Details Reference number 348680 Salary £97,000 - £130,000 Depending on experience. Please note standard pay rules apply to existing Civil Servants. A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% GBP Job grade SCS Pay Band 2 Contract type Permanent Business area HMRC - Transformation Group - Pensions, Payments and Debt Transformation Type of role Project Delivery Senior leadership Working pattern Full-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Stratford About the job Job summary HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are one of the largest Government Departments and employers with over 66,000 staff throughout the United Kingdom. HMRC is going through a technical revolution, our ambition by 2025 is to be one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations anywhere in the world. HMRC Change Delivery Group is the forefront of this transformation, a vast operation with one of the largest and most complex IT estates in the UK to help serve our customers and colleagues The Director of Technology Programmes will play a key role in our continued transformation, leading a cluster of technology driven programmes with a goal to improve the technical health, remediate old systems, and upgrade aging technology for stability, efficiency and security. It is an incredibly exciting place and opportunity to take the next steps of your career. Person specification We are looking for a collaborative leader with a clear vision for driving successful project management methodologies and standards. The budget for the technology programme will be in the excess of £250m over the next three years, therefore a strong track record of managing multi-million pound technology change programmes is required as well as experience in influencing senior stakeholders. A solid understanding of cloud models is also essential (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). For the full specification criteria please refer to the Candidate Pack attachment, available at the end of this advertisement. Benefits Alongside your salary of £97,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £26,190 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years service. This is in addition to your public holidays. This will be complemented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the Kings Birthday. Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle. Flexible working patterns and access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day provided you work your total hours. A minimum 3 days per week should be spent in your main office location or onsite at another HMRC location as required. A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join and where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers. Use of onsite facilities (where applicable). Occupational sick pay. Things you need to know Selection process details To apply for this position, please submit the following via Civil Service Jobs, no later than 23:55 on Monday 06/05/2024. A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years. A Statement of Suitability (2 pages maximum) that provides evidence of how your skills and experience meet the criteria in the person specification detailed within the Candidate Pack. A full CV and Statement of Suitability will allow us to assess your application against the person specification. Please ensure both documents contain your full name. If you are unfamiliar with a suitability statement or encounter any issues with your application, please contact Dale Robinson scs.resourcinghmrc.gov.uk Shortlist An application pre-sift will be conducted by HMRC Executive Resourcing team Resourcing, followed by an in-depth review by the Selection Panel. The panel will assess all applicants against the criteria set out in the Person Specification and will shortlist those candidates who best meet the criteria for assessment and interview. Shortlisted candidates will also have the opportunity of an informal conversation with Suzanne Newton. This isnt a formal part of the process but an opportunity to gain greater insight into the role. This is optional, but highly recommended. All candidates shortlisted for final interview will be asked to undertake a Financial Probity check. Selection Panel: This is a Civil Service Commission led appointment and the review and shortlist will be chaired by Sarah Pittam, Commissioner. Panel members are: Suzanne Newton, Director General, Change Delivery Group & Vacancy Holder Daljit Rehal, Director General, CDIO Dan Coughlin, HR Director, Change Delivery Group Rob Thompson, Chief Technical Officer, Home Office Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS) Candidates applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme are guaranteed an interview if they meet the minimum criteria outlined in the person specification. This scheme works in conjunction with the Great Place to Work for Veterans, for former members of the armed services, and the Redeployment Interview Scheme for existing Civil Servants at risk of redundancy. Each scheme works in the same way. Use of Data As part of the recruitment process, your data and assessment results may be shared with HMRC's SCS Talent team. This will provide insight into how to support your development and wider talent management, if you are successful in your application. If you do not want your data to be shared, please contact Dale Robinson at scs.resourcinghmrc.gov.uk Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. 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. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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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) (opens in a new window) 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