Digital Capabilities and Onboarding Manager

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is seeking a Delivery Manager within the Digital & Data Directorate. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across Tech Services and deliver small-scale changes or new technology within time constraints. This critical role aims to build sustainable capability to operate and improve technology services.

Benefits include a 28.97% employer pension contributions, 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, and flexible working options to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Delivery management skills to multi-task within tight deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication between technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to plan team requirements, allocate resources and prioritise activities in the short to medium term.
• Collaboration with managers across functions to deliver high performance.
• Provide project support for smaller strands within larger projects.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate effective delivery management to multi-task within tight deadlines.
• Communicate clearly between technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders.
• Plan team requirements, allocate resources and prioritise activities.
• Collaborate with other managers across functions for DVSA objectives.
• Provide project support for small strands within larger projects.

Job description

This role will work with in the within the Digital & Data Directorate within the Delivery and Services Team. You will lead multi-disciplinary and matrix managed teams across Tech Services specifically in Infrastructure and User Services. You will deliver small scale changes to existing technology, or the introduction of new technology. These projects could include Tech Refresh and business application implementation. Successful delivery will be underpinned by 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. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 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 a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

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Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:

• Demonstrate effective delivery management skills to multi-task within tight deadlines.
• Communicate effective and clearly between the technical and non-technical partners/stakeholders. Support / host discussions within a multidisciplinary team.
• Determine and plan their team requirements, including allocating resources and prioritising activities, over the short to medium term by fully understanding the business environment in which the team operates, the overall team objectives, ensuring their team fully understands and works to these requirements.
• Work in collaboration with other managers across all functions for the good of DVSA and to create a high performing and well-respected Agency.
• Provide project support for larger sized projects such as chasing and updating action owners for action point logs, risk logs etc. Secretariat support such as minutes and output notes. Leading on small but defined strands of work contained within a larger project.