About the job

Job summary

Transport Scotland is the national transport agency, seeking to deliver a safe, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable transport system for the benefit of the people of Scotland, playing a key role in helping to achieve the Scottish Government’s Purpose of increasing sustainable economic growth with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish. The Smart and Integrated Ticketing (SIT) and Payment Programme is part of the Bus, Accessibility and Active Travel Directorate and delivers integrated smart ticketing, payment and travel data and information activities across all public transport in Scotland, covering national and regional schemes and projects, policy and legislative measures. It aims to increase use of sustainable public transport by modernising ticketing and payment services and improving public transport travel information. We are now seeking 2 Smart Delivery Project Managers to join us to support delivery of national smart ticketing projects, smartcard and mobile application developments, as well as improvements to the back office and transaction systems that are used by the majority of public transport operators, and public sector delivery partners, across Scotland on a daily basis.  These roles will have a focus on delivering projects that will implement open data travel planning services for Scotland, driving continuous improvement where possible.   An additional focus will also be to lead projects that will support this objective by joining up travel using new and existing smart ticketing solutions.  In addition, the roles will also have a focus on delivering projects of a smart ticketing nature that will support the delivery of the National Concessionary Scheme for Scotland. By modernising and making access to public transport easier and more convenient, the SIT programme aims to encourage model shift to more sustainable public transport and reduce car journeys, delivering against key Government objectives to lower carbon emissions and take climate action. As such the role is currently part funded by the Low Carbon Travel and Transport Programme under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) but as a permanent position will continue after this funding route is closed in December 2023. This post is part of a small programme delivery team, which works to agile and waterfall methodology to deliver complex projects. You will report to the Senior Project Manager to identify work priorities for the programme and wider concessionary travel unit, and be responsible for delivering smart schemes projects, often coordinating multiple workstreams. 

Job description

This role aligns to the DDaTS Delivery Manager role.

 At this role level, you will:

• build and maintain teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well.

• identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them

• focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services• encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team

• coach and mentor both team members and others to apply the most appropriate Agile and Lean tools and techniques

Person specification

Possess a suitable qualification in Project Management

 

Essential Criteria

1. Experienced in successfully project managing complex and challenging digital, smart or technical projects, ideally in a public sector environment, demonstrating relevant project management techniques 

 2. Experienced with working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring cohesive delivery against multiple agendas and / or policies, and prioritising own and project workload and competing priorities

3. Ability to deal with challenges, whether technical, stakeholder impact or internal policies, and showing sound judgement for escalation, or incorporating additional skills or resources when required

4.Demonstrate sound analytical skills, with the ability to translate technical or digital detailed requirements into plain English and effectively communicate project requirements and outcomes to different audiences, including senior management.

CompetenciesImproving PerformanceCommunications and Engagement Leading Others Analysis and Use of Evidence

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,557, Scottish Government contributes £12,030 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

How to apply
You must provide both- A written personal statement detailing how your experience meets the four essential criteria’s (maximum 1250 words) and ensure that your response clearly aligns with each of the four essential criteria.- Your CV tailored to reflect the role you are applying for. More information
For further information on this vacancy please download and review the DDaT Recruitment - Additional Information which you will find below. To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Paul Cassidy (paul.cassidy@transport.gov.scot) or Stephanie Docherty (stephanie.docherty@transport.gov.scot). More information on how to apply can be found on the Digital Jobs website. DDaT Recruitment - Further Information 

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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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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.