Service Transition Manager-Intelligent Automation Garage Department for Work & Pensions
Newcastle
Reference
1644100
Number of vacancies
1
Location
Newcastle
Salary
Up to £39,087
Work hours
37
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
A brilliant Civil Service pension with employer contributions circa 20%, generous annual leave, flexible working, great work life balance and lots more…
Closing date
2 September 2019
Job description
Are you an ITIL professional who can deliver a Quality Service? Do you have expertise in Release & Deployment? And are you ready to be part of our ground-breaking journey in Robotics, Automation, Machine Learning as part of our epic digital transformation? Then we’d love to hear from you…
We’re looking for talented Service Transition Manager to join DWP’s Digital Channels project and become a key part of one of the UK’s biggest and most high-profile digital transformation programmes, a once-in-a-generation reform of government products and services.
What is Digital Channels?
> Digital Channels is a key enabler in DWP’s journey to becoming a modern, digital organisation. And it’s big. We’re redesigning and delivering distinct but interrelated communication channels to over 20 million citizens each year. We handle 120 million transactions each year, rising to 210 million by 2022/23. With a focus on intelligent technology, citizen-led design, and automation, we’re developing an omnichannel service that will provide a high quality, integrated and seamless customer experience and save up to £450m by 2023.
You’ll join our award-winning Intelligent Automation Garageteam.
IAG is dedicated to pioneering applications of artificial intelligence, such as robotic automation, virtual assistants, machine learning and data analytics. We’re creating a best-of-breed toolset for emerging technologies, to build in-house capability, standardise practices and scale deployments.
We’re building a virtual workforce, including deployment of computer vision technology, attended RPA, natural language processing, deep learning, optical character recognition and cognitive tools. We want to remove repetitive, mundane and error-prone tasks to free up our brilliant frontline DWP colleagues for the work that they really love and which AI is not (yet) equipped for.
We’re very proud to have picked up Tech Team of the Year at the National Technology Awards 2019 and Best Automation Project at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2019.
You and your role
IAG has a central role in DWP Digital utilising the evolving areas of Automation, Machine Learning and Robotics. As a Service Transition Manager working within the Intelligent Automation Garage, you will manage the successful and safe introduction of new RPA services into a new or existing environment with minimal disruption to production services and operations.
It’s a varied role, evolving as IAG grows. You’ll provide overall planning and co-ordination for service transition events. You will also control the lifecycle of all changes, enabling beneficial changes to be made with minimum disruption to IT services.
You’ll troubleshoot incidents and problems. You’ll articulate to the business stakeholders the impact from downtime. You’ll be involved in streamlining Service Operations. You will also collaborate with our key stakeholders, aftercare teams and manage supplier relationships.
What skills and experience are we looking for?
• Release and deployment experience
• Change Management experience
• Understanding of service management framework
• Application of ITIL in a large organisation
• Risk Management
• A proven track record in managing projects
• Sound knowledge and understanding of digital products and services
Where will you work?
You’ll join our team in Newcastle. We’re just a short walk from Longbenton Metro, and we have great facilities including great coffee shops, snack bars and restaurants as well as gym and team sports facilities. It’s a massive site and a hub for tech talent in the North East, hosting regular events and meet-ups across government and beyond.
We provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multidisciplinary teams think big and try new things. You will work alongside people who care passionately about public service, making a difference and delivering for our customers.
In Channels we believe in giving you a working experience that meets your needs and expectations and that means a focus on work-life balance, flexible hours, team-based working and the ability to work from multiple locations.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, race or sexuality.
Our Offer
In return for your skills we offer competitive salary up to £39,087, a brilliant civil service pension, and a generous leave package. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Volunteering and charitable giving
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Learning and development, including coaching, mentoring, progression opportunities and guaranteed 5-days formal learning per year.
CLICK APPLY for further information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.
If you have any questions of you want to discuss the role before you apply get in touch with me via tia.nicholas@dwp.gov.uk