T A Service Delivery - SD&T Manager
Rate: £500
Clearance Required: SC ACTIVE
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Description and Location
Please note that SC Clearance is required for the role You will be involved in all aspects of Service Design & Transition across client teams involved with the Project Delivery process.
The role aim is to assure delivery of first-class service components. SD&T processes provide support to the project delivery workstreams from start of project development life cycle through to live running.
You will be responsible for carrying out assurance activities and client SD&T tasks and activities needed to ensure a successful and complete implementation.
You will help the project delivery teams to proactively identify potential service risks and work with them to mitigate ongoing effects on Service provision.
You will contribute to the SD&T Community receiving and giving education to other client SD&T staff in Operational Best Practice, Patterns and Standards
Specifically, the role objectives will be:
* Development of Support Model and Diagrams for components being delivered by client project teams
* Ensure that client Application and Technical Support teams have the capabilities in place to deliver the client support model
* Assess any implications related to business/service readiness and take necessary action to assure that all risks and implications for client teams are managed
* Coordinate your own client SD&T tasks and activities
* Ensure that the client support model is complete, tested and signed off before service go live
* Provide a point of escalation for client SD&T operational issues and risks
* Ensure operational sign-off of client SD&T artefacts at appropriate governance boards and technical reviews
* Facilitate the review and approval of support process tests across client teams Required Skills:
* Interpersonal skills - happy to lead and facilitate meetings while taking detailed notes.
* Happy to listen actively and draw conclusions.
* Weekly reporting to seniors about assigned projects Use of a defined toolset to support all of the processes.
* Happy to discuss intangible service principles (with help/training) and ability to manage associated risks.
* Confidence in your understanding of project and service processes to plan practical and usable solutions to real life problems.
* Negotiation and ability to challenge/question Self-reliance and ability to work independently with supervision.
Optional Skills:
Experience of providing a service to customers.
Risk awareness
Mix of project and service mentality
Excel/Office/PowerPoint
Project experience