Job Information
SENIOR DELIVERY MANAGER
Digital and IT Service
The Digital and IT service has big ambitions for change – we’re modernising the services we deliver, as well as the way we deliver them. We’re growing our Digital Team and are looking for people to help us shape our future.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Digital Team. We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Delivery Manager to support the delivery of our digital roadmap.
You’ll be working on designing and implementing new online services to improve the customer experience for our staff, and for Northumberland’s residents.
We’re looking for a person with a passion for using technology to solve problems, and who can lead and work with our digital teams to drive performance and ensure we achieve our goals.
As a Senior Delivery Manager, you’ll be:
- An advocate for user centred design, and for ensuring that the things we deliver will release clear and continuous value, making a positive difference to our users.
- Key to supporting our digital teams to achieve their goals, and for ensuring the high performance of our multidisciplinary teams, comprised of Council staff and 3rd party delivery partners.
- Core to shaping the ways of working which make the team more effective, and to helping them maintain motivation for the work.
- Confident at delivering complex IT and Digital services, breaking down barriers for the team and both planning at a higher level, as well as getting into the detail to make things happen when needed.
- Experimenting with ideas and techniques that make teams high performing, interpreting them for our context and adapting them as you measure their effect.
This is a full-time (37 hours) position on a 12 month fixed term contract. The role will be based at County Hall, Morpeth.
If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Fay Cooper, Head of Digital on fay.cooper@northumberland.gov.uk
Why choose us?
Northumberland County Council’s (NCC) vision is ‘Land of Great Opportunities’, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.
For further information about working for NCC, please visit our website here.
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please click here.
Further information
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.
