Head of Delivery

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Government Digital Service Full time

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

- 340856**Salary**:

- £64,700 - £83,353- Based on capability. The base salary of this grade is £68,790 for London and £64,700 for other locations. Offers made above this will be made up with a specialist pay allowance**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GDS - Identity Services**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Bristol, London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of the Cabinet Office. We’re here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. Our work is user-focused, dynamic and forward-looking, making our organisation an exciting and innovative place to work.

The GOV.UK One Login for Government Programme represents a once in a generation opportunity to simplify and widen access to all digital government services. Sitting at the heart of the government, we are building one simple, safe and secure way for users to log in and prove who they are that will work across all government services.

GOV.UK One Login is being designed and built for the many, not the few. It will unite services across government, revolutionising the way government departments digitally interact with users. One Login will deliver an accessible and essential function that will change lives and help millions. We are an ambitious and visionary team so if you want to be at heart of this truly groundbreaking programme keep reading

The GOV.UK One Login programme is full of talented and passionate people who are consistently delivering high quality products for services and individuals. We’re half way through our build phase and features are being shipped almost weekly as we work to mature our product set so that we can expand the range of services and departments benefitting from our work.

Sometimes described as the most strategic programme in government, GOV.UK One Login represents a once in a career opportunity to work on delivering a product that will be used by the majority of the people living in the UK. It’s a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment that is sure to offer you career satisfaction as well as a chance to develop and enhance your skills.

If you are someone who has strong leadership skills and experience, is adaptable, resilient, and can operate effectively at a senior level then we’d like to hear from you.

Find out more at the GDS Blog.

**Job description**:
This role will be reporting to the Deputy Director for Identity Delivery and work across the One Login programme.

As Head of Delivery, One Login you’ll:

- lead on delivery and assurance of the One Login programme
- lead the One Login delivery community to ensure it is healthy, sustainable and highly performing. Support the wider GDS delivery professional community
- lead delivery across multiple teams at different stages of development and product life cycle
- own delivery, tracking and ongoing iteration and updating of the delivery plan, including the critical path
- develop and iterate ways of working to meet team needs and delivery commitments implementing delivery methods that combine both civil servants and interim/contractor staff seamlessly, and to best effect
- work within GDS processes, and with senior delivery groups across GDS to track progress against plans
- directly manage a team of lead delivery managers, supporting their career progression, development and wellbeing, and providing regular coaching and performance feedback and develop a wider community of talented delivery managers
- oversee the One Login risk process, ensuring that all risks are surfaced and mitigations implemented and docked into the wider GDS risk management process
- oversee all staffing requirements, ensuring teams are appropriately sized and skilled through a combination of civil servant recruitment, contingent labour and managed service providers
- have oversight of recruitment for the One Login Delivery Management community
- collaborate and engage with users, stakeholders and teams across the government frequently
- collaborate closely with the Head of Programme Delivery to ensure the smooth running of delivery operations

**Person specification**:
We’re interested in people who can demonstrate experience of:

- agile delivery leadership in medium to large digital transformation programmes (proficiency in scaled lean/agile management methods and techniques preferred, as is the ability to demonstrate crafting your own approach, using best practice and tailored to unique needs)
- ensuring sustainable but progressive delivery momentum, solving issues and unblocking problems and empowering teams to do the same
- having a sound understanding of the variety of disciplines involved in digital delivery (for exa


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