Delivery Manager

UK Ministry of Defence; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government agency in the UK is seeking an Associate Delivery Manager to support digital capabilities across various departments. This role involves governance, administration, and collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance project delivery and ensure effective communication amongst teams.

Qualifications

• IT literate with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and apply feedback.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance and support to Delivery Managers.
• Facilitate discussions between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Assist in developing and updating risk registers and delivery plans.

Skills

Communication

IT literacy

Planning

Problem Solving

Organisational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Motivational Skills

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Salary £29,580

Location

Blackpool

Bristol

Glasgow

Job description

DBS DIT provides digital capability that supports corporate services across the Ministry of Defence, including Finance, Commercial, Payroll and Human Resources for Military Personnel, Civilian Personnel and Veterans. Our digital solutions comprise enterprise resource planning systems, performance management, analytics, automation, low code applications and public facing services through Gov.uk.

As a Associate Delivery Manager you will support to DBS DIT AG Service Owner, Programme Managers, Senior Delivery Managers and wider AG team in the delivery of their AGs workstreams.

Responsibilities

• To provide governance and support to Delivery Managers. This includes:
• Arranging meetings
• Room bookings
• Assistance in the preparation and distribution of meeting packs
• Attending AG Advisory and Steering Groups and Boards and taking minutes and recording actions
• The writing up and distribution of minutes, recording and managing actions
• Facilitate discussions between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Updating delivery plans
• Support Delivery Managers by having a general understanding of current workstreams and their purpose and status liaising with AG stakeholders as required
• Assisting Delivery Managers in developing and updating risk registers, action logs, delivery plans, benefits plans, quality logs and other project outputs
• Monitoring and managing AG Multi-user mailboxes
• Assisting Delivery Managers in Finance and Resource recording and cost tracking
• Updating AP Finance spreadsheet
• Maintaining External Support resource spreadsheet
• Invoice receipting on CP&F
• Updating AG Dashboard report on weekly basis and issuing to stakeholders
• The AG Focal point for information management e.g. SharePoint Office365 management, O365 Team sites, MODNet account management
• Maintaining the AG SharePoint areas and associated documentation e.g. Support Guidance, Project templates
• Booking AG recurring team and checkpoint meetings
• Cascading communications to the AG team
• Other support tasks:
• Provide general administrative support as required
• Provide support for DIT and AG events as required
• Be proactive in personal and professional development

Person specification

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• IT literate, including in-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written
• Ability to work collaboratively and apply feedback
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to influence others, including those outside of your direct working relationships
• Strong motivational skills
• Good planning, problem solving and organisational skills
• The ability to meet targets and deadlines
• An interest in developing understanding of Agile Project Management

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Project Management