Associate Digital Portfolio Manager

DWP Digital; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital is looking for an Associate Digital Portfolio Manager to join their team. The role involves managing large-scale digital projects, ensuring smooth delivery while balancing priorities and resources. The offer includes a competitive salary up to £38,737, excellent pension contributions, flexible working hours, and a supportive work-life balance.

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contributions

Flexible working and hours

Generous holiday package

Employer of the Year 2023

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder management and building relationships.
• Ability to produce and maintain reports using various tools.
• Experience in analysing information to inform recommendations.
• Knowledge of managing and governing digital projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage the portfolio's demand pipeline and balance budget and resources.
• Track progress and overcome blockers in project delivery.
• Ensure risks are managed and governance processes are followed.
• Support teams by managing dependencies between projects.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Report production and maintenance

Data analysis

Digital project management

Job description

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Base pay range

Pay up to £38,737, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

We are looking for passionate, driven individuals with an affinity for complex problem solving and the ability to manage large-scale projects, ensuring project delivery progress and driving innovation.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for an Associate Digital Portfolio Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience of stakeholder management and building good working relationships.
• Experience of producing and maintaining reports using a range of tools.
• Experience of analysing information to make recommendations to help enable effective delivery.
• Knowledge of how digital projects are run, managed, and governed.

You and your role

As a Digital Portfolio Manager, you will be:

• Help manage the portfolio's demand pipeline, balancing priorities, outcomes, budget, and available resources.
• Make sure there's enough capacity to deliver plans. This might mean kicking off recruitment or requesting extra budget when needed.
• Track progress and outcomes across your portfolio, supporting teams and overcome blockers.
• Keep delivery on track by making sure risks are managed and the right controls are in place.
• Support teams in meeting standards and following governance and assurance processes across DWP Digital.
• Work closely with teams to spot and manage dependencies between projects.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is 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:

For national location-based roles we offer up to £38,737.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% per annum.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 24 days and rising to 30 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.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• 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:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

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

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Project Management

• Industries

  Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, and Technology, Information and Media

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