Agile Delivery Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an Agile Delivery Manager to lead an in-house Digital Services Team for our vibrant city's local government. We believe in the power of digital to improve the lives our Citizens and to make the Council more effective and efficient. This role will be key to helping us build our capability and meet our ambitions. We are transforming existing services, driving digital transformation initiatives and enhancing our services to better serve our customers. Would you like to join an organisation that affects the lives of an entire city's population? Would you like to join a friendly development environment to deliver robust services? Would you like to grow skills and experience with us? Responsibilities include

• Work in partnership with Delivery Managers for multi-disciplinary agile delivery teams to deliver excellent new products.
• Lead the successful delivery of complex digital transformation initiatives.
• Embed Agile ways of working across teams, coaching, and mentoring delivery and key stakeholders to build an Agile culture that enhances collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Build, maintain, and execute a realistic, deliverable, and integrated end-to-end implementation plan for digital services and automation solutions, identifying key milestones, dependencies, and risks.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of automation-driven solutions, leveraging platforms such as MS Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI) or other suitable tools, ensuring technology adoption drives efficiency and service improvements.
  
  Extensive experience in an Agile Delivery Manager (or equivalent senior leadership) role, driving complex organisational change.
• Ability to embed Agile culture across teams and departments fostering high-performance environments.
• Strong track record of the successful delivery and management of high-quality digital products/services.
• Experience of representing a group of customers, resolving their competing priorities.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to confidently articulate the rationale for product and service decisions.
• Enthusiasm for working in collaborative, cross-functional teams.
• Skilled at appropriately challenging the accepted way of doing things, eliciting innovative solutions.
  
  At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future. How do I apply? If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below. To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application. For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment. For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to. If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract. We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career., At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working. Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future. How do I apply? If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below. To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application. For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment. For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to. If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract. We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career. For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Tia Corkish At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.