Chief Digital Officer

Salary up to £90,000 per annum (plus a £2,000 South East allowance for candidates based at Culham, Oxfordshire) and a generous benefits package
Location flexible, but with regular travel to our HQ in Culham, Oxfordshire
Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it’s key that we recruit skilled and committed professionals.

We’re looking for a Chief Digital Officer to drive the strategic direction of our Digital, Data, and Cybersecurity landscapes. You’ll steer the development and implementation of innovative digital strategies, ensuring effective operation of the IT service, and lead the integration and transformation of technology systems to enhance business and service outcomes.

You will collaborate with Executive teams to continuously refine the strategy, using data insights and emerging trends; encouraging data-driven decision making throughout your team. You'll lead the transformation of current and legacy systems, implementing new processes to drive improvements. You'll ensure excellent value for money through managing the IT budget and identifying efficiencies. User satisfaction and service quality is key so you’ll handle the contractual arrangements with external service providers and identify and implement improvements to IT systems and processes to ensure the systems are high performing and in line with business and user needs.

To be successful you’ll be experienced in developing transition strategies, while managing delivery of technical services, solutions, architecture and technologies, alongside an understanding and experience of agile project management techniques and working practices. An experienced leader, you'll inspire, and develop a large team spread across multiple locations, and utilise your technical knowledge to engage with both technical and non-technical colleagues. You’ll be confident in operating at a senior level; managing relationships with senior stakeholders to deliver change to business processes and systems, to deliver cost savings and service improvements.

Interested?

Please submit a CV and cover letter highlighting and evidencing your experience against the role requirements. If you'd like to discuss this vacancy please contact policestaffresourcing@cnc.police.uk.

This role has been assessed as suitable for hybrid working. Travel will be required as part of this role for meeting attendance and site visits, and the remainder can be remote working.

As police staff the public expect us to display the highest standards, values and professional qualities at all times. The CNC values and Code of Ethics applies to all police staff and sets out the principles and standards of behaviour we expect to see, and you are responsible for displaying and delivering these to the highest standards.

Benefits of working for the CNC

27.5 days annual leave (rising annually after 2 years' service), plus Bank Holidays
Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution, and 8.2% employee contribution). Based on a £90,000 salary, the employer contribution would be £18,630 per annum and employee contribution of £7,380 - totalling an annual pension contribution of £26,010.
Bonus scheme – dependent on organisational and personal performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
Staff are eligible to join the national Blue Light Card scheme which offers discounts on a variety of products and services to those working in the emergency services, NHS, and Armed Forces
Free parking on site
Free gym on site
Cycle to Work scheme
Additional 30 minutes time worked (total of 37.5 hours per week) during the week to accrue additional 3 days leave, which can be used for period between Christmas and New Year

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At CNC we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our affinity networks, ED&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our ED&I commitments, ensuring the CNC is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

Please review the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC:

Vetting: An Overview - https://youtu.be/lRit8RA7Zpo
Vetting and Finances - https://youtu.be/JmZP7r-9MEE
Vetting and Life Experiences - https://youtu.be/jVPHvgpB8nc