Delivery Unit- Team Leader


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£60,732 to £71,296 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Salford
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Oct 2026
Closing date:	20 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade supports businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a stretching portfolio in the Delivery Unit, at the centre of the department in the Strategy, Delivery & Ministers Directorate.

You will drive forward the Secretary of State’s top priorities – working with policy teams, Ministers and the Department’s senior team to identify and resolve blockers to delivery, ensuring join up across the department and with other government departments.

You will support the delivery of high-priority programmes, test assumptions and identify emerging risks, providing a clear view of progress to Ministers and senior officials in the department and the centre of government. You will need to build trusted relationships with several functions across the department while maintaining the constructive challenge of a central Delivery Unit.

These are high-profile, fast-moving programmes that generate cross-government and public interest. You will build strong working relationships with policy teams and senior officials to understand and unblock delivery pinch points, reporting in to the most senior levels of the department.

In addition to driving this fast paced and engaging portfolio, you will be responsible for maintaining a strong, dynamic and supportive team culture.

Typical responsibilities will include:

Driving forward the Secretary of State’s and Permanent Secretary’s priorities, ensuring each programme delivers meaningful value.
Being the central point of coordination and contact for the Delivery Unit, assessing delivery of milestones and identifying and supporting policy areas to escalate and unblock issues, ensuring alignment with departmental objectives.
Supporting our performance-driven culture by empowering leadership with the information and tools they need to manage Ministerial priorities.
Supporting the development of delivery plans, and conducting deep-dives into policy areas, actively working to resolve complex issues and ensuring that risks to delivery are surfaced and resolved at senior levels.
Tracking delivery, assessing performance and providing progress insights and problem solving to Ministers and the centre of government. This will require you to build expertise in the policy area to enable informed assessments and constructive challenge.
Acting as a key point of contact, liaison and trusted partner to internal policy teams, private offices and key teams across Whitehall.
Taking an active role in the wider management of a high-performing Delivery Unit team, with potential for either line management or matrix management responsibilities.

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