Job Title: Associate Director, Local Public Services (Maternity Cover)
Location: London / Hybrid
Salary: £58,000 - £70,000 per annum based upon experience plus comprehensive benefits
Job Type: Full Time, Fixed-Term Contract
We are looking for a proactive, enthusiastic, and driven individual to lead techUK's Local Public Services Programme and team. Day to day the individual will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Local Public Services Programme, with the Heads of the Health & Social Care and Justice & Emergency Services Programmes reporting in to them. This is an exciting role offering the right individual exposure to various public sector markets and driving forward techUK's place based transformation and innovation agenda.
This role will give the right candidate opportunities to work with a wide range of senior industry figures and local stakeholders from across the country to make a real difference in solving local challenges.
Overview of techUK's Local Public Services Programme:
techUK's Local Public Services Programme brings together companies large and small with local authorities to find solutions that improve outcomes for citizens and help create thriving, productive and safer places for all. Local government can be a complex market, that is why we help members to navigate it and champion the innovations that can create truly digital local public services and outcomes.
Role Purpose:
An exciting opportunity to drive forward techUK's local digital transformation activity. Given the vast nature of local government services the candidate is in the unique position to collaborate with various techUK programme including but not limited to Health & Social Care and Justice & Emergency Services programmes on supporting local public services to maximise the opportunities digital and data can bring in solving some of the biggest challenges they and their communities face. Everything from tackling homelessness to helping councils meet their net-zero targets. As social care continues to be a growing challenge for councils, the Associate Director will also be responsible for co-managing techUK's Social Care Working Group with the Health & Social Care team.
The Associate Director will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of the programme, working to create the right conditions for local government to become the most intelligent client for technology possible, and helping our members understand their requirements so they are in the best position to supply tech.
The Programme has strong relationships across the local government associations, councils, combined authorities and relevant Whitehall departments and local level. The successful candidate will strengthen and establish relevant partnerships and drive continued growth of the programme. They will be the go-to thought leader both internally and externally on how technology can transform outcomes for local public services.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the capability to work with techUK members and a variety of stakeholders from senior leaders across the Department for Levelling Up, to council CEOs and digital leaders across the country.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the team by setting objectives and strategy to achieve programme and corporate goals
- Provide techUK membership and management team with thought leadership on digital health and care issues and how they impact the tech sector (and vice versa)
- Build and develop relationships with relevant government departments, local and combined authorities, and strategic partners to position techUK as a key partner and go-to organisation on all things local digital
- Day-to-day management of two programme Heads who run their respective Programmes, ensuring high performance
- Achieve all financial and non-financial targets set by the business
- Challenge the status-quo and position techUK as the unique voice of UK tech in the local government field
- Ensure regular benchmarking of the programme with similar bodies to anticipate market trends and ensure techUK is leader in the local digital field
- Managing a vibrant programme of market engagement events for techUK members
- Act as the voice of techUK in local government; including appearances in the media, at parliamentary committees, panel sessions and giving formal speeches and chairing meetings/events
Person Specification:
Essential Knowledge and Experience:
- As the programme lead, they must have a good and strong understanding of the local government landscape and agenda; key tech trends and opportunities and who they key stakeholders are.
- Experience of strategy planning and execution
- Strong relationship engagement and people performance management
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Candidates with experience of; Associate Director, Programme Management, Public Sector Programme Management, Public Sector, Public Services Programme, Local Public Services, Operations Manager, Strategy Management, Programme Operations Coordinator may also be considered for this may also be considered for this role.
