Digital Service Lead - Central Government

Role: Digital Service Lead REF 107100
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Aberdeen (4 days per week on site)
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS

About the Role

Spinwell is recruiting for a Digital Service Lead an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Take prioritised demand from the digital front door and define it as deliverable work — scope, outcome, business owner, cost and timeline.
• Plan and run delivery, whether executed by ICS, a supplier or internally, owning milestones, dependencies and critical path through to acceptance.
• Manage supplier and ICS delivery against agreed scope, cost and timescale, including change control, acceptance criteria and sign-off.
• Track delivery against estimate, and evidence where the ICS interface constrains it, to inform the target IT operating model and the separation case.
• Provide delivery status, risks and spend into the portfolio reporting to the CDIO and the Digital Investment Governance Committee.
• Establish delivery standards and templates proportionate to a small organisation, covering initiation, stage gates, reporting and closure.
• Transition delivered work into business ownership and support, capture benefits and lessons learned, and hand over a running delivery function to the permanent team.

  Essential Skills and Experience

• Track record delivering digital and IT change end to end, from definition through to acceptance and transition into support.
• Experience managing delivery by third parties — suppliers, shared services or managed service providers — including change control and sign-off.
• Able to establish portfolio and delivery standards proportionate to a small organisation, rather than importing a heavyweight method.
• Confident reporting delivery status, risk and spend to an executive audience and an investment committee.
• Hands on: willing to run delivery personally as well as set the standards for it.
• Able to hand over a working delivery function, with benefits and lessons captured.

  Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of corporate systems delivery (ERP, CRM, cloud, M365, data platforms).
• Public sector or arm's length body delivery experience, including approval and assurance regimes.
• Experience supporting a separation or transition away from shared corporate services.

Disability Confident Scheme

The client supports the Disability Confident Scheme and is committed to providing fair and inclusive recruitment opportunities. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role may be eligible for an interview under the scheme. Where application volumes are particularly high, the client may shortlist those candidates who best meet the role requirements.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client supports the Armed Forces Covenant and is committed to helping veterans and military spouses or partners access employment opportunities. Eligible veterans and spouses or partners of Armed Forces personnel who meet the minimum essential criteria may qualify for an interview under the client’s applicable recruitment scheme. Where application volumes are particularly high, shortlisting may be necessary.

How to Apply Under These Schemes

If you believe you qualify under either scheme, please inform your Spinwell recruitment consultant when applying and quote the relevant vacancy reference. We will explain the applicable process and confirm your request with the client.

Reasonable Adjustments

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