Senior Delivery Manager - Cabinet Office - G7

Location

Existing CO staff can work in their original contractual work location.
Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Bristol, Glasgow or London only.
External candidates can work in Bristol, Glasgow or London only.

About the job

Job summary

Cabinet Office Digital is the central directorate that serves the end-users of the 40+ business units that reside within the Cabinet Office. We are here to “Enable and Transform” the department through the provision of exemplary digital, data and technology services and the digital transformation of the organisation.

Part of our mission is to secure the Cabinet Office’s digital and information assets against misuse, and enable the secure delivery of the department’s mission. We do this by developing, operating, and governing the cyber and information security controls which protect our nationwide internal IT infrastructure, as well as our high-profile citizen-facing digital services.

Job description

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will sit at the centre of the cyber security team and work closely with the team, senior management and stakeholders across Cabinet Office to manage and coordinate delivery by:

• Ensuring the team is delivering against its mission and strategy, by tracking and reporting on progress, unlocking blockers, maintaining project management tools 
• Creating a motivating, diverse, inclusive and supportive team culture that stimulates collaboration, and continuously improves ways of working
• Supporting people management, including coordinating recruitment, onboarding new joiners, and delivering activities to build and maintain a collaborative team culture

You will also contribute to the team’s growth and ongoing efficiency and effectiveness, by:

• Supporting financial and commercial management processes, including coordinating annual and monthly budgeting, working with Finance Business Partners to coordinate financial reporting, and working with Commercial Managers to coordinate procurement activities.
• Coordinating the response to Freedom of Information requests, parliamentary questions, and requests for information from other government departments (e.g., GSG).
• Being an advocate for the team’s services to teams across the wider Cabinet Office, to raise awareness on cyber security risk and the services provided by the team that can help to manage this 
• Supporting key procurement activities within the Cyber function.
• Coordinating JIRA dashboards across the function to assist with monthly reporting.
• Administration support for the Deputy Director.

Person specification

To succeed in this role, you need to: 

• Be proactive and excited by problem-solving.
• Be motivated to create a culture of collaboration across the team.
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written) that you can apply with different types of stakeholders (e.g., customers, senior management, and technical/non-technical audiences).
• Be confident in applying Agile delivery methodologies.

It’s also desirable that you have:

• An understanding and interest for cyber security and digital services.
• An interest in Agile, seeking out good practices across the wider delivery management and Agile community. 
• Knowledge of the Govassure process.
• Knowledge of how Security Operation centres work.

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.