Digital Project Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Richmond Hill, West Yorkshire

Company

Department of Work & Pensions

Salary

£40201 - £43347/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

IT

Job summary

Digital Project Manager - Up to £43,347, 27.9% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours, investment in your L&D and career growth and lots more.

Are you an experienced IT/Digital Project Manager?
Do you want to lead projects that will change how people interact with public services?
We're recruiting the best tech talent in the UK to work on projects that will make DWP work better. Want to work with them?

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's biggest public service. We provide support, service and make payments worth over £195bn to over 20 million people.

We're looking for outstanding Digital Project Managers to help change the face of these public services.

Our DWP Digital teams use fresh tech, tooling and thinking to improve how people interact with government. It's a once in a generation chance to make services more efficient to run, and easier for everyone to access.

Delivering World-Class Projects

We're really privileged to have the opportunity to work on a range of projects which affect children and families, retirement-age people, working-age services, health and disability and our flagship Universal Credit.

There are few other organisations which offer such diversity in terms of the scale and nature of projects you'll work on,

Our expert multidisciplinary teams - engineers, architects, researchers, analysts and more - are driven by a unique purpose. We have with a one-off chance to work in a unique context, and on an epic scale, on stuff that matters.

Project Management is key to our success so we'll invest in your skills. You can take charge of your own learning and development with access to coaching, mentoring, book budgets, formal learning and certifications. Or whatever else works for you

If you're up for it, we'd love you to join us.

Required Skills and experience - show us these in your application:

You have experience of stakeholder & Project Management including definition, approach, facilitation, documentation and successful completion of complex agile projects.
Experience in project control, change control, risk management and testing processes.
You know how to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders so that you can challenge effectively, and get the job done.
Able to build successful delivery teams and understand team styles and how people work together.
Able to maintain, influence and motivate a team, including creating an open and collaborative environment to work in.
Flexible, adaptable and have a willingness to learn.

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll join us at our brilliant digital hub in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester , Newcastle or Sheffield.

In return for your skills, we offer pay of £43,347 per annum

We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model - some time in the office and some time at home.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 27.9%.

For a starting salary of £43,000, for example, that would mean DWP put nearly £12,000 in your pension pot each year.

You also get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

Family-friendly policies
Time off volunteering and charitable giving
Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
Sports and social activities
Working in an award-winning environment and culture
Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career growth.