Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

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• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford

About the job

Job summary

At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology. 

We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development. 

We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared. 

We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back. 

We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future. 

Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do. 

Our Inclusive Environment 

We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below. 

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy. 

Find Out More 

We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xm 

You can also follow our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dsitcareers/ 

Job description

Short Summary:

As a Senior Delivery manager, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex, high risk products and services in an agile working environment. Senior delivery managers will have experience delivering across a range of products and services, managing a team throughout the entire product development life cycle, and have responsibility and accountability as the main point of escalation into the Programme Delivery Hub. The Delivery Hub is the engine room of the programme, working in sprints to deliver the key components of the programme whilst continually engaging with a complex stakeholder landscape.

The role requires professional expertise in the effective use of agile programme/project methodologies and techniques in the context of service delivery, as well as the ability to work, and communicate effectively, with technical and non-technical stakeholders. You’ll embed agile ways or working and support your multi-disciplined team to focus on the key priorities, running sprint planning and associated activities.

Person specification

Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of the business activities. You will develop and maintain the programme environment to support each individual business activity within it. You will have highly effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, and be pro-active in resolving issues swiftly, and challenging colleagues and stakeholders to retain focus on the key deliverables whilst maintaining the integrity of the plan.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Suitable candidates will have a proven background in Digital Delivery with experience of managing complex, fast paced technology projects/programmes.
• Experience of leadership in user-centred design principles and practices.
• Significant experience of working in an agile project management environment, including scrums, and implementing appropriate project management tools and techniques through a project lifecycle, ensuring a team is working in appropriate ways for the lifecycle phase.
• Candidates will have strong reporting skills, with a keen eye for detail, ensuring effective and efficient reporting of activity whilst suggesting mitigations for obstacles and blockers.
• Commitment to maintaining delivery momentum; managing the pace and tempo of a team whilst scanning the horizon for obstacles ahead.
• Skilled in risk management, proactively anticipating potential issues, and developing contingency plans.
• Ability to work well under pressure, with multiple tasks, prioritising in a fast-changing and ambiguous environment.
• Excellent communication skills demonstrated through the ability to influence and challenge effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working on IT/digital projects and/or delivery of digital services or software development throughout a product life cycle.

Desirable:

• Applicants will ideally have experience of working in a shared service environment, but this is not essential to the role.
• ERP implementation and back-office transformation experience is desirable; drawing upon experience of delivering within successful and highly complex cloud ERP implementation and transformation projects.
• Previous involvement in a project covering Corporate Services, particularly HR, Finance, Procurement or Digital would be useful.

It would be desirable to hold one of the following qualifications:

• APM Project Management Qualification, Agile PMQ, Scrum master.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,415, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

Office attendance

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Matrix Resourcing
• Email : matrixresourcing@dsit.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dsitresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service

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