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Job summary
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Workforce and Capability team (in Cabinet Office) is focused on ensuring that government has the right people to deliver digital transformation and meet the significant challenges that it will face in coming years. We aim to turbocharge our ability to attract, recruit, grow and retain world leading digital talent who will go on to develop game changing public services.
This challenge is one of the most pressing and exciting in government, and one that is critical to government modernisation and reform.
We are a dynamic and growing team of capability, digital and data professionals charged with setting strategy and delivering for the 26,000 digital makers, future talent, and the wider civil service. We are committed to building and continually developing a culture that is inclusive, enthusiastic, supportive, and ultimately a place where our people can perform and develop to their very best. It is important that your personal value set aligns with this ambition.
Our programme will accelerate realisation of a more diverse and inclusive workforce, and includes:
- development and implementation of a new competitive DDaT pay framework
- design and implementation of a streamlined and standardised DDaT recruitment experience that reduces time to hire and supports a reduction in our current and future reliance on contingent labour
- up-skilling all senior civil servants to be equipped with ‘digital and data essentials’
- renewed investment in learning for all in digital and data, and a government wide commitment to apprentices and graduates at scale
- a DDaT Strategic Workforce Plan
Job description
You will:
- manage the transformation of the DDaT Capability Framework, a product that describes the digital, data and technology (DDaT) roles in government and the skills needed to do them
- work with a multidisciplinary team including a product manager, a content designer, a developer, two user researchers and a data analyst to ensure the redesigned DDaT Capability Framework meets user needs and government design principles
- plan the lifecycle delivery of the DDaT Capability Framework from beta into live
- define the team approach to delivery management, articulate the pace of research analysis and planning cycles in an iterative environment
- own and facilitate team ceremonies
- work with the product manager on prioritisation and backlog management
- support the delivery planning of a discovery on Senior Civil Service (SCS) professionals and how to embed their skills into the existing capability framework. identify efficiencies in the teams ways of working, its stakeholders management plans and how we manage our relationships with professional communities across government.
Person specification
You will:
- have experience delivering agile projects in a fast-paced environment, though different phases of delivery, amid ambiguity and changing priorities
- have an understanding of how to prioritise the most important or high value tasks. You will use data to inform planning and manage complex dependencies
- identify blockers, manage and track the mitigation of risks
- build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, advocate on behalf of a team and communicate clearly what it does
Benefits
The benefits of working at CDDO
There are many benefits including:
- flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
- a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
- an extra day off for The Kings 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
CDDO offers hybrid working for all employees. This means that everyone does some working from home and also spends some time in their local office. Youll agree to your hybrid working arrangement with your line manager in line with your preferences and business needs.
Any move to the Central Digital and Data Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
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Selection process details
The standard selection process for roles at CDDO consists of:
- a simple application screening process – We only ask for a CV and cover letter of up to 750 words. Important tip – please ensure that your cover letter includes how you meet the skills and experience listed in the person specification section above
- a 60 minute video interview
Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise.
In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. Well be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role.
For this role well be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:
Well also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework for the Associate Delivery Manager role:
Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade.
A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
- Email : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission by email:
info@csc.gov.uk Or in writing: Civil Service Commission, Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.
