AMS PSR

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Estates and System Manager for a 12 month (Inside IR35) based hybrid in Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Pontypridd, Sheffield .

The Department is committed to delivering Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon improvements across its estate, demonstrating leadership in making the public estate smaller, better, greener. The work you will be undertaking is, therefore, crucial in us meeting the needs of all those who use our services.

Based in the ESMA function within the Estates Directorate, this role will be responsible for supporting the effective delivery of the Data, Systems & Reporting Workstream within the Workplace Services Programme (WPS).

The DSR Workstream is responsible for establishing and assuring the DWP Estates business requirements to inform system design and implementation.

As a Estates and System Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Be custodian of the DSR Workstream RAID Log. Liaise with the DSR team to capture and report risks and issues arising in relation to systems design and implementation, including assumptions and dependencies on other WPS cross-cutting workstreams.
• Be custodian of the Integrator plan from WPS DSR Team perspective, (including dependencies on other WPS programme workstreams and DWP Business functions)
• Have oversight of the WPS DSR team tasks and activities to deliver the planned outcomes, clear identification and reporting of pressure points and resource constraints.
• Contribute to all aspects of the project planning and delivery, which will include the development, delivery and updating of project activities and reporting on any deviations to the DSR Workstream Lead.
• Provide analysis and impacting of potential problems that may affect the DSR workstream outcomes in the near and foreseeable future. Ability to relay impacting to senior stakeholders for the DSR workstream and provide a critical path analysis that impacts planned project deliverables including mitigations (in consultation with the DSR workstream and KBR).
• Coordinate with other WPS programme workstreams (Mobilisation, Exit and Workstream leads, KBR) and the DSR team to enable the successful delivery of the Data, Systems and Reporting planned tasks and activities.

Essential:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven record of establishing, building, and maintaining collaborative and productive relationships with stakeholders and across functional and organisational boundaries.
• Experience of maintaining and tracking detailed project activities and dependencies in a complex delivery group / change programme.
• Working knowledge of Estates and Facilities Management
• Ability to brief stakeholders succinctly on often complicated systems and workflow subject areas.
• Strong experience of interpretation and analysis of data to inform decision making.
• Commercial awareness and astuteness connected with contractual obligations and interpretation of contract Statement of Requirement deliverables; ability to interpret complex contract Statement of Requirements for the six new DWP Estates WPS supplier contracts.

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

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. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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".