Associate Delivery Manager

Opportunity

Are you passionate about delivering digital products that make a real impact? We're looking for an Associate Delivery Manager to join the Digital Delivery Team at the Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS).

In this role, you'll support the successful delivery of digital products and services across Parliament, working within agile, multidisciplinary teams that are embedded in our Value Streams. You'll help ensure that delivery remains focused on agreed outcomes, timelines, standards, and user needs, while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and delivery excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your delivery management career while helping shape digital services that support UK democracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate delivery across the value stream, working alongside Delivery Managers and Senior Delivery Managers to set up templates, establish budget trackers, organise agile ceremonies, ensuring products are organised and set up for success.
• Detailed tracking of the value stream budget, uploading forecasts on behalf of the Delivery Managers, working with colleagues in finance teams to work through any reporting anomalies, and raising Purchase Orders when requested.
• Providing secretariat support to governance groups across the value stream, including organising meetings, distributing agendas, and taking clear and coherent note of agreed decisions and actions.
• Providing reports to the Head of Value Stream Portfolio, providing assurance on delivery effectiveness and efficiency within the value stream's product teams.
• Facilitating product team ceremonies as required, including capturing actions and ensuring that delivery plans are up to date.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the delivery profession and community of practice within Parliament.

What You Need

If you have an understanding of modern agile delivery methodologies, we'd love to hear from you.

• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to establish positive working relationships and influence and persuade at all levels. Ability to work successfully within a team, whilst upholding the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to deliver results within agreed timescales and to work within tight deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively in appropriate styles at all levels.
• Experience of applying an analytical approach to tasks with good attention to detail and a tenacious mindset to see issues through to resolution.
• The ability to pass security clearance, backed by the right to work in the UK

About the Team

The Digital Delivery team is a new function in the Parliamentary Digital Service, bringing together the capabilities needed from across PDS to form lean, collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams that manage the full lifecycle of our products. Organised into Value Streams that align with Parliament's business capabilities, our work reflects the breadth of Parliament's impact. The teams formed around our products work with an agile mindset, embodying our vision of:

• Working with integrity to deliver high quality outcomes at pace
• Doing our best work together, to empower a modern Parliament.

About Us

UK Parliament is steeped in history and tradition. It is an important part of UK life, and we need to ensure as many people as possible can engage with its work. This is why we are at the start of a huge transformation programme powered by technology. The Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) works with the House of Commons and the House of Lords with all their IT and digital needs. We are here to realise the digital ambitions of a modern Parliament and welcome you to join us in building a digital democracy.

Our Package

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 days in addition to bank holidays
• generous maternity pay policy up to 6 months full pay
• enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• on-site gym, nursery, catering, post office, travel office and GP
• flexible options including hybrid working and family friendly policies

Our Culture

For our people, we provide an amazing opportunity to bring their talents to an institution that sits right at the heart of society in the UK. We are helping to change UK Parliament and strengthen democracy. What matters here is your potential for growth and your commitment to playing your part in our ongoing success.

We are passionate about providing an environment which promotes inclusion, diversity and equality. Regardless of your age, gender, ethnicity, beliefs or any of the other things that make you, you. We welcome applications from people who feel under-represented in the workforce. This includes those who may feel disadvantaged because of their socioeconomic circumstances.

Desired Skills And Experience

If you have an understanding of modern agile delivery methodologies, we'd love to hear from you. You'll also bring:

• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to establish positive working relationships and influence and persuade at all levels. Ability to work successfully within a team, whilst upholding the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to deliver results within agreed timescales and to work within tight deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively in appropriate styles at all levels.
• Experience of applying an analytical approach to tasks with good attention to detail and a tenacious mindset to see issues through to resolution.
• The ability to pass security clearance, backed by the right to work in the UK