Lead Director's Support Manager

Lead Director's Support Manager: Pay of £55,557 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Lead Director's Support Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. You might have experience of executive support, office management and leading a team that delivers business support services, especially for senior leaders.

Our digital teams are using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application?

• Experience of quickly understanding the environment and strategic agenda to effectively identify and prioritise the most important tasks.

• Experience of leading a process, and delivery, within a complexed environment.

• Experience of building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders, managing those relationships effectively.

• Experience of managing conflicting demands and priorities whilst working in a high profile, fast paced environment.

• Ability to use different communication methods (including SharePoint, MS Teams, OneNote), recognising the benefits, including ensuring cost effectiveness.

You and your role

As a Lead Director's Support Manager for a busy and complex area of DWP Digital, you will manage the Director's Office and lead a team of support colleagues in providing an efficient and consistent service across the Senior Leadership Team.

You will be the primary point of contact for your Director's business, reviewing and triaging all issues. You'll digest, prioritise, and impact content and requests, exercising sound judgment to independently resolve matters where appropriate.

You and your team will make sure our leaders in digital have the time, space and resources to deliver against an important agenda.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hub in Blackpool or Manchester.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office.

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of £55,557 p.a.

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth £16,000/year).

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days

• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home

• Family-friendly policies

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket

• Sports and social activities

• Working in an award-winning environment and culture

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

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