Join us as - Release Project Manager in Croydon (Full-time, Permanent)

If you have the appetite to work on issues that directly impact the public and have the drive and determination to play a critical role in enabling change within this exciting role, then read on!

About Capita

At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, education, transport, health, life and pensions, insurance and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever ??? and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals.

We are currently recruiting for interesting and exciting positions at the Home Office. The Home Office keeps the UK secure and prosperous; protects its citizens, residents and visitors and their property; and upholds rights, liberties and the rule of law. We lead on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime and fire policy, counter-terrorism and work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.

Why Join Home Office?

This role is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative person to be at the forefront of change in one of the great Departments of State. We are delivering significant transformation in order to continue keeping our citizens safe and our country secure.

The Role of a Project Manager

Your role as Project Manager is to lead/manage the project and the project team. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the project???s delivery to ensure objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will have a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered, enabling benefits to be realised.

Required Skills-  

-       Government/Public background would be ideal.

-       Equivalent experience in delivering in a similar role or programme environment

-       Experience in the release processes from development to deployment

-       Experience of readiness for service activities and managing releases into the live operational environment.

-       Good planning techniques with knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies

-       Knowledge of IT Deployment/Release Management

-       Stakeholder and Supplier Management

Typical Role Responsibilities:

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???Plan, co-ordinate, schedule and manage releases in collaboration with all stakeholders taking into consideration any interrelated dependencies from other planned work and resource availability.

???Creating a release specific Readiness Checklist agreeing the required activities and responsibilities with the Project Manager and Change and Release Team 

???Ensure quality gateway reviews are implemented to verify deliverables including items such as the test report have been completed and reviewed alongside the release notes prior to deployment of a release. 

???Ensure issues, concerns or risks have been escalated or managed appropriately before allowing a deployment to progress.

???Manage and chair Post Implementation Review (PIR) and lessons learned of releases with technical teams, project and deployment managers and suppliers.

???Recommend to accept or reject the release using judgment to balance the risk and benefits with buy-in from all stakeholders affected and to escalate as appropriate.

???Provide a weekly report which contains a highlight of progress, risks and issues

???Implement release governance and processes documents where they do not exist or for new services, ensuring regular review for relevance to the business

Additional Specification & Criteria required:

Person Specification:

??       A working knowledge of visible leadership

??       Working with ambiguity

??       Conflict resolution

??       Policy experience

??       Resilience

??       Innovation and culture change

??       Strong communication skills

??       Excellent attention to detail

??       Aptitude for analysis

Essential Criteria:

??       PRINCE2 Practitioner

We look forward to hearing from you and wish you the very best of luck with your application.

Please note successful applicants will be expected to go through vetting and Security Clearance.