JOB SUMMARY

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

• joining up public sector services
• harnessing the power of AI for the public good
• strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
• elevating leadership and investing in talent
• funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
• committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK’s geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.
We’re part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.
The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you’ll be working with some of the world’s most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.
Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You’ll solve some of the nation’s highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need

JOB DESCRIPTION

We have vacancies for both Delivery Managers and Senior Delivery Managers on GOV.UK One Login. We are running a single campaign and will offer one of the two roles based on performance at interview.
As a Delivery Manager or Senior Delivery Manager you’ll be working in a growing cross-functional team. You’ll also be working with stakeholders both internal and across government to understand needs and to deliver new capability.
You’ll be core to making decisions that build a high performing team and adept at breaking down barriers for your team. You’ll be highly skilled at higher level planning and also capable of getting into the details to make things happen when needed.

As a Delivery Manager or Senior Delivery Manager on GOV.UK One Login you’ll:

• lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams, helping them organise and plan their work, ensuring they deliver timely products and services that meet users’ needs
• co-create and co-own plans and progress using recognised lean/agile practices, and communicate status to more senior people and users appropriately
• provide useful and accurate delivery metrics to facilitate continual improvement
• facilitate an inclusive team environment where innovation and challenge are welcomed from all colleagues
• deliver to the agreed goals, proactively tackling impediments, risks and blockers, and communicating and escalating where necessary
• continually improve the effectiveness, efficiency and cohesion of teams
• work in partnership with product and technical and UCD counterparts on high profile work in ambiguous, complex and/or uncertain domains
• promote continual improvement, good communication and collaboration across the organisation using the principles of agile at scale and actively contribute to the delivery management community

Senior Delivery Managers will also be expected to:

• provide delivery leadership to multiple multi-disciplinary teams
• work cross-government
• take responsibility for solving complex delivery challenges
• develop, guide and coach your delivery manager line reports and provide mentorship to more junior members of the DM community
• work with senior leaders and stakeholders in GDS to ensure all needs are understood and to influence strategic direction
• manage stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and effective communication, taking into account organisational context and different needs and priorities, dealing constructively with conflicting views
• be responsible for the success of our DM community

WHILE WE VALUE THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE OUR DAILY WORK, WE ALSO VALUE THE PERSONAL TOUCH AND URGE APPLICANTS TO WRITE COVER LETTERS WITHOUT THE USE OF AI TO EMPHASISE THEIR OWN UNIQUE EXPERIENCES.

In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the lead criteria which is:

• using lean/agile practices to ensure the iterative and timely delivery of complex digital products and services that serve real user needs

In order to assist candidates with this role, we will be holding a virtual recruitment event on Monday 23rd June at 11am - 12pm to go through the role in more detail. To attend the virtual recruitment event please use the link below and use the following details to join:
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In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We’ll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role.

For this role we’ll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

• working together
• making effective decisions
• leadership
• communicating and influencing
• delivering at pace

We’ll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the Delivery Manager and Senior Delivery Manager roles:

• Team dynamics and collaboration
• Planning
• Making a process work
• Maintaining delivery momentum
• Agile and lean practices
• Communicating between the technical and non technical

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

• a simple application screening process - We only ask for a CV and cover letter of up to 750 words. Important tip - please ensure that your cover letter includes how you meet the skills and experience listed in the “person specification” section above
• a 75 video interview. As part of the interview process there will be a presentation to be prepared and presented at the intervie

For this role we’ll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

• working together
• making effective decisions
• leadership
• communicating and influencing
• delivering at pac

We’ll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the Delivery Manager and Senior Delivery Manager roles:

• Team dynamics and collaboration
• Planning
• Making a process work
• Maintaining delivery momentum
• Agile and lean practices
• Communicating between the technical and non technica