Senior Agile Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager within Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) Change and Digital Innovation (CDi) team, you will work as part of the Change Lab structure managed within the Project Management Pool. Promoting best practice in project management you will ensure that SCTS policy and procedures maintain quality assurance levels of a high standard. You will be responsible for undertaking a portfolio of change programmes to modernise the delivery of its services, underpinned by technology. You will lead on planning, supporting the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality, and deliver a portfolio of agile projects that can demonstrably deliver high business value to users and stakeholders. The successful candidate will work closely with the delivery teams of project managers. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver areas of improvement, and support the business in achieving their requirements, supporting their strategic vision and delivering the improvements that allow senior stakeholders to realise tangible benefits.

You will plan and lead projects as part of a cross-functional agile team, actively contributing to sprint planning and retrospectives. You will manage day-to-day stakeholder relationships both internally and externally in collaboration with the Product Owner and Head of Lab. This will involve communication with internal teams and, at times, external service users. You will develop a deep understanding of your area of work and be responsible for delivering high-quality outcomes using the SCTS Change Framework LOAD/LOAD Lite.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Performing project planning activities for strategic projects or portfolio of projects
• Securing the correct resources and finances across multiple projects
• Managing the delivery resources, including project managers and budget
• Management of scope
• Schedule management and high-level change control (scope management)
• Risk, Issue, Assumption and Dependency management
• Supplier management
• Negotiating and unblocking obstacles to delivery
• Compliance with in-house LOAD delivery methodology
• Project reporting
• Target delivery

More information can be found in the attached job information pack. Applications should be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday 26 March 2026. Please note CV's will not be accepted for this role. Your application must provide evidence of how you meet the criteria set out in the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the Person Specification in the Job Information Pack. Applicants may use AI tools to assist in preparing their application. However, all statements and examples must be truthful, factually accurate, and based solely on your own experience. Submissions containing plagiarism, including presenting the ideas or experiences of others or AI-generated content, as your own will result in withdrawal of the application. Interview will take place week beginning 23 March 2026. If selected for interview you will be asked to undertake an additional assessment, details of which will be included in the invite to interview. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is exempt from the protections of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). This permits us to ask applicants details of both spent and unspent convictions, along with details of any formal cautions that you may have. Individuals without existing security clearance will always be considered as all successful applicants will require a standard level Disclosure check completed before employment can commence. Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition - Recruitment - Civil Service Commission (independent.gov.uk) If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner's Recruitment Principles, you can make a complaint, by contacting us at recruitment@scotcourts.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commissioner.

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