Associate Director for Digital, Data and Technology

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

- 265473**Salary**:

- £63,630 - £71,500**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- OFQUAL - Regulatory and Corporate Services**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 3BHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England. We currently regulate 200+ awarding organisations, and approx. 11,600 certified qualifications. These include GCSEs, AS and A levels, and a broad range of vocational and technical qualifications. Regulating on behalf of students of all ages and apprentices is central to how we fulfil our statutory objectives.- Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. We offer employees the opportunity to develop within their role and progress through the organisation via a number of Learning and Development opportunities and activities.**Job description**:
We are looking to secure an Associate Director DDaT who will be responsible for providing strategic technology leadership to enable us to become fully established as a digitally and data enabled Regulator, using the best of cloud technology.

Who we are looking for?

The role is responsible for working with the Director of DDaT, the team of over 25 professionals, and all of Ofqual to make sure that our technology activity continues to enable regulation and in turn supports and promotes confidence in regulated qualifications among learners and others who rely on them.

It’s an exciting time to join our well-established IM team and you will play a key part in providing technical leadership for our cloud-native solutions ensuring we’re making the right technology choices to give us resilience and sustainability and to deliver what users need.

We are looking for a leader within the team who will mentor and coach more junior colleagues so our focus on succession planning and talent management remains true.

If you want to be part of using the cloud for our solutions and services, work with passionate people who care about continuous improvement and enjoy working collaboratively then this is a perfect role for you. You will have extensive experience in a cloud technology leadership role, with specialist knowledge of the Microsoft Azure stack and knowledge of modern architecture patterns.

You will be an inspiring leader who leads by example and is able to work in a pressurised environment with ambition and an enthusiasm that motivates those around you to deliver excellent services.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Provide technical leadership to Ofqual’s DDaT and cyber-security solutions and play a central role in assuring our services
- Advise, consult, and lead in the delivery of cloud-native solutions which realise measurable and obvious business value
- Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of on premises and cloud technology for the organisation
- Ensure regulatory and legal compliance of Ofqual’s technology estate and operational practices
- Enrich existing systems, introducing industry best practice along with new and emerging trends to define and lead the continuous improvement of our technology and value delivery strategies

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:

- Post graduate or equivalent qualification or ability to demonstrate capabilities consistent with a qualification at this level**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Full grounding in the take-up and use of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and how these technologies may be used to build cloud-native solutions for Regulation
- . Specialist knowledge of the Microsoft Azure stack relating to software development, data management methodologies, DevOps and design patterns
- Data Lake

**Benefits**:
As a Civil Servant, you will benefit from a leading, modern employment offer which includes flexible working arrangements that support people at different stages in their lives, and pensions among the best available in the UK, as well as generous annual leave entitlements.

Other benefits you can enjoy include:

- Performance Related Pay scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Regular professional development
- Health and wellbeing initiatives such as mini-medicals, flu vaccinations
- Employee assistance programme and occupational health
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
- Family friendly policies
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Access to exclusive discounts
- A wor