Whitehall department is looking to fill three positions covering legacy upgrades, the rollout of a biometrics programme, and core IT services that support the operation of forces around the country
The Home Office is recruiting for a trio of tech leadership roles, each of which comes with a six-figure salary and a remit to support the transformation of IT across law enforcement.
The department is currently advertising three “deputy delivery director” roles, respectively covering: legacy services transformation; the Home Office Biometrics (HOB) programme; and national police IT services.
All three posts – each of which offers an annual salary of between £100,000 and £117,800 – relate to the delivery of digital, technology and data services throughout law enforcement.
The latter role has a remit for “setting strategic direction and leading the development, delivery and sustainment of national policing IT services, ensuring continuity and resilience of live services that support critical operational outcomes”.
The advert adds: “The delivery director provides day‑to‑day leadership of the programme of work and is accountable for establishing the enduring policing services that succeed it. The role works closely with staff, senior leaders, suppliers and stakeholders.”
The biometrics-focused leadership post, meanwhile, will have a responsibility to “support both major transformation programmes and live operational services for a user community of over 45,000 people across more than 50 organisations”.
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“HOB is a high‑profile GMPP (Government Major Projects Portfolio) programme in its final years, delivering a suite of biometric products that will transform how policing and the Home Office missions identify individuals and assess risk,” the advert says. “Biometrics is an internationally recognised capability, with the programme actively engaged in data sharing across Europe and with Five Eyes partners. Close collaboration with Home Office policy and science teams is essential due to the ethical, legal and technical challenges involved. The role is responsible for day‑to‑day leadership and successful delivery of the programme, while also establishing the enduring biometric service that will succeed it.”
Finally, the legacy transformation manager will “lead and direct delivery activities across programmes affecting data services, environments and technical teams within scope of the role”.
These services include the 50-year-old Police National Computer – which is in the process of being replaced – and the linked Hendon Virtual Environment. The project which is central to replacing these ageing systems, the £900m-plus Law Enforcement Data Service programme – will also be in scope of the role.
The advert says that the postholder will “lead cross-policing and wider law enforcement engagement to set strategic direction for services within scope, aligning funding allocations and appropriate capabilities to deliver required outcomes”.
The successful candidate will also be asked to “establish coherent digital product roadmaps with a shared direction and vision, that balances stakeholders’ priorities and longer-term departmental and policing goals”. This will involve “working closely with chief constable-level senior service owners, product managers, product owners and wider stakeholder groups to agree requirements, align business and technology strategies with product capability roadmaps, whilst ensuring the ability to adapt and deliver quickly as needed”, according to the advert.
Applications for all three roles are open until 11.55pm on 19 April.
