbrella)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC

Minimum Requirement:

• 3 -5 years benefits management
• APMG Benefits management - desirable
• Benefits mapping
• Good/strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
• MOD/Public Sector background

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Delivery and leadership - Provide visible and effective leadership, lead benefits management and work with the delivery resources to deliver the business case benefits using best practice benefits management standards and tools and processes. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Benefits Profiles - Develop benefits profiles to support the category management delivery team, identify robust baselines and calculation methodology for cashable, financial (non-cashable) and non-financial benefits. Work with stakeholders to validate and test dependencies and gain sign off of benefits handshakes.
• Benefits realisation plan - Oversee the Category Management Benefits Realisation Plan including change control. Identify risks to benefits realisation. Develop and propose mitigations.
• Tracking and reporting - Utilising existing tools ensure co-ordination, tracking and reporting of Category Management benefits throughout the benefits maturity life cycle (ML0-5) into realisation.
• Benefits mapping - Co-ordinate workshops, develop benefit profiles and map benefits and ensures alignment. Circulates benefits profiles to stakeholder for agreement and approval. Works with a range of stakeholders to validate and test dependencies and gain benefits handshakes.
• Stakeholder management and engagement - Work with stakeholders and wider benefits management community to build a learning culture, to ensure Category Management benefits are identified, understood, owned and maximised. Brief key stakeholders ahead of benefits reviews and engage with Category Management Head of Category Strategy Portfolio office to enhance and improve benefits management best practice.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Extensive Benefits Management experience, ideally working for a large multi-national organisation, one which has undergone transformation.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work collaboratively.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Problem solving across organisational boundaries, using sound judgement and interpretive skills.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a Portfolio or Programme Management Office.

Required Qualifications:

• APMG Benefits Management Practitioner or similar

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

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