Chief Digital and Information Officer
Crown Prosecution Service
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Job summary
We are delighted to advertise the role of Chief Digital and Information Officer.
About the Digital Information Directorate
The Digital Information Directorate is made up of approximately 300 members of staff and has an overall budget of approximately £85 million. The goal of this directorate is to ensure that the infrastructure and systems that CPS relies on to function, are maintained and kept in a condition conducive to a successful working environment. Additionally, it is the driving force for digital transformation throughout the CPS, ensuring that the organisation is well positioned to harness new technologies to their greatest extent, resulting in the best service offering possible for the end user.
Job description
As our newly appointed Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO), you will have overall responsibility for designing an appropriate and forward thinking operating model to meet our future strategic ambition, as well as defining and establishing a clear performance management process for Digital Information Directorate, regularly driving performance and culture and reporting on this to Executive Group and/or Board as required.
You will lead the Digital & Major Projects Group, providing strategic leadership and decision making to guide the Group and provide feedback and assurance into Executive Group and CPS Board. As a member of the Executive Group, you will play an active part in helping to shape the Service’s vision and objectives for the future.
You will develop the Digital Information Directorate strategies and business plans that support the CPS's vision, and ensure that the Directorate continues to meet the future needs of the CPS and the wider Criminal Justice System. You will be expected to understand the correct risk appetite of the organisation and provide innovative solutions throughout your tenure, defining and driving objectives regarding digital transformation as well as operational system modernisation.
Person specification
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:
- Proven strategic and leadership skills, with the capacity to handle complexity, demonstrate creativity, and inspire staff through periods of uncertainty with honesty and empathy.
- Experience of leading delivery within both a ‘waterfall’ and ‘Agile’ project management environment and a track record of delivering high performing digital services in complex environments. Demonstrating an appropriate appetite in line with the goal of successful achievement of the wider organisational strategy.
- Contribute towards the strategic direction and delivery of organisation wide strategy at the ExCo level.
- Ability to build and maintain credibility across the wider Criminal Justice Sector as well as within the CPS.
- Champion digital innovation and act as a thought leader for the adoption of AI and other emerging technologies.
- A degree of comfort with ambiguity, combined with the ability to set up clear processes and functions (e.g., budgetary accountability; contract management; portfolio management) to establish a team with a clear remit that can work effectively across the wider organisation and with functional partners.
- Experience maintaining the integrity of personnel, physical assets, ICT systems, and data, enabling staff to work safely and securely while safeguarding the rights of data subjects.
- Proven ability to thrive in a customer-focused environment and fostering a culture conducive to this.
- A strong appetite for creative and innovative solutions that align with the CPS's long-term strategy.
Benefits
Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and have a future that matters: Find Your Purpose
CPS is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.
We want to ensure all our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes where possible, flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment, which means that where you work (i.e. a court, an office, or a remote setting such as your home) will be based on the kind of work you are undertaking.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility alongside our Mental Health First Aiders Programme and Wellbeing Sessions.
CPS commits to offer its employees the following experience
- Impactful, purposeful work – making a difference to your local communities
- The ability to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources
- To care about your wellbeing
- To feel valued, trusted and included
We also offer the following range of benefits:
- Civil Service Pension
- Access to employee savings
- Cycle2Work scheme
- 30 days leave
- 1 extra privilege day entitlement to mark the King’s Birthday.
- Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
- Flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
- Childcare vouchers unless already registered with the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This recruitment process is being supported by Global Resourcing on behalf of the CPS. For information or to apply please email CPS-CDIO@global-resourcing.com or contact Rob Johnson or Callum Randle on 020 8253 1806 to arrange an informal conversation.
For further information on how to apply, please click on the link above to advertisement.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of AI within applications is not prohibited as technological assistance can be considered broadly equivalent to a number of pre-existing tools. However, the application must be factually accurate, and you must declare how you have used AI in preparation for your application.
Clearance Required
The successful candidate will be required to obtain SC prior to taking up the appointment and to undergo Developed Vetting following commencement of the role.
Please note for DV clearance applicants are required to have lived in the UK for 6 years out of the last 10. This requirement ensures that appropriate checks can be made.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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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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Job contact :
- Name : Global Resourcing
- Email : CPS-CDIO@global-resourcing.com
Recruitment team
- Email : SCS.RelationshipsTeam@cps.gov.uk
