Job summary
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government - setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. GDS is responsible for setting the digital strategy for the government.
We are responsible for:
* Delivering the blueprint for a modern digital government
* Government Digital and Data Strategy and Standards, like the Technology Code of Practice, the Service Standard and Open Standards
* Cross-government Digital and Data performance and assurance, including Spend Controls
* Digital and Data Capability Development, including the Government Digital and Data pay framework
Job description
We need your skills to run initiatives which embed transformative technology and effective use of it around the UK Public Sector. In this role you can help central and local government, the NHS, Police, as well as 400+ agencies and other bodies. By the promotion of strategies, principles, standards and identifying best practice, as well as supporting the adoption and embedding of these into the public sector, you’ll help your 26,000+ digital and data colleagues in these organisations deliver transformational change.
Our product teams are currently focussed on Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, Platforms and Digital Workplace, making these easier for organisations of all sizes, identifying opportunities and managing the aggregate risks of these technologies to UK Government.
You will be responsible for the adoption of your team’s products and services by stakeholders around the UK Public Sector. This includes:
1. Delivering key pieces of work or campaigns, including overseeing all aspects of the communications and community delivery including content, press, social media, events and audience analysis
2. Designing, delivering and continuously evaluating an evidence-based cross-Government technology community strategy
3. Implementing mechanisms to ensure reporting on the success of activities to senior leaders
4. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across government to agree and align on shared messaging for delivery as well as gain buy-in for key commitments
5. Coaching organisations and people to adapt processes and policies to align with your team’s work
6. Triaging incoming requests for new or emerging engagement priorities
7. Working with vendors to maximise their offer to UK Public Sector, and with Crown Commercial Service in commercial engagements with vendors
The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Person specification
The successful candidate will need to operate at pace, set high standards for the work they commission and have a keen eye for detail to ensure that all issues are dealt with appropriately. They will need to be organised, a self-starter and able to design processes that are simple but effective, and able to maintain and improve these processes in a fast-paced environment.
This role requires skills including:
* Presenting to senior stakeholders, both technical (such as CTOs across Government) and non-technical (including ministers)
* Learning should be embedded in the way you approach your working week, and you should be keen to share your learning with those around you
* Coaching and leading teams in Agile and Lean practices
* Delivering projects on time dealing with complex relationships within multiple organisations
* Identifying and challenging organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated, as well as proven experience of guiding teams through new processes.
* Negotiating, influencing or setting budgets in complex environments and communicating business-value propositions
* Leading a continual planning process in a very complex environment
Benefits
The benefits of working at GDS
There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:
* Flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
* A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
* 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
* An extra day off for The King’s birthday
* An in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
* Career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
* Paid volunteering leave
* A focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
* Job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
* Advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
* Death in service benefits
* Cycle to work scheme and facilities
* Access to children's holiday play schemes across different locations in central London
* Access to an employee discounts scheme
* 10 learning days per year
* Volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
* Access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning
GDS offers hybrid working for all employees. This means that everyone does some working from home and also spends some time in their local office. You’ll agree to your hybrid working arrangement with your line manager in line with your preferences and business needs.
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