AMS PSR

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice we are looking for a Senior Digital Delivery Manager (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Hybrid working based in London or Sheffield. 

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government’s ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

Consider a Recall is part of Probation Digital’s protecting the public digital services.

Key objectives of the service include:

●improved consistency to Recall decision making.

●reduced probation practitioner time and effort.

●increased capacity to exercise professional judgement.

Consider a Recall is a live service that requires maintenance and continuous improvement. This role is an opportunity to bring a blend of agile, project management and technical skills to manage an essential service with a complex stakeholder group.

You will be part of a multifunctional agile team, working with roles including software developers, product managers, user researchers, designers, and business analysts.

Essential:

• Technical knowledge - sufficient to navigate and facilitate technical discussions with the team, and to manage technical dependencies with third parties.
• Agile and Lean Practices - coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean practices act as a recognised expert and advocate for the approaches, continuously reflecting and challenging the team create or tailor new ways of working, and constantly innovate.
• Communicating Between the Technical and Non-Technical - mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels manage stakeholder expectations and moderate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government.
• Maintaining Delivery Momentum - optimise the delivery flow of teams and actively address the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists identify innovative ways to unblock issues.
• Team Dynamics and Collaboration - identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses engage in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick accelerate the team development cycle.
• Planning - lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment plan beyond product delivery identify dependencies in plans across services and coordinate delivery coach other teams as the central point of expertise.
• Leadership - Engage others in delivering a shared vision, and coach, mentor and guide the team and stakeholders.

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, MOJ 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.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice 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 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".