Delivery Manager

Tasks will include: - Lead for Defra on the design and test of BCP operator services through a third-party supplier - Planning and delivering site testing strategy and handover to users - Working effectively across technical, policy, planning and contractor teams to develop technical solutions to construction and delivery issues - Delivery planning, risk assessment and project management - Sharing technical support to Devolved Administrations, and managing technical relationships with counterparts to inform and advise on progress - Input into design meetings. - Attending sites as needed - Managing delivery by multiple work-streams and coordinating activities of delivery partners, including Other Government Departments, sub-contractors and consultants to ensure delivery to cost, time, quality and scope, actively engaging senior level support when required. - Significant input into project and programme plans. - Identifying, monitoring and managing technical and commercial risks and issues. Developing mitigating strategies and escalating as appropriate. - Identifying and working with related projects to manage interdependencies. - Maintaining and delivering against other project controls (including planning, assumptions, decisions, change control and configuration management) - Ensuring the required project and programme reporting is completed through the various Defra and cross-Government governance structures in an agreed timely manner. - Ensuring effective support of the technology and procurement work-stream through an active relationship with the Senior Project Managers, in order to ensure progress against plan milestones is achieved. - Ensuring that assurance, approval and governance processes are met for your delivery areas, reporting, costing, risk assessing and escalating as require - Communicating Defra project vision and status effectively with internal and external stakeholders - Ensuring that effective business as usual and on-going service management is in place post go-live of the project

Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents, please access the E-Tendering portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk", ensuring that your registration includes "Defra". If you have any problems with this system, please contact Bravo on their telephone helpline number 0800 368 4850 or by emailing them at help@bravosolution.co.uk.