Head of Delivery

3 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 300961**Salary**:

- £58,946- £58,946 (National)- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Temporary**Length of employment**:

- 23 months**Business area**:

- Digital**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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- Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Darlington, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Here at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), we work on things that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Whether it's through the homes we live in, the work of our local councils, or the communities we’re all a part of, our work is at the top of the political agenda. We have ambitious and far-reaching outcomes to achieve this year and, if you’re thinking of joining us, there’s never been a more exciting time.

We have teams transforming how we collect and disseminate data payments, provide Government funding and improve internal processes for users. We work with blended teams, consisting of a mix of Civil Servants and innovative suppliers.

We have circa 3,500 staff who are based in 20 offices across the UK.

We’re looking for multiple Head of Delivery roles to work on exciting Digital programmes across different teams in DLUCH Funding Service Design, and Local Digital.
- Funding Service Design team aims to transform funding by delivering common patterns and digital tools for the wide range of funds within the department. Funding service design - DLUHC Digital (blog.gov.uk)
- The Local Digital team supports councils across England to deliver the local public services of the future

Our Heads of Delivery work closely with their programme’s Head of Product and/or Service Owner to support and lead the team. You’ll act as a servant leader, removing blockers and assuring the deliver for a wide range of teams. You’ll support Delivery Managers and Product Managers in strategic planning and end-to-end agile delivery, ensuing there’s the vision and roadmap. You’ll work on major products and services through all phases of an ongoing development lifecycle.

**Job description**:
As a head of delivery you’ll:

- manage and develop a talented team of delivery managers and other roles, both Civil Servant and from third party suppliers, remove blockers and help all teams within the programme become high-performing
- own several key capability contracts, ensure the suppliers are delivering and paid on time, and that DLUHC users know how to access those contracts
- be accountable for financial planning and tracking for your programme and lead on recruitment, and key procurement activities
- collaborate and engage with a range of stakeholders, supporting and challenging your teams around delivery timelines and adherence to the Service Standard
- be responsible for anticipating, balancing and managing change that comes from government priorities, policy, user research findings, data and learnings from the development process.

**Person specification**:
As a head of delivery you’ll have;
- a high level of delivery management skills and experience, as well as the ability to lead teams of teams in a complex matrix environment
- strong interpersonal skills, be used to managing senior stakeholders and accustomed to both adjusting programmes to, and initiating, change.
- a strong ability to deliver successfully in complex, large, uncertain, and highly visible problem spaces
- the skills to deliver through others, identify talent and potential, and successfully develop, coach and mentor individuals and teams
- experience with setting, monitoring, managing and reporting costs, budgets, plans, forecasts, progress, risks, benefits and programme KPIs
- the ability to drive delivery momentum and to solve issues and unblock problems - setting sustainable pace whilst ensuring teams are working towards delivery commitments
- experience of commercial, supplier and dependency management. Ensuring commercial contracts and suppliers are held to account for their timeliness, value and quality

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £58,946, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities contributes £15,915 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 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%

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