INDEX Senior Delivery Manager, Joint Intelligence Organisation
Cabinet Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 27th October 2024
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Job summary
The Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) sits at the heart of the intelligence assessment community, building innovative digital capabilities to ensure our national security assessments can maintain a technological and analytical edge.
We are seeking motivated, dynamic and capable individuals to join a growing and ambitious INDEX team. Candidates should be passionate about developing and delivering digital solutions to meet user needs and digital transformation in government. We are looking for people with the right approach, experience and willingness to learn. The INDEX team fosters a culture of innovation, champions accessibility and promotes inclusion and diversity.
INDEX is a digital initiative sponsored by the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). INDEX is a digital service which enables analysts to quickly find relevant, high quality government reporting (analysis and assessment) and publicly available material (open source). INDEX optimises advanced analytics and cloud technology to enable people working across HMG to quickly identify relevant, high-quality data and information from within and external to government.
We are looking for a Delivery Lead to oversee all aspects of the technical delivery of the project, working closely with the multi-supplier development team, and cross-government digital and security stakeholders. You will be empowered to be innovative, drive technical improvements and develop new relationships which are aligned with the INDEX vision. You will be responsible for motivating and leading the core INDEX team and wider supplier community.
Job description
About the JIO
The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the Foreign Policy and Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.
Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).
The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) was established in 2005. The post and associated team is part of the JIO and leads on the development of the UK intelligence community’s analytical capability.
You can read more about working for the JIO and INDEX in the information packs attached at the bottom of this advert.
If your application is successful, you will:
- Lead a multi-disciplinary, multi-organisation agile delivery team driven by user needs;
- Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement where innovation can thrive;
- Facilitate an inclusive team environment where innovation and challenge are welcomed from all colleagues;
- Lead on the development and maintenance of the product and functionality roadmap;
- Act as Technical Lead for the Cabinet Office INDEX team, including leading on IT integrations across different government systems, managing data pipelines and developing technical interoperability with other digital platforms;
- Lead proposals for the Cabinet Office Technical Design Authority;
- Work with the INDEX Security Lead on maintaining INDEX security posture;
- Oversea supplier resourcing, prioritisation and commercials;
- Champion best practice in alignment with CDDO service standards, as well as those of the national security community, as the service scales;
- Manage and mentor more junior members of the delivery team, and motivate the wider team;
You will be empowered to set up new initiatives, develop new relationships and try new ideas which are aligned with the INDEX vision.
Person specification
Skills and Experience Required
The INDEX Delivery Lead role is aligned with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (See https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/delivery-manager for more information on these skill levels). We would welcome applications from those with experience across some or all of the following:
Agile practices (Relevant skill level: expert)
You can:
- coach and lead teams in Agile ways of working including leading ceremonies and mentoring others in Agile
- act as a recognised expert and advocate for the approaches, continuously reflecting and challenging the team
- create or tailor new ways of working and constantly innovate
- you have experience working with technical delivery teams through agile delivery.
Communicating between the technical and non-technical (Relevant skill level: expert)
You can:
- mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels
- manage stakeholder expectations and moderate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales
- speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government
Commercial Management (Relevant skill level: practitioner)
You can:
- take responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers
- identify appropriate contractual frameworks and identify appropriate suppliers
- negotiate with contracted suppliers
- get good value out of contracts and suppliers
Financial Management (Relevant skill level: practitioner)
You can:
- negotiate, influence or set budgets in complex environments
- write or input into business cases and can communicate business-value propositions
Life-cycle perspective (Relevant skill level: practitioner)
You can:
- apply experience in multiple parts of the product life cycle
- recognise when it is right to move forward and when it is right to stop
- recognise the appropriate deliverables and the right people to meet them
- work with other Agile delivery operations throughout the product life cycle
- plan and engage with the appropriate stakeholders at a particular stage in the project
Maintaining delivery momentum (Relevant skill level: expert)
You can:
- optimise the delivery flow of teams
- actively address the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists
- identify innovative ways to unblock issues
Making a process work (Relevant skill level: expert)
You can:
- identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated
- add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes
- guide teams through the implementation of a new process
Planning (Relevant skill level: expert)
You can:
- lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment
- plan beyond product delivery
- identify dependencies in plans across services and coordinate delivery
- coach other teams as the central point of expertise
Team dynamics and collaboration (Relevant skill level: practitioner)
You can:
- identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
- identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses
- engage in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick
- accelerate the team development cycle
We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post.
Additional information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Agile practices (Expert)
- Communication skills (Expert)
Benefits
Existing civil servants can take up the post on loan from their parent department for the duration advertised (permission from their parent department would need to be secured in order to take up the post). Those joining on level transfer will retain their current salary. Staff joining on promotion terms will receive up to a 10% increase of their current basic salary or the pay band minimum whichever is the greater. Staff joining on promotion will adopt the modernised terms and conditions of employment which came into force in 2013.
Pension: There is a choice of excellent pension schemes. More information about pension provisions can be found at www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions
Flexible Working: Flexible working including job-share arrangements may be considered for this role.
Leave allowances: 25 days' paid leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years' service. In addition, full-time staff receive eight public holidays and the Queen’s Birthday privilege day as well as competitive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave.
Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.
Probation: Staff new to the Civil Service will be required to serve a six month probationary period.
Location: The post will be based in Westminster, London. No relocation costs will be available.
Equality and Diversity: The Cabinet Office is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all staff. We will not discriminate on grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person’s work. We encourage a diverse workforce and aim to provide a working environment where all staff at all levels are valued and respected, and where discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.
Civil Service Code: All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code which details Civil Service values, standards of behaviour, rights and responsibilities. Go to http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk for more information.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement of 750 words. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Behaviours and technical skills will be assessed at interview.
Sift and interview dates as well as the interview location to be confirmed.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Selection Process
Candidates successful at the application stage will be invited to a formal interview focused on the behaviours and technical skills listed on the vacancy advert, this could either be face to face/online video interview.
Please see further information on the technical skills to be assessed:
- Agile practices (Expert):
You can coach and lead teams in Agile ways of working including leading ceremonies and mentoring others in Agile; you have experience working with technical delivery teams through agile delivery; You can act as a recognised expert and advocate for the approaches, continuously reflecting and challenging the team; you can create or tailor new ways of working, and constantly innovate.
Aligned with DDaT Senior Delivery Manager role: https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/delivery-manager.html
- Communication skills (Expert):
You can mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels; you can manage stakeholder expectations and moderate discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales; you can speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government.
Aligned with DDaT Senior Delivery Manager role: https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/delivery-manager.html
Further details will be shared to candidates if invited to proceed to this stage.
Further information
High-Side Evidence
Community colleagues wishing to submit evidence holding a higher classification are permitted to do so, although are requested to get in touch with the Recruitment Team on R28918 where they will be provided with appropriate instructions for doing so. The recruitment team must ensure that any supporting evidence submitted on alternative systems are redacted to remain compliant with name blind recruitment principles. Applications submitted directly to recruiting managers will not be considered.
Please note that this is a reserved post, for UK nationals only. This role requires SC clearance, which would normally require 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement but supplementary checks may be required where individuals have not lived in the UK for the required period. This may mean that your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible. Whilst this role can be undertaken with SC clearance, the successful candidate would be expected to undergo the DV clearance once in post.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Cabinet 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
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
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 applicant’s 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.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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- Name : Vacancy Enquiries
- Email : info.applications@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles. and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.
