Description
Methods currently require x3 SC Cleared Assurance Lead on a contract basis.
Contract length: 12 months
Day rate: £ INSIDE IR35
Candidates must already hold active SC Clearance.
Remote working
Purpose of role
- As an Assurance Lead, you'll help teams understand Spend Pipeline requirements and assess whether they're meeting relevant standards.
- To do this, you'll help develop and maintain an appropriate assurance framework, conduct assurance reviews (including service assessments) and produce relevant reporting.
- You'll also engage with teams and attend relevant boards to provide independent and constructive advice and assurance on digital government standard.
Responsibilities:
Your main day-to-day responsibilities will be:
- Assess technology and digital spending proposals against the government Spend Pipeline Standards
- Support and advise across the wider organisation on Spend Pipeline assurance and assessment matters
- Manage, lead and report on assurance and assessment activities, including peer reviews, assurance workshops and service assessments
- Establish and maintain an appropriate assurance framework and coordinate the assurance activities of other members of this assurance function as they undertake technical assessments, evaluations and reporting
- Attend regular assurance and governance boards to provide expert advice on pipeline requirements and assessment activities
- Run workshops and training for DDaT colleagues to upskill teams and assessors, creating a culture of quality management that supports the delivery of costs effective solutions that work for our users
Essential Criteria
You'll have a demonstrable interest in helping teams to deliver digital services against standards, including experience in:
- Delivery of user-centred digital products and ways of working, ideally in a Product Lifecycle or Enterprise environment
- Critically assessing delivery against digital standards, using a range of quality assurance skills and approaches
- Communicating confidently with business and technical teams, providing clear verbal and written analysis and guidance
- Demonstrating a range of interpersonal skills that promote collaboration, planning and continuous improvement
- Working autonomously in a fast-paced, Agile environment and adapting to changing priorities while coordinating work across distributed teams
Desirable Criteria
- Managing or participating in assurance or assessment activities
- Managing risk, through appropriate qualifications or experience
- Influencing and implementing organisational change
- Sharing your knowledge, experience and opinions with people outside your team, for example, through blogging, workshops, or conferences
- Government or industry-recognised assurance qualifications (for example, Service Assessor or auditor training