Senior Delivery Manager
| Posting date: | 17 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Candidates based in Yeading will receive the London Weighting allowance of £4,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 441179/5 |
Summary
The role holder will coach and enable teams, identifying practices to optimise quality, improve processes, and demonstrate value delivery for their context. Their proven ability to facilitate effective communication and empower teams will be crucial in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of digital solutions that align with user needs and stakeholder objectives.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Lead and coach cross-functional teams to deliver digital projects and products.Foster a culture of empowerment, accountability, and psychological safety within teams.Track financials and manage commercial aspects to ensure value for money.Promote high standards of quality, user-centered design, and continuous improvement.Champion Agile and Lean ways of working, coaching teams in iterative delivery.Remove obstacles and facilitate effective communication between teams and stakeholders.Collaborate with internal and external partners to align delivery with strategic goals.Plan team capacity and priorities, ensuring alignment with business objectives.Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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