About the job

Job summary

This role works within the Digital, Data and Technology directorate with responsibility for delivery of IT systems and digital services. You will build and manage transient delivery teams who will operate within the Commission’s change delivery framework to deliver technical solutions for business problems and requirements.

You will ensure that your delivery team is motivated, collaborating and working well. You will identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them. You will focus yourself and the team on what is most important to the delivery of IT systems and digital services.

You will work using appropriate agile tools and techniques and encourage and enable your team to do likewise.

You will work with the wider project team to understand the requirements for technical solutions and work with software development teams to ensure the deliverable meets those requirements.

This role is aligned to the role of Delivery Manager in the Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework.

Job description

Agile Practices. You will identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use. You will adapt and reflect, be resilient and see outside of the process. You will measure and evaluate outcomes. You will help teams to manage and visualise outcomes.

Commercial Management. You will act as the point of contact for contracted suppliers. You understand appropriate internal contacts and processes within a government department. You know how and when third parties should be brought into digital, data and technology (DDaT) projects.

Financial Management. You know how to balance cost versus value. You will consider the impact of user needs. You will report on financial delivery. You will monitor cost and budget; you know how and when to escalate issues.

Maintaining Delivery Momentum. You will facilitate the delivery flow of a team, managing the pace and tempo. You will actively address internal and external risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team.

Planning. You understand the environment and can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks. You will use data to inform planning. You will manage complex internal and external dependencies. You will provide delivery confidence. You will remove blockers or impediments that affect plans and will a plan for difficult situations. You will ensure that teams plan appropriately for their own capacity.

Team Dynamics and Collaboration. You know how to bring people together to form a motivated team. You will help to create the right environment for a team to work in and can empower them to deliver. You will recognise and deal with issues. You will facilitate the best team make-up depending on the situation

Person specification

Ability:

• You can lead others to innovate in their work as well as enabling them to innovate on their own.
• Ability to plan and prioritise competing demands to ensure performance targets and deadlines are met.

Experience:

• Experience of working as a project or delivery lead with an agile delivery team.

Technical: 

• A solid understanding of the Software Development Life cycle.
• A solid understanding of modern software development practices incl. DevOps.
• Application of risk management principles during the management of work and when making decisions.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,657, Charity Commission contributes £11,787 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of the application process as a minimum, you are asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement.

At interview you will be assessed on your technical knowledge and experience and the following behaviours: 

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace

Interview Arrangements

Interviews will be taking place Face to Face in our Liverpool and Newport Offices

The sift is due to take place on 29/12/2023 

Interviews will be held:

• Liverpool - 10/01/2024
• Newport - 11/01/2024
  

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. 

At the interview, the panel can then probe further and ask applicants to provide further specific examples that show how they best demonstrate their skills.

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process to manage numbers.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

Behaviours:

The distinguishing Behaviours (the required skills, knowledge, and behaviours) for this role are set out in the Civil Service Behaviours Framework 2018 (Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) and should be referred to when making this application.

You are required, under the Behaviours approach, to describe how you have dealt with a specific situation.

You must give evidence of your knowledge, skills, and behaviours and how you have applied this, such as what you did or said and how you interacted with other people.

When you are giving your examples, do not spend too many words on description and background information. Avoid using general or unspecific statements. Instead say what the situation was, what you did, what your thought process was and what was the result.

Reasonable Adjustment:

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled persons, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via Charitycommissionrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
• Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Reserve Lists

If we have more successful candidates than available vacancies, we will hold a 12-month reserve list as standard.

During that time, we may use the list to fill the same, or similar roles with closely matching essential criteria, without further testing of merit. Any appointments from the Reserve list will be made in strict merit order

Applying

We recognise everyone as an individual, accepting people for who they are and treating everyone fairly

All applications for these vacancies must be made online. There are limited exceptions to this. Paper applications will only be considered if you have a disability that will prevent you from applying online. If this is the case, please email Charitycommissionrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Once you have submitted your application it cannot be amended; only submit your application when you have completely finished and answered all the relevant questions.

Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Concerns/Complaints

The Charity Commission’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, which outlines that selection for appointment is made on merit based on fair and open competition.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance hrselfservice@charitycommission.gov.uk.

 If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web page here.

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

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window). 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.