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WIN 10 Specialist Delivery Manager

Closing date for applications: 04/10/2019
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Delivery manager
Summary of the work
 Delivery of a Desktop Upgrade project in a complex estate including bespoke applications integrated with Office products. Desktop and Application delivery (design, build and test) through to pilot and rollout Outputs must include: • Project plans, reports, RAID • Technical deliverables to agreed quality standards to enable seamless business rollout
Latest start date
 25/11/2019
Expected contract length
 12 months (+12 months)
Location
 Wales
Organisation the work is for
 DVLA ITS - IT Service Creation
Maximum day rate
 £625
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
 DVLA has a mixed desktop / laptop estate, with staff roles that encompass corporate users, technical staff and remote workers. The desktop estate is complex including thick clients integrated with Office products and over 300 locally installed applications Technical stack: • Windows 10 and Office will be deployed in a secure government environment, using SCCM 2012 Task Sequences, software configurations and deployment tasks. • Significant changes are expected to the current Active Directory and Group Policy as part of user migrations Delivery framework: • Project management standards are based on PRINCE2 • Technical deliverables to be matrix managed and produced to agreed quality standards to enable seamless business rollout
Who the specialist will work with
 Internal IT Service Creation staff, 3rd party contractors, internal stakeholders. DVLA’s End User Computing team will be responsible for SCCM deployment, configuration and bespoke application deployment including ownership and development across all software and policy areas. The IT Service Creation team in DVLA includes Technical Product Managers, Agile Delivery Managers, Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Software Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers and Testers. DVLA will provide an overseeing architect, working into the Head of Architecture. Business requirements for deployment will be developed in collaboration with key stakeholders within DVLA.
What the specialist will work on
 The IT Service Creation team have a requirement for a specialist Delivery Manager with specific skills and experience to be responsible for the delivery of a Desktop upgrade project, including: - Migration of approximately 5000 desktops from Windows 7 to Windows 10 with a new Office client and Teams - Remediation activities for desktop / bespoke applications The specialist will be responsible for the project management team and deliverables: - Project schedule and detailed delivery plan - Reporting including Risks, Issues and dependencies - Financial tracking - Resource engagement across all work-streams
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 DVLA, Morriston, Swansea DVLA, RLDC, Swansea
Working arrangements
 5 days per week
Security clearance
 Due to the nature of the content and configuration SC Clearance is a mandatory requirement which needs to be in place by 25th November 2019.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 We currently see this role as sitting outside of IR35, as the candidates would not hold a fixed office position and will not have direct day to day direction or supervision.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 10
Cultural fit criteria
 Provide an example of being able to form effective relationships with people of all seniorities and job types Provide an example of how you enable Self-starters and inspire others to action in a matrix-managed environment Provide 2 or more examples of communication and influencing skills. Provide an example of ability to coach and support a project team
Assessment methods
 Work history Reference Interview Scenario or test Presentation
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 3 or more years in delivering projects at pace to upgrade and rollout desktop upgrades based on a Microsoft OS.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 3 or more years in delivering projects which include bespoke / legacy applications, minimum one delivery example.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 1 or more years delivering large scale projects for desktop upgrades (over 3000 users) including integration with bespoke / legacy applications.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience delivering IT investments and large-scale projects with proven track-record of meeting these in the simplest manner to time, budget and quality criteria, minimum one example.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience delivering IT Infrastructure projects in a secure Government environment, minimum one example.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 3 or more years of working in a hybrid desktop set-up using software based on cloud and local infrastructure.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 1 or more years of delivering Office 365 on-line to end users.
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 04/10/2019

WIN 10 Specialist Delivery Manager

Closing date for applications: 04/10/2019


Specialist role:

Delivery manager

Location:

Wales

Organisation:

DVLA ITS - IT Service Creation

Maximum day rate:

£625
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