Government Digital Service

WP1105: Transformation Delivery Manager

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36 SME, 5 large

Specialist role: Delivery manager
Summary of the work: We require an experienced Delivery Manager with a deep understanding of Digital Transformation in the public sector to help us design, develop and test the Transformation Support Service. Specifically this will be helping define our ways of working, approaches, tools and techniques when advising (specific) government departments and Teams.
Latest start date: 20 June 2015
Expected contract length: Max 2 years with a 6 monthly review
Location: London
Organisation the work is for: Government Digital Service
Maximum day rate

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: You will be working with the Head of Government Transformation Support and the Transformation Support team. The team consists mostly of Transformation leads. Additionally you will also be required to work with departments and teams across government to help test new approaches.
What the specialist will work on: We are building a new team within GDS called the Transformation Support Team. We will help departments or teams understand, start, and make progress with digital transformation.

We require an experienced Delivery Manager with a deep understanding of Digital Transformation in the public sector to help us design, develop and test the Transformation Support Service. Specifically this will be helping define our ways of working, approaches, tools and techniques when advising government departments and Teams.

Address where the work will take place: Government Digital Service
Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH

The specialist will be required to work on other Government department sites as required. The will be in London and elsewhere in the UK. Maximum time on a client site is likely to be 3 days per week.
Working arrangements: We are looking to agree flexible ways of working with the chosen supplier. We anticipate this will be on average 1-2 days per week and may be somewhat irregular. We anticipate therefore that this work will suit a supplier who undertakes multiple engagements at a single time.
Security clearance: Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience: Experience of delivering transformation in government in the fields of digital, data & technology and organisation design & the cultural changes required to achieve it

Experience of delivering government digital services and a deep understanding of the Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live process

Experience of a number of tools and techniques when consulting with government departments and teams

Experience of working with Executive stakeholders in government

Experience of working with digital delivery teams in government

Experience of setting strategy, visions and goals

Excellent facilitation skills

Expertise in agile governance

Experience and understanding of digital service management

Expertise in process design
Nice-to-have skills and experience: value chain mapping

Roadmapping

service mapping

Business and operating model canvas

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Assessment methods

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

75%

Cultural fit

Price

20%

1. Is the day rate to include or exclude travel expenses?: Digital Outcome and Specialists (DOS) Framework Agreement
Digital specialists:
8.14 During Further Competition, the Supplier will provide a day rate for the role and skills required by the brief. The day rate price excludes VAT, and excludes travel and expenses – which is capped at the Buyer expense policy permitted maximum.
The Buyer in this case is the Cabinet Office and the 'Cabinet Office T&S Policy Annex A Subsistence' can be provided on request for your information. You must obtain permission in advance for any reasonable T&S to be agreed.