Associate Digital Project Manager

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
• Increase saving for, and security in later life
• Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
• Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
• Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity

Description

Working as a Release Manager on the Release and Test team where changes that are bound for the user’s devices are managed through Engagement & Impacting, Engineering & Product QA, Testing and Deployment.

Working with the requestors within business areas and Tech Services to ensure that requests for new and enhanced functionality within the Digital Workspace are delivered in a timely manner with minimal disruption while protecting the live service. They will support the pace of delivery on a range of projects and ensure that the team is integrated and aligned around the shared objectives.

Skills/Knowledge Required

Familiar with the use of project management tools such as Jira.

Competent in using MS Office toolset.

Awareness of Agile and Waterfall delivery principles, methodology and tools

Assisting with the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of small-scale projects (typically with direct business impact and firm deadlines).

Ability to plan, organise and report on significant pieces of work in a Project environment.

Ability to communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way in order to build trust.

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.