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Agile Project / Delivery Manager for digital product development and contract management

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Exception Limited

Value

78,000 GBP

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Summary of the work The National Archives is looking for an experienced Agile Delivery Manager (or project manager with experience of delivering software products) to ensure the successful delivery of software products and services involving teams of in-house experts and external contractors according to the GDS Service standards following Agile practices. Specialist role Delivery manager Expected Contract Length 6 months (with the possibility of extension, up to 12 months in total) Latest start date Monday 4 October 2021 Maximum Day Rate £600/day Who Speclialist Work With You will work with different multi-disciplinary teams. For example: Transformation Engine: in-house product team (product manager, data engineer, user researcher, technical architect, developers) with access to users and other specialists as needed. You will manage agile delivery of software and processes. DiAGRAM and PRONOM: Software design and development (following Agile principles) will be undertaken by external suppliers working collaboratively with the Delivery Manager and an in-house Product Manager. Both Products require implementation of improvements to existing services: PRONOM is a live service, DiAGRAM is in private beta. You will manage the external contractors’ delivery to time, budget and quality. What Specialists Work On 1. Deliver a rapid Alpha (and optional Beta) of our ‘Data Transformation Engine’ with an in-house team, according to GDS Service Standards and Agile principles. 2. Oversee delivery of improvements to our ‘DiAGRAM’ and ‘PRONOM’ software products. Each is led by an in-house product manager, development work is contracted to external suppliers. PRONOM is moving from legacy technology to a modern, linked-data architecture. DiAGRAM’s user interface requires accessibility improvements. You will remove obstacles, track progress, facilitate meetings and help the teams organise themselves to ensure that objectives are met. Skills & Experience • Extensive experience of delivering high quality software using an iterative Agile approach. • Detailed knowledge and experience of using JIRA to plan and manage software development. • Experience of delivering projects to the Government Service Standard, including examples of leading projects successfully through service assessments (Alpha, Beta, Live). • Experience of developing product roadmaps; excellent knowledge of how to create, manage and refine a product backlog of prioritised user stories; ability to structure, estimate and track delivery in Sprints. • Experience of managing external contractors to ensure delivery of requirements at pace and achieve value for money • Strong experience of coaching and mentoring team members who are new to Agile ways of working. • Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex technical concepts to stakeholders in a compelling way. Nice to Haves • Familiarity with working with software teams to develop ETL (extract, transform, load) tools and processes. • An understanding of DROID and PRONOM and their use to support preservation planning activities . https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/policy-process/digital-continuity/file-profiling-tool-droid/ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Default.aspx • An awareness of the needs and challenges of digital preservation and digital archiving. Work Location Remote. Occasional visits to the site at Kew, West London, will be required. All expenses must be included in the quoted rate, expenses cannot be claimed separately. Working Arrangments Working hours are Monday to Friday, between 8AM and 5PM. A full time, five-days-a-week working arrangement is preferred. We will consider a part-time arrangement of a minimum of four days a week, provided the contractor can offer flexibility on which days are worked. Regular communication will be by phone and video conference and via tools including MS Teams, email, Slack, Jira. Security Clearance Baseline clearance will be required (BPSS) No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation, partners and contractors. • Share knowledge and experience with other team members. • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions. • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes. • Take ownership and responsibility for their work. • Excellent communication, willingness to adopt and contribute to improving TNA’s digital ways of working. Assessment Method • Reference • Interview Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there a preferred supplier? No. 2. Could you please provide breakdown of further stages with dates? When exactly the final decision would be made? Our anticipated timetable is as follows:Scoring of all responses to produce shortlist for interview by 27th September 2021.Interviews held on 30th September 2021.Award decision by end of day on 1 October 2021.Contract negotiations to conclude as soon as possible thereafter. We recognise that the 4 October start date may slip. 3. Is there a current or preferred incumbent for this? No 4. Is this requirement inside or outside of IR35? We have checked the role requirements (to the best of our knowledge) using the assessment tool found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-employment-status-for-tax and the determination for the role(s) as advertised is that the intermediaries legislation does apply to this engagement. 5. Will you also consider SC eligible candidates and sponsor SC and DV for a candidate? Yes, we will consider SC eligible candidates. DV will not be required. 6. If there is any then please let us know what are the key pain points? None known. The main product team working on our Transformation Engine product have delivered an initial prototype and are currently conducting further prototyping and investigation (Alpha) with the intention of progressing to Beta delivery. The two smaller products (PRONOM, DiAGRAM) are both in the process of appointing external suppliers to carry out work on improving the technical architecture (PRONOM) and improving accessibility of the user interface (DiAGRAM). 7. Are there any suppliers currently supplying this type of resource to your organisation. We have another delivery manager working on a different project in a similar capacity. We don’t have other suppliers providing this type of resource to this project.

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2 years ago

Award date

2 years ago

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