The bicameral body which oversees the use of digital, data, and IT across both houses is looking to appoint an experienced technologist to help guide strategy in the coming years
Parliament is seeking an experienced digital expert to join as a non-executive member of the specialist board overseeing digital and IT across the Houses of Commons and Lords.
The role comes with compensation of £633 per day, up to an annual maximum of £9,495 – equating to 15 days work a year.
In return, the non-exec will serve on parliament’s Information and Digital Board (IDB), which, according to the job advert, “has high-level oversight of ‘business-as-usual’ information, data, and digital delivery across parliament, wherever it is commissioned or undertaken”.
“This includes the digital investment portfolio and any other digital investment undertaken within parliament; and of information, data and digital transformation,” the advert added.
A key role played by the board over the coming months will be helping to oversee the rollout of the Information and Digital Strategy for Parliament, which was published in April and covers the period to 2027. The three-year plan is intended to provide “a clear direction for parliament’s use of information, data, and digital”, in support of three overarching objectives: delivering reliable digital services; adopting new ways of working and emerging tech; and enabling data to be used as a vital asset.
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The advert for the non-exec recruit to assist with this work indicates that the chosen candidate and their boardroom cohort will help inform the work of their executive colleagues.
It said: “The board is responsible for providing strategic advice, direction and support to parliament’s chief information officer – who is also the managing director of the Parliamentary Digital Service – and the senior information risk owner for each house in the discharge of their responsibilities. The board also provides oversight of the work to ensure that parliament’s digital services are secure and resilient in the face of evolving threats.”
The board, which typically meets for up to two hours at a time on a monthly basis, is seeking applications from those with “board-level experience within an organisation of comparable scale and complexity in the public, private or not-for-profit sectors”. Applicants are also expected to possess “relevant experience working in the field of digital, data and/or information within an organisation that is a high-profile cybersecurity target”.
In additionally to the potential £9,495 salary, appointees can also claim up to £1,500 in expenses per annum.
Applications are open until 11.55pm on 20 October.
The chosen candidate will sit on the board for no more than six years, encompassing an initial term of three years, plus a possible extension of three further years.
