delivery manager

delivery manager Glasgow, Scotland

Student Loans Company
Full Time Glasgow, Scotland 53000 - 45000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

302142

Salary

£45,000 - £53,000
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

SLC - Technology Group and Estates

Type of role

Information Technology

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

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Location

Glasgow

About the job

Job summary

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

Job description

The Associate Delivery Manager is responsible for ensuring that an agile delivery team lives by the values and practices of Agile. Coaching the team, helping the team to perform at their highest level and do the best work it possibly can. Removing any impediments to progress, reporting progress, facilitating meetings and working with the Product Owner to make sure the product backlog is well maintained and ready to be worked on while minimising excess work in progress

Person specification

  • Previous experience performing the role of Associate Delivery Manager (or similar role such as Scrum Master) for a software development team that was applying Agile principles and practices
  • Previous experience as a team lead or in any other people management role
  • Knowledge of other Agile approaches such as Scrum, XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD and so on
  • Knowledge and/or experience with Agile techniques, for example TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Usability Testing
  • Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
  • Relevant experience as a Business Analyst, Tester or Developer

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,000, Student Loans Company contributes £12,150 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
  • Option to buy/sell annual leave
  • Flexi-time and flexible working options available
  • Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
  • Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
  • Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
  • Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme

Things you need to know

Selection process details

All CV's will be reviewed and shortlisted candidates will be invited to a competency based interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance.

delivery manager
Student Loans Company

http://www.gov.uk/slc
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Chris Larmer
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
National Services & Agencies
1989
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