London borough of Redbridge
IT Replacement Programme Product Manager
19 Incomplete applications
16 SME, 3 large
23 Completed applications
23 SME, 0 large
Important dates
- Published
- Friday 22 January 2021
- Deadline for asking questions
- Tuesday 26 January 2021 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Friday 29 January 2021 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Product manager
- Off-payroll (IR35) determination
- Summary of the work
- Redbridge is an ambitious, diverse and exciting east-London borough. What we do is driven by changing our relationship with local people to support our vision. As a result, we've developed innovative ways to build our communities and transform our Council. This role is critical to our ambitious plans.
- Latest start date
- Monday 1 February 2021
- Expected contract length
- Location
- No specific location, for example they can work remotely
- Organisation the work is for
- London borough of Redbridge
- Maximum day rate
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- Programme and project manager, data manager, business analysts and project support officers within the team. Subject matter experts within the housing service including heads of service, team managers and officers.
- What the specialist will work on
- The housing IT replacement product manager role is central to delivering our ambitious transformation plans for this critical service area. A key focus will be the delivery of the central IT replacement project. A multi-million-pound replacement of the Housing IT infrastructure which is as much about modernisation as it is about designing a futuristic housing service and fundamentally meeting the changing needs of our borough and its customers.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
- Remote until advised.
- Working arrangements
- Remote working with the need to facilitate sessions with colleagues online via teams and other platforms.
- Security clearance
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- 5+ years Housing IT system implementation experience.
- Able to plan, schedule, monitor, and reporting on delivery of the IT project.
- Be experienced in resource scheduling to ensure availability of adequate resources to deliver the project
- Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and takes action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
- Ensuring that project stakeholders are adequately involved and kept informed of progress on their projects, and that customer expectations and project outcomes remain aligned.
- Ensures that all stages of projects are appropriately documented.
- Ensures projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and actioned.
- Ensures project governance is effective and transparent and the governance requirements for board members and project sponsors are met
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- be transparent and collaborative when making decisions
- share knowledge and experience with other team member
- take responsibility for their work
- challenge the status quo
- Additional assessment methods
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
60%Cultural fit
10%Price
30%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. Is there a current or preferred incumbent?
- hank you for your question. There is currently an IT replacement programme product manager working within the IT programme.
- 2. Could you please provide us with some indication of expected contract length?
- Circa 3 months
- 3. Could you please provide us with some indication of maximum day rate or budget for this specialist position?
- Please refer to the evaluation weighting.