Details

Reference number

475779

Salary

£44,620 - £52,090 SEO - National: £44,620 - £49,065; London: £47,355 - £52,090 (pro rata for part-time working) A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

DSIT - Government Digital Service - Digital Centre Design### Type of role

Human Resources

Security### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time### Number of jobs available

2 Contents

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Bristol, London, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary

GDS

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

joining up public sector services
harnessing the power of AI for the public good
strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
elevating leadership and investing in talent
funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UKs geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

Were part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, youll be working with some of the worlds most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nations highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.

Please note

Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Governments announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.

Job description

This role sits in the Capability and Partnering team, part of the Government Digital and Data Workforce and Capability team in Government Digital Service (GDS).

We put the right conditions in place to achieve Government Digital & Data and Cyber transformation at scale by working cross-government with departments and other government functions like commercial and project delivery professionals.

The Capability and Partnering team is responsible for talent development across the Digital and Data Function and the Cyber Profession (both cross-government), with this role predominantly focused on cyber talent.

Were looking for SCS Cyber Talent Capability Managers to join our high impact Senior Talent team. Youll be supporting the development of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) within the Government Cyber Profession.

In this role, youll be at the heart of talent capability work for senior leaders across departments. Youll collect, own and continuously improve our talent data, drive delivery and work with stakeholders at the highest levels.

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

As a Cyber Talent Capability Manager, you will:

Confidently manage and use talent data, ensuring our SCS talent dataset is accurate, robust and up to date via our rAPId platform. Youll work closely with analysts to improve data quality, generate insight and lead key processes such as annual talent data commissions, succession planning and workforce planning activity.

Lead cross-government engagement, partnering with departments and senior stakeholders to build trusted, productive relationships. You'll ensure clear, consistent communication and maintain high-quality records that support strategic engagement and decision-making.

Deliver and improve talent approaches, helping to grow a diverse and capable pipeline of senior cyber and digital leaders. Youll implement and review talent management tools, support leadership development offers and contribute to our inclusive leadership priorities.

Drive delivery across a portfolio of projects and programmes, planning ahead, adapting quickly and reporting on progress to ensure the delivery of high quality, reliable services. You will use talent data, stakeholder intelligence and evidence to identify risks, opportunities and future capability needs.

Provide leadership and direction, aligning work across the senior talent space and effectively deputising for the team lead when needed. Youll act as a role model for collaborative, inclusive and effective leadership.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape how we identify, support and grow our senior cyber and digital leaders who are driving real change in the public sector. Come and join us and make a real difference!

Essential Criteria

We are interested in people who have:

Experience of owning, gathering, interpreting and using complex data to support effective decision making and planning, including identifying risks and opportunities for improvement using evidence based insights to inform talent management activities

Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience working confidently with senior stakeholders across organisations. Able to manage large volumes of complex information, communicate clearly and persuasively, and build and maintain trusted, productive relationships.

Experience of leading delivery across multiple projects or workstreams, effectively prioritising and managing interdependencies, while maintaining attention to detail and delivering to a high standard.

Experience of working with and within diverse teams, showing initiative and a proactive approach to resolving issues. Contributing to a positive, inclusive team culture and championing diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting efforts to improve representation across the cyber profession.

Experience of working in, or closely with, HR and people functions, ideally delivering senior-level talent management strategies including the design and delivery of talent, leadership or capability initiatives, workforce and succession planning and/or people analytics, aligned to organisational priorities and stakeholder needs.

Demonstrable experience of using creative and strategic thinking to develop and implement talent development products, services or solutions that meet a wide range of user and stakeholder needs and are aligned to strategic objectives and address functional challenges.

Desirable Criteria

Experience working in, or closely with, the cyber or digital and data professions, with an understanding of the challenges facing senior technical leaders.

CIPD Level 5 (or willing to obtain).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Seeing the Big Picture
Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,620, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £12,926 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides . The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

Office attendance

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your personal statement (in no more than 1000 words) to explain how your skills, knowledge and experience make you suitable for the Cyber Talent Capability Manager role, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria set out in the advert. Please use relevant examples from your career history and experience.

Applications will be sifted on CV and Personal Statement.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement only.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour questions.

Sift and interview dates

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Further Information

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DSIT Candidate Guidance. A DSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 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; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.### Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.### Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.### Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.### Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Suzie Henriques
Email : Suzie.Henriques@dsit.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : dsitresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.