Location
Hybrid working based at any of UKHSA's Core HQs: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London (Canary Wharf). Hybrid model requires a minimum of 60% of contractual hours (approximately 3 days per week) spent at a core HQ office.

Hours
Full Time - standard government working hours with flexible working arrangements available.

Salary
Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Grade: £41,983 - £52,113 per year depending on office location (National, Outer London, Inner London pay scales apply).

About the Role
As a Benefits Manager at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), you will play a key role within the UK Health Security Campus (UKHSC) Programme, contributing to the delivery of modern, fit-for-purpose science facilities critical to national health security. You will lead the application of structured benefits management approaches across projects and programmes of moderate complexity, ensuring measurable, evidence-based benefits are defined, tracked, and realised to support strategic outcomes aligned with UKHSA priorities.

You will work collaboratively with stakeholders to embed a benefits-led culture, ensuring benefits are owned, achievable, and sustained beyond delivery into business operations. This role is aligned to the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework career pathway at the Benefits Manager SEO level.

Key responsibilities include leading benefits management practice, defining and assuring benefits within business cases, developing benefits realisation plans, facilitating workshops, supporting business case development, using digital tools for tracking and reporting, and providing insight and assurance to senior stakeholders. You will champion best practice and contribute actively to the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community.

This role offers the opportunity to work towards Government Project Delivery Accreditation if not already held, and requires passing a Security Check clearance prior to appointment.

Experience
- In-depth knowledge and experience of applying structured benefits management approaches such as benefits mapping, profiling, tracking, and evaluation.
- Strong understanding and experience in business case development, linking benefits to strategic objectives and investment justification.
- Experience in governance, assurance, budgeting, cost management, business change, and implementation within a project delivery environment.
- Proven stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
- Experience using digital tools to track, monitor, analyse, and report data.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

About You
- A collaborative and proactive professional who can embed a benefits-led culture across projects and programmes.
- Strong communicator able to translate complex data into clear insights for diverse audiences.
- Able to facilitate workshops and provide constructive challenge to ensure agreed outcomes.
- Committed to continuous professional development and working within a government project delivery framework.

Qualifications
- No specific qualifications are mandated; however, candidates will be supported to achieve Government Project Delivery Accreditation if not already attained.
- Successful security clearance (Security Check) is required prior to appointment.