We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and candidates with other protected characteristics. We believe everyone is involved in making DfT an inclusive and great place to work.

Do you have experience in Project Management?

Does the opportunity to work on a large scale IT System Development appeal to you?

If so, we have a vacancy just for you!

Job description

We are looking for a talented individual who will lead/manage the high profile and business critical OASIS project and the project team on a day-to-day basis as the solution goes Live. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project in line with the wider ASIO business transformation change programme, to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed timeline and constraints.

As IT Systems Product Owner You will play a key role in project governance and working with key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised. This opportunity provides a unique chance to be at the forefront of implementing significant business change across the ASIO Division.
 

Responsibilities

Include but are not limited to;

• Manage and owning the relationships between interspersed internal and external organisations that serve OASIS, including the internal Digital Service IT Team, ASIO business functions and third-party delivery partners, which can either be individual consultants or large technology delivery organisations

• Leading OASIS through major events within its lifecycle – from go-live, to enhancements, through to retirement – owning its roadmap

• Lead procurement activity where required to identify technically proficient and accredited organisations capable of delivering enhancements to OASIS, prioritising quality against cost and speed

• Managing the onboarding of successful third-party delivery organisations, including but not limited to assisting with the drafting of contractual documentation to ensure all suppliers are appropriately governed

• Manage contracts and relationships between DFT and third party / external contractors and service suppliers

A full breakdown of the role can be viewed in the attached Role Profile.

About You

To thrive in this role, you will hold demonstrable experience in managing internal and external stakeholder expectations, proven leadership skills, a keen eye for detail and experience in the following areas:

• Experience of working within an agile delivery methodology incl. but not limited to, creating and refining user stories, working within sprints, organising and conducting user acceptance testing cycles

• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft products, including Power Apps and Power Automate

• Experience of using collaborative tools, i.e. JIRA, Confluence

• Working within the constraints of secure systems and technology to deliver applications that can handle data of a sensitive nature

• Experience of working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver on business requirements

• Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels

About us

Our mission at the Department for Transport is ‘connecting people and places’. Everything we do to achieve this is reinforced by our values:

Confidence: to challenge, to take action, to innovate

Excellence: in our professionalism, in our delivery, in our learning

Teamwork: we are inclusive, we collaborate, we support each other

These values define the kind of organisation we want to be – delivering for today whilst being ambitious for tomorrow.

We embrace diversity and celebrate our differences. Everyone is involved in making DfT an inclusive and great place to work. We actively promote a flexible approach to working whilst giving our staff opportunities to maximise their skills and achieve their full potential.

We are different people, one team.



Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

Qualifications

Agile project management foundation & Practitioner

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

"Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits.

This includes:
- a generous annual leave entitlement,
- attractive pension options,
- flexible working,
- good career development opportunities,
- a variety of career paths,
- inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance."

Things you need to know Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview.

Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

The sift is due to take place from 14th October

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 19th October.

This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a security check may be carried out.