About the role

  • DDaT Delivery Manager at Barnet Council delivering digital projects while providing consultancy and improving technology practices across the council.

Responsibilities

  • Sit at the centre of a growing digital function focused on improving resident and customer outcomes
  • Play a key role in delivering a broad range of digital, data and technology (DDaT) projects that support the council’s financial sustainability
  • Drive delivery across multiple projects—tracking milestones, clearing blockers, coordinating teams and ensuring benefits are realised
  • Build strong working relationships with services across Barnet to identify process improvements, opportunities and efficiencies
  • Influence ways of working, strengthen delivery practices and help shape the future of the council’s DDaT function
  • Provide digital consultancy and business partnering—triaging and prioritising requests, offering guidance, sharing best practice and helping services translate organisational goals into practical, outcomes-focused delivery
  • Support the council in embedding a digital-first mindset, championing agile approaches, quality service design, accessibility, inclusion and a test-learn-iterate culture

Requirements

  • An experienced Delivery Manager with a strong track record in a DDaT environment
  • Comfortable leading a variety of delivery lifecycles—from traditional waterfall approaches to agile, iterative delivery
  • Proven experience guiding projects through initiation, requirements, design, testing, deployment and service transition
  • Confident managing risks, dependencies and change across complex technical portfolios
  • Strong leadership skills, able to work effectively in multidisciplinary and matrix environments
  • Outcomes-driven and user-focused
  • Ability to translate Barnet’s strategic goals into clear deliverables and practical plans for successful implementation
  • Confident communicator who can adapt style to different audiences and effectively influence stakeholders
  • Understanding of digital principles, accessibility, quality service design and the importance of inclusive, user-centred services

Benefits

  • 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
  • Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
  • Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
  • A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
  • Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance

Job title

Delivery Manager, DDaT

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£48,003 - £53,172 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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