Digital Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Digital Project Manager

Pay up to £45,081, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

We are looking for a driven and passionate Digital Project Manager who can build digital capability, lead complex product delivery, and deliver successful outcomes.

DWP is the UK’s largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We’d love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

1. Managing the end-to-end delivery of projects.
2. Applying industry-standard project management principles and techniques to their work.
3. Helping business colleagues to define and validate requirements.
4. Communicating with a host of stakeholders at all levels, managing stakeholders appropriately in order to ensure successful delivery.
5. Building and managing stakeholder relationships across internal teams and suppliers, proactively identifying risks and issues and managing these.
6. Requirements/solution design options and complex network engagement.
7. Taking responsibility for your own learning and development.
8. Knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile project delivery methodologies.

You and your role

As a driven Digital Project Manager, this role offers the opportunity of joining Fraud & Error Digital Counter Fraud and Compliance Operations Team within DWP Digital, Digital Modernisation and Efficiency [DME] Directorate.

You’ll project manage an agile, multidisciplinary team of developers, engineers, analysts, researchers, and more.

Our team manages and delivers a large, complex, and diverse work programme for Counter Fraud Compliance & Debt - currently DWP’s largest business directorate.

This work touches all of the DWP live estate, across all service lines and approximately 9,000 colleagues.

This is a unique and challenging opportunity to work with the business to deliver against appropriate, value-for-money requirements to support their fight against individual fraud, serious and organised crime, and non-compliance.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face-to-face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £45,081.

Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 25 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You’ll also get all the usual public holidays.

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

1. An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100).
2. Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies.
3. Time off volunteering and charitable giving.
4. Bring your authentic self to work with I Can Be Me in DWP.
5. Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out, and more.
6. Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference.
7. Sports and social activities.
8. Professional development, coaching, mentoring, and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There’ll be full instructions when you click through.
2. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.