Role: Interim Delivery Lead
Contract Length: 6 months FTC
Location: Hybrid/Haywards Heath
IR35: TBC
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS
Spinwell is recruiting for an Interim Delivery Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INTERIM DELIVERY LEAD
- Plan & orchestrate delivery across interdependent workstreams (customer journeys, website, AI pilots), managing scope, critical path, RAID, sprint ceremonies, and quality gates; align suppliers and internal teams to shared outcomes. This includes designing journeys that work for residents with limited digital access or literacy.
- Resource and unblock: sequence work, surface gaps, commission targeted capacity (content design, research, delivery, dev) and drive decisions through governance (SRO/Board)
- Service design leadership: champion evidence‑based design, accessibility and inclusion, assisted digital, and measurable outcomes; ensure user research and content standards are embedded into delivery.
- AI pilots governance: run pragmatic test‑and‑learn cycles with human oversight; ensure transparency statements, DPIAs/EqIAs, and ethical guard‑rails are in place; capture benefits and lessons for scale.
- Stakeholder engagement: build trust with Members, senior officers, frontline teams, suppliers and partners; communicate progress crisply and pre‑empt risks; align with statutory and programme timelines. Ensure assisted digital pathways are co-designed with teams (Customer Service, Communities)
- Benefits & reporting: define success metrics (customer effort, resolution times, accessibility conformance, channel shift); provide cadence‑based reporting into boards and SMT.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE INTERIM DELIVERY LEAD
- Proven orchestration of multi‑stream public‑sector change, ideally in local government, combining service design, digital platforms (CMS/CRM/forms/integration), and supplier management.
- Modern delivery leadership: agile planning, sprint leadership, RAID, benefits realisation; able to simplify and decide.
- Stakeholder savvy: can win buy‑in across Services, Comms, Finance, Legal/Procurement, and with delivery partners—bringing people with them through change.
- Service design mindset: accessibility (WCAG), content design, user research, open standards; understands that what we design and the skills we deploy determine success more than tools do.
- AI literacy for delivery: confident orchestrating ethical, human‑in‑the‑loop pilots in real services; can evidence outcomes without hype.
If you are an Interim Delivery Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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