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Job summary

We are MHCLG

Do you enjoy bringing structure to complex delivery problems?

Can you build trust quickly, use evidence well, and turn insight into practical action?

Would you like to work on one of the most important public safety missions in government?

If so, we have an opportunity for a Senior Delivery Advisor to join the Remediation Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

The Remediation Portfolio was established following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which claimed 72 lives and exposed systemic failures in building safety. The government’s mission is clear: to identify buildings with unsafe cladding, increase the pace of remediation, and better protect residents. The portfolio is one of the largest and most complex in government, with total lifetime costs of over £12 billion, significant political and public scrutiny, and delivery spanning multiple organisations, markets, programmes and policy levers. It is part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio and sits at the heart of the department’s building safety work.

Job description

The Remediation Delivery Unit plays a critical role in helping the department deliver this ministerial priority. We provide delivery grip across the portfolio by strengthening governance, improving planning and risk management, building delivery capability, and helping teams resolve the practical barriers that affect pace, confidence and outcomes. We are a small, welcoming and collaborative team, working at pace on urgent, complex and high-profile delivery issues. As a Senior Delivery Advisor, you will be allocated specific areas of the Remediation Portfolio.

You will develop a strong understanding of the delivery context, priorities, plans, milestones, risks and barriers in those areas, acting as a trusted adviser to colleagues and senior leaders. You will help track progress, strengthen delivery planning, identify emerging issues, and ensure that risks, dependencies and delivery barriers are understood and acted on. You will also lead, and contribute to, targeted problem-solving projects on priority delivery challenges, working collaboratively with programme teams, the Projects Unit, policy colleagues, analysts, commercial and finance colleagues, and other delivery partners as needed.

This will include structuring delivery problems, forming hypotheses, gathering evidence, analysing data and insight, and turning conclusions into clear, practical recommendations. Your role will be to work with teams to understand what is preventing progress, what needs to change, who needs to act, and how the department can use its available levers to improve delivery outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a broad, high-profile delivery agenda, with regular exposure to senior decision-making across the department and wider Whitehall. We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative team player with strong experience of leading and managing complex government delivery, ideally in a major programme, portfolio, operational delivery or transformation environment. You will be able to bring structure to ambiguity, work well through others, lead confidently, and help maintain a positive, high-performing team culture.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Building strong, trusted relationships with officials at all levels across the remediation portfolio, the department and wider delivery system, working collaboratively to understand progress, identify barriers and shape practical solutions to delivery challenges.

Taking responsibility for allocated areas of the Remediation Portfolio, developing a strong understanding of delivery plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, performance and barriers to progress.

Supporting teams to strengthen delivery grip, including attending relevant programme boards, improving planning, clarifying accountabilities, identifying dependencies, testing risks and mitigations, supporting escalation of issues and helping ensure that agreed actions are followed through.

For one of the two senior delivery advisor roles, acting as the relationship manager with Homes England for the Cladding Safety Scheme, working collaboratively to maintain delivery grip, track progress, understand risks and dependencies, support timely escalation, and provide the main interface with colleagues across the wider Remediation Portfolio.

Leading, and contributing to, targeted delivery reviews and problem-solving projects, working collaboratively with programme teams, the Projects Unit, policy colleagues, analysts, commercial and finance colleagues, and other delivery partners.

Structuring delivery problems, forming hypotheses, gathering evidence and developing clear workplans to understand what is preventing progress and what needs to change.

Planning and undertaking fieldwork, including site visits, interviews, focus groups and surveys, to understand barriers faced by delivery teams and frontline partners, and identify opportunities to improve implementation.

Gathering, analysing and interpreting data and insight from internal and external sources, using workshops and other collaborative sessions to test findings, build consensus and agree actions.

Developing practical recommendations, drawing on a strong understanding of the delivery levers available to the department, and presenting findings, delivery risks, recommendations and proposed actions to senior leaders and, where required, Ministers.

Leading multi-disciplinary project teams and managing HEO/SEO delivery advisers, including building delivery capability, supporting wellbeing and contributing to a high-performance culture.

Person specification

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Essential criteria

Strong experience of leading and managing complex delivery, ideally within a major government portfolio, programme, operational delivery, transformation or implementation environment, with a good understanding of planning, governance, risk and issue management, performance tracking, assurance, dependencies, escalation and benefits.

Strong structured problem-solving skills, including the ability to break down complex delivery issues into clear questions, evidence needs, options and practical next steps.

Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to gather and interpret data and insight, and produce clear, concise and compelling narratives using a combination of prose, data and visuals.

A proven track record of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries to improve delivery, resolve barriers, influence outcomes, build consensus and provide constructive challenge.

A proven track record of leading teams or workstreams to deliver high-impact work in a complex, fast-paced environment, including through others and while managing multiple competing priorities, workstreams and senior requests.

The ability to motivate others and contribute to a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team, while maintaining a strong focus on wellbeing, morale, professional development and a calm, solutions-focused approach to complex and high-profile issues.

Experience using delivery, programme or transformation methodologies, such as delivery confidence assessments, delivery planning, dependency mapping, critical path analysis, theory of change, systems thinking or scenario planning.

Relevant project delivery, programme management or transformation qualifications, accreditation or training, such as APM, PRINCE2, MSP, Agile, Government Project Delivery Profession accreditation, or equivalent professional experience.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,092, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £16,829 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Staff Benefits Scheme, Childcare Vouchers, and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Application and Selection

The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours , Experience , Strengths

Please ensure your CV does not contain any personally identifiable information.

Note: We do not consider direct CV applications. All applications must be submitted via the provided application link.

Important: Your CV and Cover Letter must be merged into a single document before uploading.

Stage 1: Sift (CV & Cover Letter)

Experience: Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.

In your CV and covering letter, please include:

a. why you are interested in the role;

b. how you meet the essential skills and experience required

If you run into any technical problems when applying through Be Applied (for example, trouble logging in or submitting your application), their support team can help. Please contact them at [email protected].

If we receive many applications, we may conduct an initial sift using the lead behaviour listed in the advert. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

Lead Sift: Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing

Stage 2: Interview

Behaviours: Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together

Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Candidates will be asked to prepare a 5-minute presentation, further details will be provided on invitation to interview.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 14th September 2026.

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 28th September 2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)

We are a Disability Confident employer.

We apply a fair and proportionate interview process for all candidates. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to progress candidates who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the required minimum selection criteria.

However, where high application volumes are received, progression to interview may be limited to those who best meet the role criteria. In these circumstances, the benchmark required to proceed to interview may be raised for all candidates.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

Applying

Sifting

Interview

Interview Results & Feedback

Reserve List

Near Miss

Civil Service Grades

We are a Disability Confident Scheme, Redeployment Interview scheme & Great Place to Work for Veterans employer

Reasonable Adjustments

How to Apply

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

Security Clearance Requirements

Civil Service Nationality Requirements

Right to Work

Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles

CV Declaration

Sponsorships

Salary and Grade

Existing Civil Servants

Conflict of Interest

Location and Flexible Working

Internal Fraud Database

Appeals and Complaints

Fixed Term Appointments for:

External Candidates

Existing Civil Servants (Including Loans)

Secondments

MHCLG employees

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office:

London Office: + CTC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Dennis Watson

Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you are unsure about any part of the process or require additional information about the post to enable you to progress your application, you should speak to the Resourcing team - [email protected]. Candidates can appeal at any stage of the recruitment process if they believe there has been:

a procedural irregularity

an infringement of the Civil Service equal opportunities policy

exceptional circumstances which were not notified to the interview panel which might have affected performance on the day.

It is important to note that these are appeals about the process not the decision. In the first instance, an appeal should be directed to the MHCLG Resourcing Hub at [email protected].

If the MHCLG Resourcing Hub is unable to satisfactorily resolve your complaint, you may contact put your complaint in writing to the Civil Service Commission, Room G8,1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or by email to: [email protected]