Length of employment: Job Summary: Are you an experienced IT/Digital Project Manager? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment continually looking to evolve? If this sounds like you, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! We're looking for passionate Digital Project Managers who can hit the ground running and be responsible for end-to-end delivery in a demanding and exciting digital environment. Our Digital Project Managers use a range of skills and methodologies, managing multi-functional delivery teams to deliver change, maintain our core applications and deliver new services that support the lives of millions of people. We have many exciting opportunities for you to join us at DWP Digital, you will join a flourishing, supportive delivery community delivering some of the largest digital transformations in Europe. Our Tech Services directorate has multiple exciting opportunities for skilled Digital Project Managers. If you have experience leading infrastructure or workplace technology projects, we want to hear from you. A select number of roles are also available in our software delivery teams, ideal for those with a passion for agile digital transformation and user-centred design. Job Description: As a Digital Project Manager, you will: Take ownership of full projects or parts of large scale programmes, ensuring delivery was to agreed parameters of quality, time and cost, ensuring appropriate governance is followed. For example, plans, risks, issues and dependencies with effective escalation where necessary, owning them until they are resolved. Track and manage project progress and budget, providing helpful and accurate reporting to more senior project managers and/or governance boards. Actively managing change and governance for your projects, taking all cross-project impacts into account. Manage team dynamics, encouraging collaboration and shared ownership throughout the team. Deal with conflict and help establish a positive team culture. Build and manage stakeholder relationships across internal teams and suppliers, proactively identifying risks and issues and managing these. Communicate consistently across internal and external stakeholders, tailoring messages to ensure that it is right for the audience and consistent with broader project/digital messaging. Take responsibility for your own learning and development, continuously improving knowledge and skills in principles, methods, and tools as well as coaching and mentor Associates, identifying improvements in ways of working where appropriate. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave - at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information New entrants to the Civil Service will join on band minimum. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater. See selection process for further details. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Natalie.selby1@dwp.gov.uk. Stage 1: Application Your application will consist of four parts: 1. A Personal Details application form. 2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed. 3. Personal statement - up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below: Can demonstrate effective project controls to demonstrate the health of the projects they are responsible for and react accordingly to the information gathered. Experience of building and managing effective stakeholder relationships to shape the outcomes of a project, considering different individual needs, views, and ideas. Experience of building team dynamics and identifying ways to improve the way the team is working. Communicate in a straightforward, honest, and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles and tools to maximise and check understanding and impact. 4. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of Project Management. Can demonstrate they have taken full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation, and satisfactory completion of a number of different digital projects (typically with direct business impact and firm deadlines). Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge. An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift. For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital. Important Information You will be asked to complete your employment history. Any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form. Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered. If your employment history, personal statement or technical statement contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn. We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective. Stage 2: Interview If you're successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed above. Interviews will take place from late July 2025. Interview dates to be confirmed. Further information Find out more about Working for DWP If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards. A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 mont hs from which further appointments can be made. All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action. Reasonable Adjustment At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the "Reasonable Adjustments" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional. For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How we recruit page. Feedback