Skills and Capability Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in strengthening project, programme and portfolio (P3) capability across the City of London Corporation.

As Skills and Capability Officer, you will help shape how colleagues involved in projects and programmes develop their skills, apply best practice and translate learning into stronger delivery outcomes. Working across the organisation, you will support the development of a consistent, profession-based approach to P3 capability and continuous improvement.

The main activities include working with a supplier on the development of the P3 Development Hub, our new e-learning academy supported by face-to-face training. The role will also support implementation of a new profession-based governance model intended to formalise the P3 Centre of Excellence at all levels and enable development of shared learning and development.

This role will not only deliver capability development through the P3 Development Hub but will drive measurable improvements in project and programme delivery performance by embedding standards, targeting interventions, and holding the organisation accountable for applying learning to achieve better outcomes.

Specifically, it will:

• Drive a step change by moving beyond training delivery to actively improving project and programme performance across the Corporation.
• Embed learning into live delivery through targeted coaching, assurance, and interventions on priority programmes, informed by EPMO business partners intelligence and feedback.
• A clear performance management framework will link capability activity to measurable outcomes, including delivery confidence, governance compliance, and benefits realisation.
• Use portfolio resource management data to target high-risk areas and deploy focused improvement actions.
• Through the P3 Centre of Excellence, set standards, challenge performance, and ensure consistent adoption of best practice across the PPM community.
• Provide senior leaders with transparency on capability impact versus delivery performance through regular reporting.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

Benefits: The City of London Corporation offers a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, pension scheme, and flexible working arrangements.