Head of Strategy

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Government Digital Service Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 353687**Salary**:

- £64,700 - £68,790- The base salary of this grade is 68,790 for London and £64,700 for other locations.**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GDS - GOV.UK**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Information Technology**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
GDS exists to help government make brilliant public services that empower people in the UK. We work at the very centre of government to drive digital transformation, focused on users. We build and maintain common platforms, products and tools for others to use and create great public services that are accessible, inclusive and easy to use. We also work with departments to identify patterns, share learning and create change to make government more efficient.

Our teams are organised around delivering on our strategy. These are:

- making it easier for people to find what they are looking for on GOV.UK
- building common service platforms to make it simpler and cheaper to build quality digital services
- promoting agile, user-centred design practices both in the UK and across the world

**GOV.UK**

GOV.UK makes it simple for everyone to interact with the government. Every day, we support millions of people to complete routine tasks to life-changing actions, from registering a death to paying their taxes. For a decade, we have been the authoritative, accessible, and accurate home of the UK government online. But we want to go further. The ambitious GOV.UK Strategy has growth at its heart. We want to reach more people, in the places and ways they expect, to ensure everyone who needs to can access government services and support.

The Head of Strategy role sits within a newly formed deputy directorate with responsibility for strategy, data insights and analytics, and programme management. This group is intended to set GOV.UK's long-term direction, monitor and evaluate its progress, and drive data-driven decision-making across the programme, in a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement. The Head of Strategy will lead a team of c.7 strategy, evaluation, comms and engagement professionals.

Find out more about our work at:

- Inside GOV.UK blog
- GDS blog

**Job description**:
As the **Head of Strategy, GOV.UK**, you will:

- work with the Senior Leadership Team to determine GOV.UK's strategy
- communicate and align the strategy with stakeholders, developing a compelling narrative and supporting materials; inspire and motivate others to embrace and execute the strategy
- translate the strategy into secure long-term funding for GOV.UK, via business case development and Spending Review
- develop the programme's benefits model and evaluation strategy, embedding tracking and monitoring within the programme
- monitor and measure the progress and performance of the strategy via key metrics and recommend adjustments as needed, working with the Head of Data
- develop strategic user insights for GOV.UK - to inform strategy development, working with the Heads of Data and User Research
- scan the external environment and anticipate the emerging trends, technologies, and user needs that can impact the strategy; foster a culture of innovation and creativity
- identify and monitor strategic risks, as well as opportunities, recommending solutions and mitigations as required
- manage and drive engagement with priority stakeholders to ensure the programme fully understands stakeholder needs and to enable delivery against the strategy in partnership with other government departments
- oversee the programme’s external communications, supported by our communications lead and working closely with the communications teams in GDS and Cabinet Office
- lead a refresh of GOV.UK's brand in line with wider strategy, and oversee implementation and ongoing maintenance and enforcement of the brand
- lead a team of strategy and engagement professionals, developing and supporting staff to be the best they can be and to achieve objectives
- cct as a valued and integral member of the GOV.UK 'Heads' group, the senior management team responsible for leading the GOV.UK programme as a whole
- shape the formation of a new Deputy Directorate within GOV.UK with responsibility for strategy, data insights and programme management
- deputise for the Deputy Director for Strategy and Programme Delivery as required

**Person specification**:
We’re interested in people who:

- have experience leading strategy teams to develop and maintain strategy, and influence planning and delivery at scale
- communicate persuasively - in person, in writing and tailored to the audience - with teams, and senior stakeholders, both internal and externally
- demonstrate a track record of growing, guiding and developing te

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