Lead Agile Delivery Manager Department for Work & Pensions
Reference
39694
Number of vacancies
1
Location
Blackpool, Manchester
Salary
£59,258 — £71,154
Work hours
37
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
A brilliant Civil Service pension with employer contributions circa 27%, generous annual leave, flexible working
Closing date
2 March 2020
Job description
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
You are responsible for fostering the right environment for your multidisciplinary teams to succeed, helping them to self-sufficient whilst creating a culture of learning and transparency. You’ll be 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.
The UK is recognised as a world leader in digital government; it ranks at the top of the United Nations’ e-government index and countries like the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are modelling their digital transformation on ours
Be an exemplary servant leader. Lead from the front. Embed Agile in the fabric of DWP. You’ll keep pace with the introduction of relevant agile and lean tools and techniques, and remove obstacles and blockers that might get in the way of delivery.
Duties. Work. Projects. You and your role:
As a Programme/Project Delivery Lead, you will deliver end to end programme projects including owning the delivery of Hybrid Cloud Services used by the Department. Our hybrid cloud hosting solution makes use of both traditional data centres and cloud hosting solutions to provide a blended capability making best use of each offering.
You will have the ability to adapt and reflect, also able to recognise when something does not work and encourage a mind-set of experimentation. There is real opportunity here to exploit new and emerging tech as we move forward. We’re looking for someone with an ability to deliver now and keep an eye on the future.
You will provide agile leadership to a multi-disciplinary agile team and you’ll help embed agile principles and practices across the wider organisation and build and nurture the relationships with senior stakeholders.
We are looking for strong people experience leadership and management.
What skills and experience are we looking for?
- You’re an agile guru: Experience of leading and delivering in an agile environment. You’re an agile evangelist and can apply the right tools and techniques to facilitate end-end project/service delivery
- Too complex? No, you simply deliver: Experience of delivering software across the lifecycle for complex projects.
- You’re an ace Delivery Manager: You have experience of successfully managing multiple live services
- You’re a leader: You have experience of coaching and leading multiple delivery teams simultaneously through the full product lifecycle
Digital Work Place. A bit about where you’ll work:
You’ll join us in our brilliant digital hub in Blackpool or Manchester. Find out more about our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/
We’re the UK’s biggest government department with over 80,000 diverse and brilliant people on our team. We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, race or sexuality.
Development. Wages. Perks.
In return for your skills we offer competitive salary up to £71,154, a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions circa 27%, 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, holidays, insurance, healthcare, events, 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.
- And lots more
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If you have any questions of you want to discuss the role before you apply get in touch with me via Mimi.Enefiok@dwp.gov.uk