About the team
The Government Digital Service is the digital centre of government, responsible for setting, leading, and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Its Government Data Team is building shared standards, secure access models, interoperable data infrastructure, and capabilities to support AI and data-driven public services across government and the wider public sector.
Responsibilities
•Lead the development and adoption of patterns and technical approaches that enable organisations to share and use data consistently
•Drive adoption of APIs, interoperable data exchange standards, and federated data-sharing approaches across government
•Build consensus and influence senior stakeholders to adopt common approaches to data sharing and interoperability
•Work with architects, engineers, and policy teams to deliver foundations for modern public services and AI-enabled government
•Play a leading role in delivering the UK Public Data Infrastructure vision and enabling trusted data sharing at scale
Requirements
•Turn data standards, API specifications, and interoperability frameworks into practical approaches that delivery teams can adopt at scale
•Establish data integration standards, design patterns, or API architectures that enable secure and interoperable data sharing across organisational boundaries
•Build consensus and drive adoption of standards, mandates, or common technical approaches across organisations and stakeholder groups
•Provide strategic leadership on complex interoperability challenges, identify and describe problems, navigate trade-offs, and provide technical assurance on complex integration and data-sharing designs
•Anticipate developments in data interoperability, APIs, and data-sharing technologies, and advise on adopting new approaches to realise better value from data
•Meet the nationality requirements for a non-reserved post
Conditions
•Permanent position
•Working pattern options include job share, flexible working, part-time, and condensed hours
•Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.5%
•25 days of annual leave, increasing by one day each year up to 30 days, plus an extra day off for The King's birthday
•In-year bonus scheme, training budget, paid volunteering leave, and 10 learning days per year
•Employee assistance programme, death in service benefits, cycle to work scheme, employee discounts, and advances on pay for travel season tickets
•Candidates moving from another employer will no longer be eligible for childcare vouchers and may be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare
•Hybrid working includes office or other non-home-based attendance in the UK for 40–60% of the accounting period; full home working is not normally offered
•No visa sponsorship is available through this campaign
•Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and baseline personnel security standard checks; SC clearance is required
•SC clearance normally requires five years' UK residency in the past five years; supplementary checks may be needed, which could delay or prevent appointment
•Selection includes application screening, a 20-minute technical phone screen, and a 45-minute video interview with a presentation
•A reserve list will be held for 12 months; candidates who do not pass the interview but meet an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade
