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🌟 Head of Quality, Standards and Assurance (QSA) – Driving Digital Resilience 🌟
⏰ Application Deadline: Tuesday 27th May at 23:55pm ⏰
👀 A little bit about the role 👀
As the Head of Governance, Risk, and Assurance, you will lead the 2nd line QSA function within Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), overseeing the build and delivery of a robust "3 lines of defence" assurance model. You’ll own and advise on the QSA framework, ensuring it’s effectively applied across DDaT, and coach 1st line Heads of Role/Sponsors.
You will manage the Spend and Standards Assurance team, driving the maturity of Spend Controls and Service Standards while collaborating on policy. Providing independent assurance across DDaT, you will support risk-based decision-making to build quality, resilient services for the Home Office.
This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on government digital transformation and you’ll play a key role in delivering critical Home Office services to the public.
What You’ll Do
- Set the strategy on independent assurance across the 3 lines of defence in DDaT.
- Manage and oversee the Spend and Standards Assurance team and the Accessibility Assurance function.
- Manage the DDaT Risk maturity and DDaT Strategic Risk lead to provide effective management, mitigation and escalation of risk.
- Provide leadership for the QSA function, including senior stakeholder management with key policy owners within the department and the leadership of the relevant DDaT Delivery functions.
- Direct and set the strategic direction to ensure the formation of effective internal assurance teams in the 2nd line of defence, complimenting 1st line governance, assurance and risk processes.
- Deliver the reporting and tracking of recommendations resulting from 2nd and 3rd line reviews.
- Manage the relationship with all 3rd line assurance agencies by being the SPOC and independent assurance between agencies and DDaT.
- Oversee a culture of quality management around ‘what’ is built and ‘how’ things are built and maintained, providing insight and challenge to the department, up to and including ARAC and ExCo.
🚀 Your skills for this role 🚀
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Governance, Risk and Assurance with the following skills or experience in:
- Using recognised quality management processes and the principles of quality controls, quality assurance and assurance audits.
- Experience of delivering technology strategies, and working with senior key stakeholders within a complex IT product or technical delivery environment.
- Experience of embedding and assessing technology maturity frameworks across a large estate with diverse stakeholder needs.
- Using a range of common technology patterns, development approaches and ways of working within a control environment.
- Communicating confidently with senior stakeholders including business and technical leaders, external audit teams and subject matter experts.
- Presenting clear strategies, utilising analysis and demonstrating data led decision making with excellent writing and communication skills.
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Why Join Us?
- Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
- Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
- Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
- Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
- Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.
Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers
Additional Information
This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years.
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