Prisons Data Transformation Officer

Senior Delivery Manager Location: National Closing Date: 21st November  Interviews: w/c 4th December Grade: 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer) Salary: London: £58,847 - £66,670 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,828). National: £54,358 - £61,585 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,517). Working pattern : full time, part time, flexible working, job share  Contract Type: Permanent Vacancy number: TBC *We are currently offering hybrid working which includes 2 days per week in your local office. Office locations can be found HERE The Role We’re recruiting for a Senior Delivery Manager here at Justice Digital , to be part of our warm and collaborative End User Compute Services team. We’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills who’ll enjoy working in a delivery focused, agile environment with multidisciplinary teams. You will contribute to our Agile Delivery community and share your skills and experiences with others across the MoJ, and wider government departments. You’ll get support from your people manager, delivery manager peers, the wider delivery community and from formal learning opportunities to develop in this role. More information around what it is to be a Senior Delivery Manager can be found here. Some of the exciting areas the Technology Estate Delivery Team has worked on: The MoJ Justice Digital team is made up of around 1200 digital and technology specialists, located throughout the UK. Our vision is a digitally enabled end-to-end justice system which can adapt and respond to changing needs. The Technology team within Justice Digital is responsible for all infrastructure, end user computing, onsite support and delivery of technology projects. It has responsibility for 95,000 devices and infrastructure across 900+ sites. The Estate Delivery Team supports our Estate Directorates work across the MOJ family varying from small office moves to larger relocations, new builds and site disposals. The team also support Technology services owners by providing Delivery Resources to support their projects. Reporting to the Delivery Lead this role forms part of the senior leadership team where you will support the DL in setting the strategic direction for the delivery team and the services it provides. We use a combination of the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Profession Capability Framework for the Senior Delivery Manager role to assess technical skills, and the Civil Service Success Profiles Behaviours needed to be successful in this role. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Justice Digital Strategy Key Responsibilities: As a senior delivery manager you’ll be accountable for effective delivery of complex, high-risk products and services and will have strong communication skills and engage senior stakeholders. You’ll have more experience across a range of products and services, throughout the entire lifecycle, and have greater responsibility and accountability as the main point of escalation. You’ll coach and mentor other delivery managers at different levels. You’ll be experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, supporting and continuously improving products of significant scale and complexity.  You’ll be responsible for building, maintaining and motivating teams; protect the team and make sure the team collaborates to focus on what is most important.  You’ll coach team members and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement in the team. You will proactively manage dependencies and risks to overcome obstacles to delivery. You’ll be an active part of the broader delivery management community in Technology Services and MoJ Digital, receiving and providing coaching and mentoring, and will also have the chance to participate in informal support networks with peers. If this feels like an exciting opportunity, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! Person Specification Essential Agile and Lean practices You have deep knowledge of, and lead on, a range of Agile and Lean tools and techniques, with an ability to coach within and outside of the team, represent and be an advocate for these tools and techniques, be innovative and ensure you keep up to date with the latest trends. You have situational awareness of what each in the team and outside is working on and ability to ensure that working practices are iterated to achieve effective delivery. Planning You can use a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, managing uncertainty, metrics and measurements, contingency planning and road mapping. Financial management You can report on financial delivery, and can monitor cost and budget. Leadership You promote diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, respecting difference and external experience. You welcome and respond to views and challenges from others. Inspire and motivate teams to be fully engaged in their work and dedicated to their role. Changing and improving.  You will create an environment where people feel safe to challenge and know their voice will be heard. You will consider the full impact of implementing changes on culture, structure, morale and the impacts on the diverse range of end users, including accessibility needs. Identify early signs that things are going wrong and respond promptly. Delivering at pace.   You ensure everyone clearly understands and owns their roles, responsibilities and priorities, making sure that delivery of timely quality outcomes is achieved. You have expertise in solving issues and unblocking problems, drives teams and sets the pace, ensuring teams are working towards delivery commitments. Communicating and Influencing.  You are able to communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context. You are able to advocate and communicate what a team does to create trust and authenticity. Can successfully react and respond to challenges. Developing Self and Others You have experience in ensuring the health of the team and can facilitate conflict resolution, accelerating team performance, the team is transparent and that the work is understood externally, creating an open and collaborative environment to work in, recognise how people best work together, facilitating the best team makeup depending on the situation. You have the ability to help teams maintain a focus on delivery whilst being aware of the importance of professional development. Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for SC clearance We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.  Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. Benefits 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours. We are committed to nurturing our staff and provide lots of training and development opportunities with learning platforms such as: Linux Academy, O’Reilly, Pluralsight, Microsoft Learning, Civil Service Learning 10% dedicated time to learning and development with a budget of £1000 a year per person Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 26-30% depending on salary. 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday.  5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service. Option to buy or sell annual leave Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too! Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.  Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Careers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location) Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers. 5 days volunteering paid leave. Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym. How to Apply Candidates must submit a CV and mandatory personal statement (750 words max) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above. In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Digital, Data and Technology Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process: Leadership Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace Developing Self and Others Communicating and Influencing Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.  Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Terms & Conditions Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions please feel free to contact [email removed - click apply for more details]