Digital and Infrastructure Manager C1

Description

This opportunity is only open to applicants who are currently Priority Movers. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Digital & Infrastructure Manager to lead the development of the digital foundations for More Homes Scotland. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in establishing a new Executive Agency shaping its digital strategy infrastructure and technology services from the ground up. Working closely with senior leaders and digital specialists across Scottish Government you will lead a critical workstream that ensures the agency is digitally enabled operationally ready and equipped to deliver its objectives from day one.

About the new Agency and Team:

More Homes Scotland is being established as a new Executive Agency of the Scottish Government in response to the scale and urgency of Scotlands housing challenges and the need for a stronger more delivery focused approach to housing supply.

The creation of More Homes Scotland reflects a commitment to address these challenges by simplifying how housing delivery is supported strengthening operational focus and enabling greater scale and speed of delivery across all tenures.

To support the move from programme design to implementation a dedicated time-limited Transition team has been established. The Transition Teams primary goal is to design coordinate and oversee the establishment of More Homes Scotland ensuring the agency is set up in a coherent well-governed and deliverable way.

The team will:

• Develop the agencys Target Operating Model clarifying its core functions roles and ways of working.
• Coordinate governance assurance finance and resourcing actively to ensure readiness for implementation.
• Support informed Ministerial decision making and alignment with wider public service reform objectives.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Scottish Government and with stakeholders to draw on delivery expertise and share the agencys design.

The Transition Team will play a critical role in ensuring More Homes Scotland is positioned to move confidently into its next phase with clear purpose strong foundations and a shared understanding of how it will operate and add value.

Overview of the role:

The Digital & Infrastructure Manager is the senior lead responsible for the Digital & Infrastructure workstream within the More Homes Scotland Transition Programme. The postholder will lead the design development and implementation of the digital technology and infrastructure arrangements required to establish More Homes Scotland as a new Executive Agency ensuring it is digitally enabled operationally read and equipped to deliver its objectives from launch.

Working across the Transition Team and in partnership with Scottish Government Digital Data and Technology services and other key stakeholders the post holder will provide strategic leadership on digital services service design and technology delivery. They will oversee the development of the agencys digital operating model lead significant digital implementation activity manage allocated resources and budgets and ensure digital work streams are effectively integrated into wider organisational design and delivery.

The post holder exercises significant autonomy and influence providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior leaders on digital investment technology solutions service readiness and implementation priorities and is accountable for ensuring digital and infrastructure arrangements support the successful transition from programme design to operational delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Digital & Infrastructure workstream within the More Homes Scotland Transition Programme with accountability for the successful design development and implementation of the agencys digital and technology arrangements from design through to operational delivery.
• Act as the senior lead for all digital infrastructure and technology-related aspects of agency transition ensuring digital considerations are fully integrated into organisational design governance workforce planning and operational readiness.
• Establish the digital operating model for More Homes Scotland recommending future governance service management support and delivery arrangements to ensure the agency is equipped for long-term success.
• Lead the development and implementation of the agencys digital and infrastructure roadmap agreeing priorities milestones and dependencies across multiple work streams and stakeholders.
• Hold responsibility for allocated programme budgets and digital investment associated with transition activity ensuring effective financial management value for money robust governance and accurate forecasting.
• Lead engagement and negotiation with Scottish Government Digital Data and Technology colleagues and other key delivery partners to secure the systems services infrastructure and support arrangements…