Job responsibilities
We are looking for a Delivery Manager to join our Technology team. Youll manage an agile portfolio of work, delivered by several multidisciplinary teams from a range of supplierswith a mix of internal resources. You may also manage a specific project at the same time, dependent on the portfolio scale and complexity. You will work on a range of citizen-facing change projects building sustainable capabilities to secure the nations health, removing blockers and working in partnership with users, policy makers, developers and senior managers.
Your job will be to create iterative plans to solve problems and deliver new services, focusing multi-disciplinary teams on whats important and getting the best value against constraints. Youll also be a senior member of the team with the opportunity to shape our delivery function to respond swiftly for the future. Youll build awareness and capability across UKHSA of Government Standards as we learn from the investment made during the covid pandemic and transition to repeatable services for a wide range of threats, delivering high performing services which satisfy our citizens and colleagues across a wide variety of organisations in the UK and beyond.
Other
- In addition to the job specific requirements above, this role will require adherence to all UKHSA Policies and Procedures
- All staff are expected to contribute to the delivery of corporate goals and objectives
- The role holder may be expected to support corporate service activity as set out in the Corporate Services Standard Operating Procedures
- This document provides an outline of the tasks, responsibility and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required by their line manager
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the team, Directorate, and the Organisation
Were looking for a confident, resilient and inclusive leader who is focussed on delivering value through continually learning and adapting.
The essential criteria are:
- Demonstrable experience of leading product centric Agile squads, delivering user centredoutcomes using a range of Agile and lean tools and techniques, empowering agile teams to be self-organising, inclusive and continuously improving.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering successful digital products and services to standards such as GDS service standards
- Demonstrable experience of growing and nurturing Agile Delivery Management capability and coaching teams in good agile practice
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively across organisational, technical and non-technical audiences.
- Communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way in order to build trust and delivering difficult messages, being persuasive when required making sure all stakeholder expectations are managed.
- Experience and comfort planning, forecasting, estimating and delivering in an often uncertain and fast changing environment
You must have hands on experience of leading Agile teams throughout the product lifecycle. Were looking for people who have led several citizen facing deliveries of complex services and know how to manage uncertainty and complexity across products and programmes.
In the event of high application volumes, we will make an initial sift based on Agile Delivery Management experience.
Desirable Criteria:
- Government Product and Service Delivery Management experience including leading teams through GDS service assessments
- Degree educated discipline not important.
- Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Selection Process
This vacancy is using Civil Service Success Profiles, we will assess your behaviours and experience.
Stage 1: Application stageAt sift stage you will be assessed on the essential criteria outlined in the advert
The application will be in the form of CV information entered into the application form and Statement of Suitability (up to 500 words) This should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria or the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).
You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in the sifting process and will be scored.Please note: The system will allow you to write up to 1500 words but please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: In person Panel Interview
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on the Civil Service behaviours and experience through Success Profiles.
When assessing strengths, we want to find out whether you and the job role are a good fit. By ensuring that the role is the right fit for you, you are more likely to enjoy it and perform well.
You will be asked to prepare and present a 10 minute presentation on a topic that will be sent to you prior the interview.This will be followed by a set of questions on your experience and how you can demonstrate the civil service behaviours outlined below.
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing & Improving
- Communicating & Influencing
- Working Together
There will also be questions about your knowledge and experience of delivering products and services through Agile delivery.
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
Benefits
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Range of health and wellbeing support
Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis 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 theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- 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
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
