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Digital Transformation Deputy Director - Legal Aid Agency - SCS1
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East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber
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Job summary
This is a Nationally based role
Job Description
The LAA Digital Transformation Deputy Director will lead the end-to-end transformation of the Digital and Technical Estate for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA). The individual will be solely accountable for ensuring successful execution of a multi-year, complex programme of work, delivering a responsive, sustainable, and future-proof technology estate, embedding modern ways of working and enabling benefits realisation across the organisation.
This is a high profile, critical area of work, which will face significant internal and external scrutiny, up to and including ministerial level.
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The individual will manage the supply chain of delivery partners to design and implement new services covering the full remit of the legal aid scheme in England and Wales and be accountable for a budget of up to £35m and a range of multifunctional teams comprised civil servants, contractors and managed services.
The role requires a confident individual who can demonstrate the ability to build and lead a high-performing team, manage interdependencies across the MoJ and its partner organisations, including Justice Digital, Technology Services, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and MoJ Policy, as well as other government departments. The successful candidate will also need to secure stakeholder engagement, influence decision-making, and build support at all levels, including with Ministers
Person specification
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
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The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities, person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process.
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