Deputy Director, Data Strategy and CDO Group Performance
- NHS
- Full Time
- Canary Wharf
- 76000.00 - 117800.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Deputy Director, Data Strategy and CDO (Chief Data Officer) Group Performance has four principal responsibilities:
o Maintaining and driving our CDO and Data Strategies across the Group and Agency, working alongside Agency design and delivery functions to help enable a high-performing data and digital environment for staff; transform UKHSA's data culture.
o Developing and implementing a partnership framework to guide how data, technology and analytic partnerships are established - in the UK and internationally, driving CDO collaboration across multiple sectors
o Leading large-scale public health population studies and supporting CDO to lead UKHSA's Surveillance Oversight Group, and linked initiatives, such as WHO collaborative surveillance and Wastewater.
o Business management for UKHSA's c. £125m annual spend in digital, data and technology, strategy, strategic risks, workforce, communications and performance monitoring of the Group.
The division is part of the Data and Cyber Security Directorate, a broader team responsible for functions that collectively 'enable' the (CDO) group and UKHSA, including information management & privacy, cyber security and IT services.
CDO seeks to "make the nation health secure by putting the full power of health and non-health data in the hands of those who need it, to realise the potential of technology and our talent."Please see Candidate Pack for further details.
Main duties of the job
The postholder has considerable influence over the way in which the CDO budget is managed and spent, as well as the wider strategy of the CDO Group, as they make recommendations to the DG and Directors regarding the most effective way to manage resources to deliver CDO outcomes. They will play a pivotal role in coordinating the groups structures, governance, strategy and budgets - negotiating group accountabilities, maintaining a healthy long-term workforce and finance offer.
The post holder, for example, will be expected to lead for CDO on:
o Cross-group Spending Review negotiations, providing advice to the Director General on handling and options
o Influencing new UKHSA corporate strategy, ensuring CDO is well represented and in a position to succeed.
o Coordination of new UKHSA commissions, such as reviews of Agency-wide surveillance.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for taking forward work across UKHSA to continuously improve our approach to surveillance, bringing Chief Medical Advisor (CMA), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) teams together. This includes continuing to drive new surveillance capabilities and relationships, identifying opportunities for HM Government to continue to build on its experience of large-scale population studies and use of wastewater surveillance from the pandemic, and new collaborations with industry and the third sector to improve our understanding of health security threats and their impact on the population.
People and resources are liable to change, as CDO continues to transform and evolve so the post holder will be responsible for helping CDO Leadership Team manage that change whilst ensuring the consistent delivery of corporate functions across CDO.
Key responsibilities will include:
Coordinating CDO Group Strategy, ensuring coherence with UKHSA Strategy and outcomes Own UKHSAs agency-wide Data Strategy and implementation, including associated Data Maturity Assessments. Lead Data Culture transformation for UKHSA, supporting the professionalisation and maturity of the organisations attitude and approach to data. Coordinate for CDO all data and data security policies, ensuring they are agreed, accessible, simple and up to date. Coordinate the CDO-led Surveillance Oversight Group, leading a small team focused on UKHSA Surveillance Transformation - bringing together UKHSA clinical, scientific and data teams on continuously improving our approach to Public Health Surveillance Accountable for UKHSAs large-scale population studies and Wastewater policy, ensuring they are an integrated offer within HM Governments Pandemic Preparedness playbook. Responsible for the management of CDOs £125.4m budget, including strategy workforce, risks, staff engagement Act as a principal point of contact to DHSC, NHSE and DSIT on CDDO issues Enable CDO Group by delivering new partnerships with international partners, government organisations, academia and industry
This role will influence the following key stakeholders:
Internal
CDO function Director peers Director Generals and Directors across UKHSA Data science and analytics community across UKHSA Human Resources and Finance in relation to Workforce Planning and Development, ways of working and culture, Spending review and business planning UKHSA commercial and legal teams, in delivery of UKHSAs Agency Agreement (with devolved administrations) and wider policy and finance activity UKHSA Strategy team
External
Relevant stakeholders within Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, DHSC, Health and National Security communities, wider government departments, non-departmental bodies and potential funding organisations Data Architects, Data Analysts, SCS peers and Analytics and Government Digital and Data (GDD) leadership across Government Devolved Administrations, departments and organisations Academia Private sector leaders International agencies such as WHO and governments health and data organisations Relevant stakeholders within the UK and global partners Relevant stakeholders within identified external data providers and users (public and private sector)
For further details, please see Candidate Pack.
External
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Stage 1: Application & Sift
This vacancy is using Success Profiles
At sift stage you will be assessed against the Essential criteria listed in the job advert.
You will be required to complete an:
Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) (up to 1000 number of words) word Statement of SuitabilityThis should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible)
Your statement of suitability must be no more than 1000 words.
Failure to submit a full application will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
If we receive a large number of applications we will undertake an initial longlisting sift against the lead criteria of translating strategic direction into an operational plan that delivers data and analytical outcomes that enable UKHSA teams.
Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to attend an in-person panel interview (week commencing 5th May 2025) in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification (remote attendance may be considered in exceptional circumstances). During the interview we will assess you against Strengths and the following Behaviours:
Behaviours:
Seeing the Big Picture Making Effective Decisions Leading and Communicating Delivering at Pace
As part of the interview, candidates will be required to deliver a 5-minute presentation, based on Experience, the topic of which will be confirmed prior to the interview.
Full details of the assessment process will be made available to shortlisted candidates. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. You will be expected to travel to London once a month. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a ...
