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General Information

Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
National
Region
National
Closing Date
19-Jul-2026
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
SCS 1
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
19687

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

The Role

The Electronic Monitoring (EM) Deputy Director (SCS1) is a senior digital leadership role providing end‑to‑end accountability for EM digital services in a high‑risk, safety‑critical environment. It leads digital, data and technology capability underpinning Electronic Monitoring, which is central to public protection and compliance enforcement.

  • The role operates across policy, operations, commercial and technical domains, ensuring continuity of services aligned to ministerial priorities.
  • It is accountable for live service performance and strategic direction, including transformation, supplier strategy and future capability.
  • The postholder must make authoritative decisions during incidents, outages and data integrity risks, often with significant reputational and public safety implications.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting into the HMPPS Chief Digital Officer you will be responsible for:

  • Provide digital leadership in a mission-critical live service 
  • Be accountable for the availability, reliability, security and performance of EM digital systems.  
  • Ensure EM remains a trusted tool for public protection, supporting safe operational decisions. 
  • Balance operational risk, policy intent and supplier performance under pressure.  
  • Set the future of digital EM services, including:  

o   Product and platform development 

  • Investment prioritisation 
  • Supplier strategy  
  • Ensure services are user-centred, data-driven and technically resilient. 
  • Collaborate closely with peers to manage dependencies and ensure users’ needs are met 
  • Manage relationships with Ministers and C-suite stakeholders to gain strong buy-in within the Ministry of Justice and across the wider civil service. Ensure all relevant security and service standards are met, and departmental change delivery best practice is adhered to.  
  • Ensure budget and commercial management is in line with Treasury and Cabinet Office regulations. 
  • Management of a budget of ~£12m per annum  
  • Direct and matrix management of around 60 people 

Please note, this list is not exhaustive and may evolve over time. 

Additional Responsibilities

Governance, assurance & compliance

  • Accountable for compliance with digital, cyber, privacy and data ethics standards
  • Provide evidence to audit, governance boards and external scrutiny bodies

Essential Experience:

  • Experienced senior leader, who has successfully led major and complex digital programmes of work 
  • Extensive experience of budget and commercial management 
  • Extensive experience of stakeholder management, including internal and external stakeholders up to executive or ministerial level 
  • Deep understanding of digital technologies, cloud adoption and modern delivery practices 
  • Managing Successful Programmes Accreditation or equivalent. 

Desirable Experience:

  • Understanding of Justice or public sector working environments
Additional Information
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the [2] Civil Service People Plan and the [3] Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
References

Visible links
1. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025
Contact Information
If you require any assistance please contact us on scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk. Please quote the job reference in your email to enable us to support you more quickly.

Application form stage assessments

Experience
We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability
Statement of Suitability
Guidance for the Statement of Suitability
It is important that your Statement of Suitability give evidence and examples of how you meet the essential experience and abilities and desirable experience:

Essential Experience:
• Experienced senior leader, who has successfully led major and complex digital programmes of work
• Extensive experience of budget and commercial management
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, including internal and external stakeholders up to executive or ministerial level
• Deep understanding of digital technologies, cloud adoption and modern delivery practices
• Managing Successful Programmes Accreditation or equivalent.

Desirable Experience:
• Understanding of Justice or public sector working environments
Evidence of Experience
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability

Interview stage assessments

Interview Dates
w/c 7th September
Behaviours
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Strengths
Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed please click here.

Other Assessments

Which assessment methods will be used?
Presentation, SEE
Level of security checks required
Security Clearance (SC)

Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.  Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.