Director General, National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority

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

- 383174

**Salary**:

- £200,000
- If you’re an existing Civil Servant, your salary will be agreed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of your appointment.
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- SCS Pay Band 3

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Senior leadership

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, London

About the job

**Job summary**:
The role of the Chief Executive of NISTA will advise on the improvement of quality, cost, schedule, performance and project outcomes. The role will be involved in Government’s highest profile infrastructure and transformation programmes, retaining and exercising independent and expert judgement to improve efficiency, assess and escalate risks and take corrective action to maximise success in major project execution, through the Major Projects Review Group and other assurance fora. To drive improvements in the delivery of major projects NISTA will also need to actively identify barriers to infrastructure delivery in the public and private sector and make recommendations to the centre of government and Ministers on how to resolve these barriers. The role holder will be expected to oversee this work and work collaboratively across organisations to unblock these barriers.

The role holder will be expected to build constructive partnerships across Government (including directly with Ministers) and with industry partners and stakeholders. The role holder will work closely with the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Accounting Officers, and Ministers across Whitehall to manage the Government Major Projects Portfolio to ensure that there is sufficient capacity and capability on key infrastructure projects, including ensuring that the right leadership is in place.

The role holder is expected to lead high-level external engagement, including with regulators, industry, investors and the broader supply chain. The role holder will also be expected to represent NISTA and the government’s infrastructure strategy in the media. As head of the project delivery function, the role holder will be responsible for building strong project teams, sponsoring the Major Projects Leadership Academy and setting stretching standards for capability in major project delivery.

**Job description**:
**Person specification**:
**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £200,000, HM Treasury contributes £57,940 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- **Your CV**, with educational and professional qualifications and full employment history, including an explanation of any gaps in your employment history, and details where possible of budgets and numbers of people.
- A **declaration of interest form**.

We expect the process for this role to be as follows:

- o Participate in a staff engagement panel with a selection of people from across the National.
Infrastructure Commission and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
- Undergo an Individual Leadership Assessment (ILA)
- Inputs from all of those steps will then form the basis of a panel interview, chaired by Stephen Cohen from the Civil Service Commission on **10th March 2025 or 13th March 2025.**

Other panel members at the interview will include but may not be limited to **Beth Russell**, Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, **Catherine Little**, Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service, **Sir John Armitt**, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, and **Stephen Cohen**, Civil Service Commissioner for this role.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:
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**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:

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