Chief of Staff - London, United Kingdom - Government Digital Service

Government Digital Service

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £68,790 - £75,000-
Job grade:

Grade 6
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
GDS
Identity Services
Type of role:
Strategy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
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Job summary:

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of the Cabinet Office. We're here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. Our work is user-focused, dynamic and forward-looking, making our organisation an exciting and innovative place to work.

The GOV.UK One Login for Government Programme represents a once in a generation opportunity to simplify and widen access to all digital government services.

Sitting at the heart of the government, we are building one simple, safe and secure way for users to log in and prove who they are that will work across all government services.

GOV.UK One Login is being designed and built for the many, not the few. It will unite services across government, revolutionising the way government departments digitally interact with users. One Login will deliver an accessible and essential function that will change lives and help millions. We are an ambitious and visionary team so if you want to be at heart of this truly groundbreaking programme keep reading

The GOV.UK One Login programme is full of talented and passionate people who are consistently delivering high quality products for services and individuals.

We're half way through our build phase and features are being shipped almost weekly as we work to mature our product set so that we can expand the range of services and departments benefitting from our work.

Sometimes described as the most strategic programme in government, GOV.UK One Login represents a once in a career opportunity to work on delivering a product that will be used by the majority of the people living in the UK.

It's a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment that is sure to offer you career satisfaction as well as a chance to develop and enhance your skills.

If you are someone who has strong leadership skills and experience, is adaptable, resilient, and can effectively operate at a senior level then we'd like to hear from you.

Find out more at the GDS Blog.

About the Principal

Natalie Jones OBE is the Director for Digital Identity and the Senior Responsible Owner for the GOV.UK One Login programme.

She has nearly twenty years Government experience in delivery of digitally enabled change programmes. In addition to her core responsibilities she's the Wellbeing Champion for GDS and Leads on our 'green digital' initiatives.

Job description:

The Chief of Staff is key in managing and developing strategic relationships between the Director of GOV.UK One Login, the programme, wider GDS colleagues, Cabinet Office and government.

Representing the Director, the Chief of Staff drives forward their priorities, working closely with the Senior Management Team to contribute to and help drive activities.

You will embody an outward-facing, engaged and authoritative style for the Director's office and support her to amplify key messages and priorities.

As Chief of Staff, you will:

work with the Director and her office to maximise value, by ensuring a clear focus on priorities, routing and collating work effectively and using your judgement to support the work of the directorate both within and outside GDS

- act as an informed advisor to the Director of the programme, providing clear and rapid analysis of key issues and strategies across the programme and wider stakeholder landscape, providing situationally aware advice and handling plans for emergent issues
- be responsible for ensuring join up across the Directorate SMT and that wider inputs into GDS Leadership team issues are well considered, joined up and timely
- run and participate in the weekly Digital Identity SMT and both curate a thoughtful agenda as well as deliver on cross cutting actions and outcomes decided on by the group, leading on workstreams as and when appropriate to deliver initiatives from concept to completion
- manage and act as a point of contact for the programme team, senior stakeholders and Ministers and Permanent Secretaries on behalf of the Director, liaising and sharing information on key priorities and ensuring connections are made as necessary
- proactively build relationships and networks with private office colleagues across government for key strategic relationships
- support a culture of high performance, collaboration and respect both within DI and in interactions with wider teams in GDS and OGDs
- lead a high performing and busy Private Office team of two and a cross directorate team of approximately ten apprentices and Fastreamers ensuring that junior talent is well supported