Chief Digital and Information Officer
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Location: The role can be based in Bristol, Nottingham, Swansea, Leeds Birmingham (Garrett’s Green), Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton) and Yeading.
We offer a hybrid working model that allows you to work between home and office locations, giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. The Civil Service expectation of 60% attendance in the workplace is applied by DVSA. Occasional travel to other sites will be required.
Salary: £95,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 22nd February 2026
About the job
The Chief Digital & Information Officer is an Executive Board Director with collective responsibility for developing and delivering the agency’s strategic objectives. They provide leadership of the DVSA Digital, Data and Technology community for core customer-facing and internal services, including: 3 services in the government’s top 75 digital services.
The role oversees the development and continuous improvement of the enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure, systems and applications, digital delivery, security and the data and information management strategy for core customer-facing and internal services. In collaboration with the Executive team, the key focus is to ensure that there is the right level of digital, data and technological expertise and resource to enable timely delivery of the agreed priorities for DVSA’s services.
As well as being responsible for working with DfT and GDS in planning for and implementing any additional services required of DVSA and the postholder also represents DVSA in cross-government networks and fora.
DVSA’s digital, data and security functions are fundamental to every service DVSA delivers. Our systems are accessed by millions of GB citizens and businesses every year to book, pay for and learn more about, our services. The team also provide operational and specialist systems for internal users. The directorate is also establishing an enterprise architecture practice, building domain capability and growing capacity to design solutions towards a goal architecture to ensure that change becomes easier, quicker and cheaper, reducing the total cost of ownership to successfully deliver the DVSA’s strategic and efficiency plans. The role holder is accountable for ensuring the ongoing support, business continuity, development and maintenance of information management and security, data, and IT service disaster recovery services.
The job holder will have responsibility for teams of around 600 people at DVSA across Great Britain. The post manages 5 Corporate Senior Leaders, and has the support of a Business Support Manager and a PA.
Person specification
It is essential in your supporting statement that you provide evidence and proven examples against each of the following selection criteria.
- Extensive experience leading high-performing digital, technology, data and cyber security functions, with a deep understanding of Government digital governance frameworks and a strong record of delivering digital transformation and improvement programmes.
- Skilled in gathering and prioritising customer and service user requirements to maximise value, combined with a proven track record of driving delivery at pace, applying project management techniques, and proactively managing risks.
- Proven ability to develop organisational strategy and translate a compelling vision into action, supported by strong strategic judgement and the ability to see connections across complex issues and recommend sound decisions in a political environment.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and industry leaders, and convey complex and technical information clearly and concisely.
- Outstanding leadership capability, with the ability to recruit, inspire and empower colleagues; build diverse and inclusive teams; and grow organisational capability and resilience under pressure and public scrutiny.
To Apply
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