GDS wishes to identify and appoint an expert to ‘design and facilitate cross-government adoption of a unified career and remuneration framework’ that gives departments a greater competitive edge in recruitment
The Government Digital Service is to recruit an expert to help develop a new pay and benefits blueprint for Whitehall’s tech profession – and thereby “empowering civil servants to achieve more in house and reduce the reliance on contractors and consultancies”.
The GDS-based position of pay and reward lead for the government digital and data profession comes with a remit to spearhead work to “design and facilitate cross-government adoption of a unified digital and data career and remuneration framework”, according to the job advert.
Such a document would bring together “standardised role profiles, skill requirements and skill assessments”, alongside “a competitive pay framework that is applied across government”.
The remuneration plan will set out “strategic amendments to our current pay, and wider reward, arrangements for both SCS roles, and delegated grades, to support the changing needs of the profession across government”.
The new strategy should “reflect changing business models for the delivery of digital and data services” and the new appointment should call upon “market pay data, and your knowledge of wider reward best-practice in the UK” in designing the framework.
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GDS is seeking to recruit an experienced sector expert who will “thrive on navigating ambiguity, [and] developing and driving strategic thinking”.
The new hire will be expected to lead GDS’s efforts to “promote, advise and support departments to adopt, or expand their use of, the pay framework and support their implementation programmes”.
This will involve a drive to “develop and lead communication and consultation with GPG (the Government People Group), departments, senior leaders and the head of profession on digital and data reward matters; from helping to shape emerging thinking, through to effective implementation of agreed changes”.
The advert adds: “Your role will shape the evolving roadmap for a digitally driven government, empowering civil servants to achieve more in house and reduce the reliance on contractors and consultancies.”
The role will offer a salary of between £55,403 and £61,939 and will be based in either Bristol or Manchester. Applications are open until 11.55pm on 13 February.