About the job

Job summary

It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.

We are now looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to help us to achieve this. If you have experience of working in a change or delivery environment and/or have proven experience of planning and delivering significant IT changes, we would love to hear from you. 

You will join our award-winning Technology & Transformation Directorate which is the in-house IT division at the heart of the move to a digital, data-driven organisation with the ambition to provide our customers with cutting-edge digital services.

Check out the video below to find out more about working for HMLR's Technology & Transformation profession. 

Job description

A Senior Delivery Manager is responsible for creating the right environment for effective delivery as well as ensuring: work and progress is transparent; collaboration and communication is working across teams and other parts of the organisation; blockers and obstacles are removed or escalated; risks and dependencies are appropriately managed; people and teams are happy and motivated; budgeting, commercials and iterative planning and the pipeline of future work is considered.

You will...  

• Support delivery managers, who work at a team level and work closely with other practices.
• Point of escalation and decision making for the teams regarding delivery issues, providing coaching, guidance and practical advice.
• Share knowledge and experience with others, in line with continuous improvement agenda and to help build Delivery capability for the future.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, other teams and other parts of the organisation and ensure continual healthy stakeholder relationships.
• Facilitate the creation of forecasts that consider estimates, risks, contingency, and assumptions and to provide options on delivery of solutions.
• Publish regular relevant information for transparency of progress and reporting purposes.
• Actively contribute to the relevant governance processes with clear metrics.
• Ensure clear overview of changes across multiple projects and streams and identify potential issues/opportunities and execute and escalate the relevant actions.
• Work persistently within the delivery practice community to ensure complete end to end robust solutions.
• Be part of Senior Leadership and Management Team including leading and continually improving your practice, helping staff engagement and enabling the T&T Group evolution and plans.

Person specification

To be successful in this role, you will hold a degree level or equivalent qualification in Information Technology or a related area or have significant experience in an IT field. You will have a proven track record of effective delivery using agile and lean approaches and knowledge of agile/lean tools and techniques. You will also have thorough knowledge and experience of delivery in an iterative and continuous delivery environment. You will have the ability to prioritise multiple demands, tasks and teams and respond quickly to changing circumstances.

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Please note occasional travel will be necessary to HM Land Registry business units, external supplier sites and other Government Departments.

For more information about the roles, please see the attached candidate pack. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,943, HM Land Registry contributes £15,374 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, Strengths and Experience.

Please cut and paste an anonymous CV into the online application form when prompted and include your qualifications and career history.

The statement of suitability section (in no more than 500 words) must be used to provide details of how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below:

• Proven track record of effective delivery using agile and lean approaches and knowledge of agile/lean delivery tools and techniques
• Engaging with numerous stakeholders, both within and outside of own organisation. 
• Knowledge and experience of programme and project governance and measures.

In the event of a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to assess against the following leading experience criteria:

• Proven track record of effective delivery using agile and lean approaches and knowledge of agile/lean delivery tools and techniques

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview which will include a pre-prepared presentation and will be conducted as a video interview week commencing 15 January 2024.

The blended interview will assess the behaviours and experience listed in the candidate pack, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strength questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

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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

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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.