264315 Project Delivery Lead (2024)

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Job summary

DLUHC’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) works with other teams across the Department on priority projects. We inject our specialist support and delivery focus into planned peaks of activity or unexpected crisis situations. Individuals in the RRT are deployed for 3-4 months at a time to help to deliver other teams’ projects and activities. Deployments are varied and range from working with local government and partners on local effects, to areas such as homelessness, building safety, planning regulations, housing programmes, and levelling up. Our team have provided surge resource to deliver policy to support refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, and on Covid-19.


We are looking for a dynamic, resilient leader who can work at pace, delivering impact and contributing to the success of the RRT. As a Grade 7 (G7) in the RRT you will be deployed to priority projects across the department as well as holding responsibilities for team cohesion and collaboration within the RRT, and potentially line management.

The team is based in Birmingham and Wolverhampton. We work in accordance with DLUHC’s smarter working model (a mix of 40% office working each week on average and home working). The teams we support are based across UK locations so there may be a need for you to travel to work directly with them at times.


This is an exciting and varied role that will provide you with the ability to influence and deliver key priorities for central and local government.

Job description

As part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), you will be deployed as a Project Manager or as part of a Project Management Office (PMO function) to work with other teams on projects across DLUHC for 3-4 months at a time.

You will drive them to scope the programme or project, validate against the specification, map, and realise benefits as part of your management of their programmes through to delivery.

The projects the RRT works on range from helping people throughout the country to have access to affordable and high-quality housing, providing opportunities for all parts of the country to thrive economically, and supporting responses to emergency situations. You will be deployed to work on high priority projects, to help to deliver the department’s objectives.


This is a great opportunity for those who thrive in complex and fast paced environments, enjoy problem solving, and managing and delivering rapid change.


We welcome people from any sector or background to play a key role in developing and delivering our part of the government's policy agenda.

Key responsibilities will include:


• Project initiation – write or contribute to Project Initiation Documents and business cases, managing stage controls effectively.


• Planning and scheduling – Ensure systems are in place to enable effective planning and scheduling.


• Governance, monitoring and reporting – Establish governance arrangements, manage project controls, reporting to the SRO and other key stakeholders about the project status. Develop and present project performance reports, for which proficiency in Microsoft products is needed.


• Admin – Ensure organisational tasks are carried out efficiently. Manage compliance of the project in line with Departmental Security, Health & Safety, Equality & Diversity, Business Continuity and Business Planning.


• Resources – ensure that resources are being utilised effectively highlighting any skills gap or inequality in work schedules. Manage workforce planning, providing information for effective decision making to the Project Manager.


• Stakeholder – Manage, engage and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Draft and sign-off correspondence.


• Financial control – Management of project spend and compilation of budgets.


• Risks and Issues – Lead potential risk areas, working with risk owners and managers, escalating as appropriate.


• Making effective decisions to ensure projects remain on track to deliver key milestones and benefits, engaging key stakeholders and escalating as appropriate.


• Through your deployments and as a member of the RRT, play a leading role in enhancing DLUHC’s project delivery maturity.


• Leadership responsibilities for continuously improving the RRT’s operating model and team cohesion, working in collaboration within other members of the team, and line management of others in the RRT.

Person specification

• A strong, responsive, and adaptable leader who is comfortable working in changing environments, with changing priorities, situations, and deadlines at pace.


• Leaders from all walks of life, who will contribute to developing diverse and inclusive teams – empowering colleagues to deliver and perform at pace and under pressure. We want to hear from people who are diverse in thought, ethnicity, and background.


• An adaptable leader and team player to contribute to delivering a good quality RRT service and be part of a high performing team.


• Solutions-focused approaches, identifying and solving problems to achieve effective and efficient delivery.


• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.


• Someone with experience in a changing environment, comfortable with managing change, and with knowledge of change management processes.


• The ability to establish and build relationships quickly across diverse teams and varied situations, leading and supporting teams to deliver the department’s priorities.


• Someone who thrives in a project-based environment, leading delivery of effective outcomes, often at a fast pace.


• An excellent communicator and influencer – bringing clarity of thought to complex issues, with the ability to shift stubborn views.


• Someone with the ability to delivery messages clearly and concisely through written and oral form. The role can include responsibility for drafting responses to official requests in to Senior Stakeholders (including preparing, checking, and advising on correspondence, Q&A, Freedom of Information requests and responses to Correspondence and briefing for Senior Stakeholders).


• A resilient and motivated individual, who can work away from a ‘typical’ team and embed themselves effectively within their deployment teams, deal with setbacks and can motivate those around them.


• Build own capability and help to develop the capability of others to create a strong knowledge base for the future


For this role you should have a proven record of working on complex programmes/projects.

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for a diverse range of activities to manage the delivery of the project's objectives on a day-to-day basis, through the project lifecycle. You will enable the smooth running of the project by applying sound project management disciplines/processes, and the co-ordination of business management actions and activities. You will play a pivotal role in the effective communication between project management and the business. You will look to maintain central project records and produce regular management reports in line with governance processes.


You will have at least one relevant PPM qualification, such as:


• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner
• APM Project Management Qualification
• APM Registered Project Professional
• AXELOS Limited’s Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
• Better Business Cases

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Leadership

  • Making Effective Decisions

  • Communicating and Influencing

  • Delivering at Pace

Benefits

  • Learning and development tailored to your role

  • An environment with flexible working options

  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours.

We are for everyone

At DLUHC we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and a working environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.

We would strongly recommend that applicants get in touch with the vacancy manager to find out more information about this role.

We are for everyone

DLUHC want to bring in a diverse workforce at all levels.

Our application system is designed to remove as much bias as possible from the recruitment system – this means that a hiring manager does not know your name, your details, see your whole application in one go (or have your CV at review stage unless stated otherwise).

Your answers are randomised and chunked up. This means that each assessor views sets of responses to questions for example all candidates’ responses to ‘Seeing the Big Picture’ rather than seeing a candidate’s full application. The science behind this is that recruitment can be subject to ordering and fatigue effects and we want to reduce this as much as possible.

Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that each of your answers would be viewed by different assessors.

When writing your application, remember:

  • The assessor won’t be reading your answers sequentially.

  • Do not assume that the same assessors will have read all of your answers.

  • If talking about something in your first answer, make sure that you write the second answer as if you had not written the first (and so on!)

At sift, we will be assessing

Delivering at Pace (Lead Behaviour)

Making Effective Decisions

Leadership

Communicating and Influencing

Technical:

Candidates will have at least one relevant PPM qualification, such as:

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner

  • Agile Project Management Practitioner

  • APM Project Management Qualification

  • APM Registered Project Professional

  • AXELOS Limited’s Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner

  • Government Project Leadership Programme

Better Business Cases

There is a 250 word limit per question.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift using the lead behaviour listed in the advert. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview 

The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of behaviour, technical, ability and strength based questions as listed in the advert. The strength based questions will require natural responses from the candidates. Candidates will require do prepare a written exercise, presentation and/or scenario at interview, more details will be given at that stage.

In full the campaign will test the below Success Profile Elements:

Behaviours: Leadership, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Making Effective Decisions

Ability: Yes

Technical: Yes

Strengths: Yes

We do not consider direct CV applications to our Recruitment mailbox – you must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs

Please note that near miss offers may be made at the lower grade to candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this campaign.

Grade 7 salary

  • The salary for this role is£49,697 (National).

  • For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable.

BENEFITS:

Transfers across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018:
Any move to DLUHC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

For further information about the benefits available to DLUHC employees, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION:

  • Birmingham

  • Wolverhampton

SIFT AND INTERVIEW DATES:

Sifting is envisaged to take place W/C 13th of February with interview dates to be confirmed. All interviews are currently being held remotely via videocall.

RESERVE LIST:

In the event that we identify more appointable candidates than we currently have posts available, we will hold applicant details on a reserve list for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made. This may include roles at a lower grade. Candidates placed on a reserve list will be informed of this. Due to the length of time CTC checks can take, our HR Shared Services team will contact reserve list candidates for London based roles to commence CTC checks. Those candidates who do not wish to remain on the reserve list should contact recruitment@levellingup.gov.uk to be removed from the reserve list.

Before starting your application it’s very important to make sure that you are eligible to apply and meet the Civil Service nationality requirements. All candidates are expected to read the information provided in the DLUHC candidate pack regarding nationality requirements and rules

Candidate Pack Information

Please see attached Candidate pack for further information.

Internal Fraud Database

The Internal Fraud function of the Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants Function at the Cabinet Office processes details of civil servants who have been dismissed for committing internal fraud, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned. The Cabinet Office receives the details from participating government organisations of civil servants who have been dismissed, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned, for internal fraud. In instances such as this, civil servants are then banned for 5 years from further employment in the civil service. The Cabinet Office then processes this data and discloses a limited dataset back to DLUHC as a participating government organisations. DLUHC then carry out the pre employment checks so as to detect instances where known fraudsters are attempting to reapply for roles in the civil service. In this way, the policy is ensured and the repetition of internal fraud is prevented.

For more information please see- Internal Fraud Register

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals

  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland

  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service

  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service

  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact details

  • Joseph.Ponan@levellingup.gov.uk

264315 Project Delivery Lead (2024)

FAQs

What is a project delivery lead? ›

What Is a Delivery Lead? A delivery lead is responsible for keeping multiple projects on track for a company and ensuring they are completed on time and according to specifications. As a delivery lead, you collaborate with the designers, developers, and clients to determine the scope and timeline of the project.

What is it delivery lead? ›

Delivery Lead is a leadership role, not a management role. Delivery is people, principles, processes, and tools — in that order. Delivery is first and foremost about people; their needs, motivations, values and desired outcomes. It is about relationships, interactions, collaboration and conversations.

Is delivery lead the same as delivery manager? ›

So, when talking about delivery lead vs product manager in Agile teams, the product manager's (PM) main job is to shape the product, and the delivery lead's (also known as delivery manager) primary activity is to deliver the product (though each role takes part in both processes).

What is the role of a project Delivery manager? ›

Role Responsibilities:

Assure project delivery within scope, time, budget, quality and other objectives. Plan and govern all project lifecycle and supporting activities. Assure project delivery in accordance to organisation, quality and best practice expectations. Measure and report project performance to stakeholders.

Is delivery lead higher than project manager? ›

Project manager is usually a more senior role, with delivery managers reporting to them.

Is a project lead higher than a project manager? ›

In many cases, a project lead is responsible for the overall success and vision of that project. Their vision should guide the project manager in managing the project and its details. The project manager typically oversees all aspects of the project lifecycle.

Is delivery lead same as scrum master? ›

A delivery manager is not a scrum master–a role that typically involves enforcing Agile best practices and methods so that teams can deliver.

What makes a good delivery lead? ›

A successful Delivery Lead deeply understands software design and development. Many delivery leads, but not all of them, have several years' experience as UX designers or developers. Having deep maker expertise can be a big asset for understanding the tradeoffs between different approaches to building a product.

How long is the delivery lead time? ›

Delivery lead time is the period between when an order is placed and when that order is delivered. Delivery lead time tells a company how far in advance it needs to place an order for the delivery to arrive on time. It is one of the most important metrics for managing supply chains and inventory.

Is lead equivalent to manager? ›

One key difference between leads and managers is their level of authority. A lead might be able to assign tasks or make decisions about work that needs to be done on a particular part of the project, but a manager has the authority to make decisions about the entire project.

Is delivery manager an agile role? ›

An Agile Delivery Manager (ADM) is a skilled person who focuses on making things happen, responsible for ensuring their teams have everything they need to succeed. They are great at managing stakeholders and are responsible for coordinating across multiple departments to remove any impediments.

How much does a service delivery manager earn? ›

The average salary for Service Delivery Manager is £55,836 per year in the London Area. The average additional cash compensation for a Service Delivery Manager in the London Area is £5,491, with a range from £1,744 - £17,287.

What does a delivery lead do in Agile? ›

The Agile Delivery Lead facilitates agile events, removes impediments, provides coaching to team members and ensures timely and accurate delivery of the roadmap items.

Is Project LEAD higher than team lead? ›

Project leader will lead the whole project, which contain multiple tasks. Project leader will do the people management activities. Some companies project leader is equivalent to project manager. Whereas team leader will lead a team within the project.

How much does an agile lead make? ›

What is the average of an Agile Delivery Lead in the United States? The Agile Delivery Lead salary range is from $114,466 to $155,266, and the average Agile Delivery Lead salary is $133,070/year in the United States.

What is the next level after Scrum Master? ›

A scrum master career path opens avenues to several lucrative careers, industries, and organizations. Once you gain additional skills, you can progress to senior positions such as Agile Coaches, Project Managers, Product Owners, Mentors, and Chief Information Officers (CIOs).

What are the three positions in scrum? ›

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