Senior Delivery Manager


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Details

Reference number

303008

Salary

£50,702

Job grade

Grade 7
UKRI Band F

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

UKRI – Digital and Technology

Type of role

Digital
Information Technology

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Based at any UK UKRI office (Excluding London). This is a hybrid working role which will include occasional travel to Swindon

Job summary

Senior Delivery Manager
Digital Data & Technology
£50,702
UKRI Band F
Full Time
Based at any UK UKRI office (Excluding London). This is a hybrid working role which will include occasional travel to Swindon
Open Ended

Closing Date: Sunday 20th August 2023

Job Overview

The Senior Delivery Manager will work within our in-house BaU function providing delivery management of the Funding Service in line with Government Digital Service standard. You will organise and lead a multi-disciplinary team of designers, business analysts, development engineers, testers and platform engineers, ensuring the team is motivated and empowered to deliver its goals.

Exciting role to work closely with product managers to ensure the end-to-end software development process runs in the most efficient way, empowering team members to deliver their goals and ensure they are communicating with each other.

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Delivery Management. Optimise the delivery flow of teams and can actively address the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists. Identify innovative ways to unblock issues.
  • Agile and Lean Practices. Coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices. Act as a recognised expert and advocate for the approaches, continuously reflecting and challenging the team.
  • Stakeholder Management. Mediate between senior stakeholders and build relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels and managing expectations
  • Product / User Centred Design (UCD). In line with Cabinet Office digital standards, demonstrate through team work that user needs evidenced from researching, testing and iterating with users deliver the best value for the public purse.

Person specification

About you

  • You will have agile delivery and/or Scrum Master qualifications.
  • Experience delivery management leading agile teams as a Scrum Master or Product Owner experience in a scrum/kanban environment
  • Experience of working with User Centred Design teams
  • Experience of working on a project implementing to the Government Digital Service standard
  • Experience of leading and organising remote based teams of 10+ team members
  • Experienced with remote working techniques and technologies

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Why chose UKRI?

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package! We are committed to supporting employees’ development and promote a culture of continuous learning! A list of benefits below;

  • An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
  • 30 days’ annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
  • Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities
  • Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice
  • Flexible working options

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Selection process details

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply is listed on our careers page

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : UKRI Recruitment Team
  • Email : recruitment@ukri.org

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