Job Reference: BBBH34408
Job Duration: 3 months
Start date: 24/08/2020
Description:
My client are a prestigious government organisation based in Newport, South Wales. They are seeking a Delivery Manager on a 3 month contract basis.
Service Requirements
Agile and Lean practices (Desirable)
Has a deep knowledge of and leads on a range of Agile and Lean tools and techniques, with an ability to coach within and outside of their team.
Able to represent andbe an advocate for these tools and techniques, be innovative and ensure they keep up to date with the latest trends.
Able toestablish the feedback loop for teams and has responsibility for the translation and measurement of value (what you put in andwhat you will get out) and how this relates to
Communicating between the technical and non-technical
Able to communicateeffectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context.
Able to advocate and communicate what a team does to create trust and authenticity.
Can successfully react and respond to challenge.
Maintaining delivery momentum
Able to solve issues and unblock problems. Drives teams and sets the pace, ensuring teams are working towards delivery commitments.
Able to engage in elements of risk management such as effectively managing and tracking the mitigationof risks.
Able to manage various dependencies across teams, departments and government as a whole.
Making the process work
Focuses on the outcome.
Able to challenge and improve disproportionate organisational processes where it impacts the pace of the team.
Able to identify what works best for the team and when to utilise certain processes or delivery approaches.Understands that all steps in a process must add value.
Able to influence and make positive changes to the organisationPlanning
Able to take a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, managing uncertainty, metrics and measurements, contingency planning and road mapping.
Able to communicate the plan, planning assumptions and progress to a range of stakeholders.
Maintains the cadence of delivery and manages the relationships between different people within and across teams.
Team dynamics and resolution
Able to build successful delivery teams and understand team styles and how people worktogether. Able to maintain, influence and motivate a team.
Able to give and receive feedback, facilitating the feedback loop.
Ensures the health of the team and can facilitate conflict resolution, accelerating team performance.
Able to ensure the team is transparent and that the work is understood externally.
Able to create an open and collaborative environment to work in, be flexible, adaptable and have a willingness to learn.
Able to recognise how people best work together, facilitating the best team makeup depending on the situation.
Able to help teams maintain a focus on delivery whilst being aware of theimportance of professional development.
Commercial Management (desirable DDAT)
Able to support effective budget management within the constraints of the project. Retains a continued awareness of the budget against actual cost incurred.
Financial Management (desirable DDaT)
Able to support effective budget management within the constraints of the project. Retains a continued awareness of the budget against actual cost incurred.
Lifecycle perspective (DDaT desirable)
- Understands the different phases of product delivery and is able to contribute to, plan or run these.
Able to maintain a product or process through the delivery phases, through to live and into retirement.
Able to lead a team through the different phases of the delivery lifecycle.
Can maintain and iterate a product over time to continuously meet user needs.
Understands and is aware of incident management and service support so that products are built effectively.
Community collaboration
Contributes to the work of the community, building successful teams through understanding team styles and influencing as well as motivating teammembers.
Gives and receives constructive feedback, facilitating the feedback loop.
Facilitates conflict resolution within teams, ensures the team is transparent and that the work is understood externally.
Able to help teams maintain a focus ondelivery while being aware of the importance of professional development.
Industry: Public Sector and Government
Salary: £500 - £600 per day + inside IR35
Salary Benefits: inside IR35
Vacancy Type: Contract
Job Skills: -
Contact Name: Jordan Pace
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