Strategy, Delivery and PMO Officer, No.10 North

The Prime Minister’s Office enables the Prime Minister to deliver the Government’s overall priorities and to communicate the Government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. From the Policy Unit, Press Office, Switchboard and Custodians to the Events & Visits team and the Private Office support; the diverse No.10 team draws on varied expertise from across the Civil Service and beyond. The teams come together to deliver excellent service to the Prime Minister while also making No.10 a great place to work.

No.10 North is focused on delivering good growth in every postcode and ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to thrive, no matter where they live. No.10 North is the Prime Minister’s centre for devolution, place, and local growth. Based in Manchester and working across the United Kingdom, it connects places directly to the centre of government. It brings together local leaders, HM Treasury and other government departments to resolve problems that no single organisation can solve alone.

The Strategy and PMO team provides the leadership, governance, and coordination backbone of No.10 North. The team supports senior leaders, drives strategic planning, oversees programme delivery, and ensures the organisation remains focused on its priorities. Working across governance, performance, business management, people and private office functions, the team coordinates activity across No.10 North and the wider Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, helping to turn ambitious priorities into effective delivery.

We are seeking two high-performing Strategy, Delivery and PMO Officers to join the Strategy & PMO function. Working directly to the Grade 7 Strategy, Delivery and PMO Lead, the postholders will help ensure No.10 North's priorities are translated into clear plans, supported by robust governance, and delivered effectively. This is a varied role that combines elements of strategy, delivery management, programme management office (PMO) and organisational coordination. Successful candidates will work across a broad range of issues, supporting senior leaders to maintain oversight of delivery, identify emerging challenges and ensure effective decision-making.

We are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable and delivery focused. You will be comfortable moving between strategic thinking and practical implementation, bringing structure to ambiguity, and helping senior leaders maintain a clear view of progress and performance.

You will enjoy working at the centre of an organisation, building relationships across teams, solving problems, and ensuring that priorities are translated into effective action. You will be equally comfortable preparing a briefing for a senior leader, coordinating a governance meeting, analysing delivery data, or helping teams overcome barriers to delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy and Planning:

• Support the development and implementation of No.10 North's strategic priorities.
• Help translate organisational objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, and performance measures.
• Support business planning and priority-setting processes.
• Identify cross-cutting themes, dependencies, and opportunities across teams.

Delivery and Performance:

• Monitor progress against organisational priorities and key commitments.
• Produce reporting, analysis, and insight to support senior decision-making.
• Track milestones, deliverables, and actions across multiple workstreams.
• Support problem-solving and recovery planning where delivery risks emerge.

Governance and PMO:

• Support governance arrangements, leadership meetings, and decision-making forums.
• Coordinate agendas, papers, actions, and forward work plans.
• Maintain delivery, risk, issue, and dependency tracking products.
• Help develop and improve PMO tools, templates, and reporting processes.

Organisational Coordination:

• Work across policy, engagement, and operational teams to support joined-up delivery.
• Coordinate requests for information, updates, and briefing material.
• Support implementation of organisational change and improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to building a strong culture of delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build effective working relationships across No.10 North and partner organisations.
• Engage with colleagues across central government, local government, and delivery partners.
• Prepare high-quality briefings and papers for senior leaders.
• Support engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application process

A candidate information session will be held on Tuesday 5th November 2026, 11:30-12:00, on MS Teams. You can join the session through this link: Candidate Information Session: Strategy and PMO , Join meeting in Teams , Microsoft Teams

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, a statement of suitability and a behavioural statement.

Please provide a CV of no more than 800 words setting out your career history, qualifications and experience, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant to the essential criteria in the person specification section of the job advert. You must ensure you do not go over 800 words. Any information included beyond 800 words will be disregarded and not assessed.

Please use your statement of suitability to (in no more than 750 words) to explain how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification section of the job advert.

Please provide a 250-word statement explaining how you demonstrate the following behaviour; Delivering at pace.

Selection process

CV and Statement of Suitability will be assessed against the Success Profiles Framework. Candidates successful at sift will be invited to a Behaviours based panel interview.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour; Delivering at pace. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put 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 menurecruitment.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.

Further information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Office for the Prime Minister from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Near-miss opportunities may also be offered. This means candidates may be offered a similar role at a lower grade at the end of the campaign.

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