Agile Delivery Manager

Pay and Benefits

Pay up to £46,547, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP Digital with Purpose

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

Role Overview

This role involves supporting Bereavement & Care as an Agile Delivery Manager. The area comprises around 100 professionals committed to supporting citizens via digital services during key life events. You will be accountable for one of seven teams, playing an active part both within your team and as a contributor to the broader delivery community. You will enable a multi-disciplinary team through different phases to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK.

Delivering With People

Our Agile Delivery Managers create psychologically safe spaces so our high-performing digital teams can create, build, innovate and deliver stuff that works for over 20 million users. You will make sure our experts have what they need to deliver the best services. You will identify blockers and find the best way round through, and over. Our focus is on individuals and interactions, values and behaviours – not processes tools or documentation – and we put the user at the centre of everything we do. One of the great things in DWP is the scale and breadth of activity we\’re taking on. It is massive. There is a real variety of projects and teams who want your coaching, leadership and empowerment. Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. New joiners and long time-members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP. And the opportunities for learning – in whatever form you prefer – are unlimited.

Learning & Development Opportunities

We want you to be at your best. You\’ll have open access to experts from across our community and across DWP Digital, for coaching, mentoring, certifications, book budgets and lots more. And the opportunities for learning – in whatever form you prefer – are unlimited. We lead a cross-government community which meets once a month to share ideas and discuss emerging trends. New joiners and long-time members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Our application process includes both a technical statement and a personal statement. This is your opportunity to showcase clear examples and evidence of how you meet the following:

Technical Statement

• Describe your experience of delivering software at pace in an agile environment.

Personal Statement

• Demonstrable experience of agile principles and practices.
• Influential and able to lead a team while promoting a healthy team culture, managing team dynamics and fostering a continuous improvement environment.
• Experience of leading and building stakeholder relationships.
• Having a proactive approach to learning and development of yourself and others.

Details, Wages, Perks

Location: You\’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model – you\’ll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £46,547.

Pension: You\’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You\’ll also get all the usual public holidays.

Benefits

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with \’I Can Be Me in DWP\’
• 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
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There\’ll be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: a single stage interview online.

Apply

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