Delivery Manager in Nottingham

This role will work within the Digital and Data Directorate within the Delivery and Service Management Team. You will lead multi-disciplinary and matrix managed teams across Tech Services specifically in Infrastructure and User Services. You will support your team by providing guidance and direction as they deliver their projects, such as Tech Refresh and application rollouts to provide delivery leadership to drive real engagement, trust and respect. The key to successful delivery will be ensuring in-scope business requirements are delivered within time constraints. This is a critical role in the context of building sustainable capability to operate, support and improve technology services.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Some examples of projects or initiatives you could lead or be involved in include the Body Camera initiative, Automation Opportunities Project, the retender and implementation of major contracts such as our Technical Support Services Contract (TSS) and the rollout of tech across the entire DVSA estate.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

Required experience:

• Experience working in a large or medium complexity project team or leading small to medium projects with small to medium complexity.
• Strong evidence of planning, budget management, resource management, risk and issues management, governance and reporting in a project environment.
• Strong negotiation skills and a proven ability to influence external partners, senior stakeholders and customers to achieve successful outcomes for the business.
• Commercial awareness including managing and monitoring of project costs and budgets to deliver value for money.
• Demonstrable leadership and experience in building and developing high performing teams.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements. The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location.

We do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have the appropriate rights to work in the UK before application.

Alongside your salary of £44,241, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £12,816 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Access to the staff discount portal.
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department.
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.

Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation. The selection process for this role will be:

• Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement.
• Stage 2: Interview and assessment/presentation.

Feedback on your application can only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We will also hold a reserve list for this role, which may lead to potential opportunities beyond the role you applied for.

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best.