Description
The Deputy Director, Local Digital and AI Foundations and Resilience leads the Department's portfolio supporting the secure, resilient and effective adoption of digital, data and responsible AI across local government.
The role oversees approximately £90m of programme activity across cyber resilience, assurance, standards, market-shaping, responsible AI foundations and shared national capabilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading delivery of the Local Digital programme, setting strategic direction, determining priorities, allocating resources and ensuring strong governance.
- Providing strategic leadership for cyber resilience and assurance activity, and building/ leading the specialist capability needed to deliver.
- Developing, overseeing and mainstreaming common cyber, digital and data standards, frameworks and guidance.
- Stewardship, governance, design and delivery of departmental interventions enabling local government and mayoral authorities to operate securely and resiliently at scale.
- Leading market-shaping and procurement support activity.
- Supporting responsible adoption of AI and digital technologies.
- Accountability for approximately £90m of public investment, major programmes, commercial oversight, value for money, benefits realisation and significant operational, financial, cyber and reputational risks.
- Advising ministers and senior officials on local government sector cyber, resilience and assurance issues.
- Leading and strengthening relationships with ministers, senior officials, local leaders, representative bodies, suppliers and regulators, requiring senior negotiation, persuasion and coalition-building.
- Managing major risks affecting programme delivery and sector resilience.
- Leading multidisciplinary teams across policy, cyber, commercial, assurance and programme disciplines.
The role works extensively with ministers, digital and cyber partners, councils, combined authorities, suppliers and delivery partners to strengthen the foundations of local government.
The successful applicant should either already hold, or be willing to apply for, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
Alongside a salary of £86,000, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £24,914 towards being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.