GovXChange secondment opportunity: Product and Strategy Lead – Cabinet Office
Location: Any Cabinet Office Hub nationally: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, York
Anticipated length: 1 – 2 years
About us
The GovXchange programme is an exciting programme designed jointly by Cabinet Office and Local Government Association, to promote skills and experience sharing between local and central government.
This programme offers an opportunity for civil servants to undertake secondments to local or strategic authorities, and for employees from Local or strategic authorities to be seconded into the Civil Service. The programme provides a formalised way to increase collaboration, develop leadership and strengthen our collective impact. It offers a rare chance to build bridges across different parts of government and work together to make a real difference for local communities. We are seeking a small number of vacancy opportunities and secondees to
participate. The programme will be open to a range of grades, professions and secondment arrangements including shorter or longer term secondments, part-time arrangements or interchanges/job swaps. Our aim is to provide flexibility to enable arrangements that work best for both the host organisation and the secondee.
About the role
In this role you will:
lead a multidisciplinary Accelerator team to deliver solutions aligned with the scoping agreed with local partners, through test and learn cycles
define, explain and iterate an evidence-based vision for solutions that are compelling to your team, stakeholders and end-users
collaborate with team members to create prototypes to test assumptions or approaches
identify assumptions and risks behind possible approaches and include these in your planning
lead on delivery planning for you team maintaining a roadmap and strategy, and develop and prioritise a backlog
make decisions based on evidence and value for money
use theories of change and evaluation to evidence the Pioneer as well as the wider programme goals
share insight with the wider team and Head of Product and Strategy to ensure the programme strategy
About you
It’s essential you have experience in:
* Leading multidisciplinary teams
* Product management and Strategic ownership
* Agile and lean practices
* Stakeholder relationship management
* Evidencing and evaluating
* Inclusivity
* Agile and lean practices
* Product management
* Evidencing and evaluating
* Strategic ownership
Desirable skills and/or experience
experience of working directly with local authorities or other place-based providers including the Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
To apply
This secondment opportunity is being offered as part of the GovXchange programme. Full details about the programme are available on the GovXchange website.
We continuously match suitable individuals to opportunities as part of the programme. Therefore, if you are interested in being considered for this particular role, we recommend completing the GovXchange - Expression of Interest as soon as possible.
Should this specific role be filled before you apply, your details will be added to the GovXchange database to be considered for future opportunities available as part of the programme. You will be contacted if a role is identified that you are a suitable match for.
If you have any questions please contact secondments@local.gov.uk.
