Senior Project Manager - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7

Location

Swansea

About the job

Job summary

Do you have experience in project management and successfully implementing change?

Do you thrive on leading from the front when delivering projects, bringing structure and clarity to a complex and changing environment?

If you can build and utilise strong relationships at a senior level in order to deliver project outcomes, we would love to hear from you!

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Job description

We are looking for experienced Project Managers to take responsibility for leading and driving the delivery of a range of key strategic transformational change projects.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include managing one or more complex, medium/high risk programmes or projects, delivering changes via multi-disciplinary, matrix-managed teams. 

As a strong and experienced project leader, you will be responsible for creating a cohesive delivery environment, motivating and supporting your teams with any challenges that they may face. You will be responsible for securing and managing internal resources and external suppliers, taking full responsibility for budgetary forecasting and management, managing the dependencies and interfaces with other projects, programmes and BAU operations.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering a range of transformational digital, technology and business change projects, planning in detail through all lifecycle stages, and working collaboratively to realise benefits and achieve business outcomes. In addition to strong change management skills, individuals that have an interest and experience in delivering change through technology would thrive in our environment.

Our Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) capability sits within the IT Services (ITS) Directorate, where we take responsibility for managing and delivering strategic change programmes across the entire Agency. This role will report directly to one of our Portfolio Managers, where you will work as part of their senior team within a programme environment. You will play an active and critical part in improving the performance of the wider project delivery environment.

At the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA), PPM is about more than just technology delivery. Our projects and programmes encompass the full business change lifecycle, covering areas such as customer migration and digital channel shift, business process improvement, strategic procurement, asset replacement, and IT infrastructure delivery. All the while, we focus on improving outcomes for our customers, stakeholders and staff, which makes the DVLA Change Portfolio an exciting and challenging environment within which to work.

The DVLA G7 Senior Project Manager role aligns to the Project Manager 3 role within the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) as set out by the Government Project Delivery Profession, along with encompassing aspects of the Delivery Manager role within the Government Digital and Data Framework. 

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. 

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to: 

Project Management: Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Develop detailed plans. Manage effective transition between project phases.
Risks & Issues: Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
Budget: Develop the budget and track delivery within budget.
Stakeholder Management: Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. 

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. 

Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on 18th February at 12pm. 

Please click here to book on.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

You will have a depth of experience of successfully managing medium or large-scale projects, with a track record of delivering a range of business outcomes. 

You may have gathered relevant professional project management qualifications over the course of your career (Prince2, Prince2Agile, MSP, MoP, and/or APMP, or equivalent). If these are not already held, then you must be willing to work towards them once in role.

Your leadership approach will see you lead from the front and drive those around you to achieve shared objectives, while using your team and wider networks to ensure the right things happen. You will be comfortable with empowerment, using your problem-solving skills to evaluate the best solutions while presenting your findings persuasively in order to gain buy-in.

You will be confident when making decisions and handling difficult conversations with others, professionally and with sensitivity. You will have excellent communication skills, adapting your style and quickly developing rapport to maximise both impact and understanding.

You will be comfortable engaging at all levels across DVLA, DfT and Government where required, acting as an ambassador for DVLA change delivery and the wider Government Project Delivery Profession.