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Information Governance Assurance Manager Norwich (On-site / Public Sector) £28.48-£32.06 per hour (Contract) Excellent opportunity for an experienced Information Governance / Data Protection professional to join a large public sector organisation in a senior, high-impact role, leading assurance activity across data protection, privacy, DSPT and Trust-wide IG risk reduction. This company are a major public sector organisation running a complex information estate and delivering essential services. They are looking to strengthen Information Governance leadership to ensure policy, assurance and compliance controls remain robust, practical and fit for purpose. In this role you will lead the development and assurance of the organisation's IG framework, oversee DSPT accreditation and improvement plans, deliver DPIAs and risk assessments for new systems/projects, and provide expert advice on data sharing and privacy by design. You'll also manage serious IG incidents/breaches, produce formal reports, support internal/external audits, and present to senior governance forums. The ideal candidate will have senior-level IG experience within a complex environment (NHS/public sector strongly preferred), strong DSPT and GDPR knowledge, and the confidence to advise and influence at SIRO/Caldicott/Director level. You'll be comfortable balancing strategic work with urgent incident response and shifting priorities. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a senior contract role with genuine influence, protecting sensitive data and enabling safe, compliant digital transformation. The Role: *Lead and assure IG framework, policies, processes and standards across the organisation *Own DSPT assessment/accreditation, reporting and improvement plan delivery *Deliver DPIAs, risk reviews and advice into projects, data sharing and procurements *Manage IG incidents/breaches, audits, reporting and senior stakeholder presentations The Person: *Senior IG / Data Protection experience in a large complex organisation (NHS/public sector ideal) *Strong DSPT + GDPR knowledge; confident delivering DPIAs and assurance activity *Excellent stakeholder management (able to explain complex issues to non-technical leaders) *Comfortable on-site in Norwich with travel to other sites when required Reference Number: BBBH267225 To apply for this role or for to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Tommy Williams at Rise Technical Recruitment. Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

As a Data Analyst, you will make sure data is collected, prepared and used in a way that supports clear decision-making and aligns to GDS priorities. You will ingest data from multiple sources and formats, and apply robust validation, cleansing and quality assurance so stakeholders can trust what they are seeing. You will turn analysis into practical outputs, including well-designed reports and interactive dashboards, that help teams understand what is happening, why it matters and what to do next. As a Data Analyst you’ll: Deliver analytical support and insight - Lead the provision of analytical support across the GDS IDEA Unit, providing timely insight that helps teams make decisions and improve outcomes. Manage data-to-insight delivery - Ingest, validate and quality assure data from a range of sources, and apply appropriate analytical methods to generate reliable findings. Own workforce/pay framework analysis - Lead ongoing analysis of the Government Digital and Data Pay and Capability Frameworks (delegated and SCS), working with content designers, user researchers and policy/subject matter leads to identify evidence-based improvements using internal and external data. Develop reporting and visualisation products - Design, build and iterate interactive dashboards and reports that communicate complex insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, aligned to user needs. Explore and evaluate AI opportunities - Identify, scope and deliver AI proof-of-concepts, assessing feasibility, business value and practical application, and supporting the transition from concept to use where appropriate. Communicate findings for action - Present and communicate insights to senior decision-makers in a clear, accessible and actionable way, setting out implications, limitations and recommended next steps. Enable adoption through collaboration and governance - Work with programme leads and stakeholders to ensure analysis is proportionate, methodologically sound and meets end-user expectations, including appropriate documentation and quality controls.

Agile Portfolio Governance Lead Target Start Date: ASAP Target End Date: 18/05/2026 Recruitment Type (Contractor or Temp): Contractor Rate: £650 per day, Inside IR35 Location of role: Basingstoke, Bracknell and other sites as needed Location requirement: Hybrid (a flexible attitude to travel and working locations will be required) Clearance Required: SC(potentially obtain DV) Working Pattern: Monday - Friday Mandatory skills: - Experience in implementing agile portfolio management in a product or offerings environment. -Budgeting and forecasting in an agile portfolio including lean budgeting and value stream funding. - Defining and measuring key metrics and KPI's (e.g. Velocity, cycle time, predictability, OKR's). - Data modelling and transformation handling both structure and unstructured data, including schema design and normalisation. - Risk and dependency management. - Coaching and change leadership. - Stakeholder management skills to build and maintain relationships across the business. - Ability to take an outcomes driven approach. - Self-confidence with the ability to listen, influence and negotiate. - Able to solve complex problems and customer challenges. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

As the Senior IT Service Manager for the One Login Service Management team, you will lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the needs, risks and challenges of the government services using One Login are properly understood, prioritised and communicated. These services, known as relying parties because they rely on One Login to verify their users identities and provide access, often have different technical, operational and support requirements. Your role will ensure these are managed effectively so that each service receives the right level of assurance and support when using One Login. You will play a key role in shaping and maturing the service model for One Login as it continues to evolve. This means helping ensure a consistent, high quality experience for all government services onboarded to One Login. You will work closely with Product Managers, Supplier Relationship Managers, Service Transition Managers, Technical Architects, Operational Support Teams, Data Specialists and a wide range of stakeholders across government. As a senior member of the Service Management team, you will also help embed a strong service oriented culture, promote best practice and ensure that government services receive the service quality and user experience they need to successfully use One Login. As a Senior IT Service Manager you’ll: be responsible for the day to day service management provided to live relying parties. These are government services that use One Login to confirm users identities and provide access. You will provide assurance to these services and act as the main link between One Login and the services that rely on it build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the relying party services, ensuring their needs and challenges are clearly understood and supported work with relying party teams to identify service improvements and any gaps in the relying party lifecycle, helping to improve how services are onboarded and supported proactively focus on continuous improvement of both your own work and the wider service. You will work with others to improve the user experience, simplify processes and increase the efficiency of One Login services act as a point of escalation for critical issues, providing senior level support to governance meetings, service forums and working groups lead or contribute to service reviews, audits, incident reviews and service improvement initiatives, ensuring lessons are understood and acted upon help shape and mature the overall service management model for One Login, working closely with the relying party service managers and the Lead IT Service Manager

As a Software Developer, you'll: Help us to develop high-quality software Support the delivery of a robust and secure service Follow development best-practice, including regular pair programming and test-driven development Help us maintain a live service, keeping it reliable and secure through monitoring and active management of the production infrastructure Become a domain expert and contribute to the direction of the product and wider government services Build up a robust automated test suite to support our continuous deployment environment Work collaboratively with a range of disciplines including product managers, designers and user researchers, as well as other developers, to meet the needs of users of the service Share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team, both developers and non-developers, as well as across the wider development community

Key Responsibilities 1. Delivery and Velocity Leadership. Accelerating Flow : Systematically identify, analyse, and remove technical debt and bottlenecks within the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline , focusing on optimising engineering practices to significantly increase delivery velocity across all Agile teams and value streams and digital services. Execution Governance: Ensure that engineering teams operate effectively within the Agile structure, supporting key delivery roles (e.g., Delivery Managers, Product Owners) to achieve frequent, reliable, and high-quality releases. Engineering Tooling: Own the strategy and lifecycle management of core engineering platforms, CI/CD tooling, observability, and testing frameworks to maximise developer productivity and automation. 2. Technical Standards and Assurance (In partnership with the CTO and Chief Information & Security Officer (CISO). Standards Adherence: Work collaboratively with the CTO, who defines the target technical architecture and standards, to establish robust mechanisms for the governance and consistent application of these standards by all engineers. Technical Integrity: Be accountable for the technical integrity, quality, security, and sustainability of the entire digital estate, ensuring all services are built to be secure, resilient, and scalable by default. Security & Compliance: Ensure all infrastructure-as-code and development practices align strictly with Cabinet Office security policies and government-wide technical mandates. 3. Head of Profession & Capability Management. Professional Strategy: Act as the strategic Head of Profession for the Engineering Development (e.g., Software, Data, DevOps) and Infrastructure (e.g., Cloud, Platform, Network) communities. Talent and Skills: Define the technical capability frameworks, recruitment strategy, and career pathways for all engineering roles, ensuring the Cabinet Office can attract, retain, and develop world-class technical talent. Community Leadership: Lead and sponsor thriving Communities of Practice (CoPs) to drive knowledge sharing, mentorship, and a culture of continuous learning and technical mastery across the organisation. People Leadership: Provide inspirational line management, coaching, and direction to senior engineering leaders (e.g., Principal Engineers, Heads of Engineering), fostering an inclusive, high-trust, and performance-driven culture. 4. Corporate and Stakeholder Leadership. Strategic Influence: Serve as a key DDaT representative in corporate and cross-government forums, advocating for the strategic importance of engineering capability and infrastructure investment. Budget Management: Strategic oversight of the budget and commercial relationships related to engineering tooling, platforms, cloud consumption, and professional development. Stakeholder Engagement: Effectively communicate complex technical strategy, progress, and risks to non-technical senior stakeholders, including SCS colleagues and Ministerial private offices.

You will be joining HM Land Registry in September 2026, for a 12 month placement within our Transformation and Technology directorate in the vibrant, waterfront city of Plymouth. There are four posts available for a Junior DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer Server Management, Infrastructure Engineer Security and Infrastructure Engineer Databases. Main duties: Provide technical support for maintenance of IT Infrastructure and platforms, as part of a wider infrastructure engineering community. Assist in the planning and management of technical changes related to your IT Operations specialism. Pro-actively support live services. Taking the responsibility for the resolution of live incidents or escalation, as appropriate. Support continuous enhancements to live services and systems to prevent service outage. Take responsibility for assimilating and developing own knowledge base, keeping up to date with emerging technologies and sharing this across the wider infrastructure community. Produce and maintain technical team documentation. Share knowledge and experience with others, in line with the continuous improvement agenda and to help build capability within the IT Operations Practice What will you get from us? A year tailored to meet your development needs and experience in a variety of different areas. We will work with you to ensure that you get the most out of your time working with us. We will support your development aspirations and offer flexibility in your working week, to enable you to achieve a positive work life balance. HMLR believe that a blended approach to where you work may give you an improved experience and has clear business benefits. We expect everyone to typically spend at least 60% of their working time in the office. Please note in the training period, for the first 2 to 4 weeks, it will be expected that you spend 100% of your time in the office. Please see the attached candidate pack for further information.

You will lead the transition to a new operating model that strengthens governance, improves service resilience and enables multidisciplinary teams to collaborate effectively. You will play a key leadership role in the strategic departmental moves to Microsoft from Google, Integrated Corporate Services and joining the cross government shared services programme of Matrix. We are looking for a senior leader who can turn technological possibility into operational reality, driving efficiency, maturing capability and leading DCMS through a three year change journey. Critical for success in this role will not only be the ability to lead a technological shift but also a people-centred and cultural shift. We are looking for exceptional leadership abilities to drive professionalism, modern ways of working and a customer-centred philosophy of delivery. The Chief Technology Officer’s team is the technical centre of DCMS, leading the department's major DDaT transformation and ensuring our digital foundations are secure, resilient, and high-performing. Under the leadership of the CTO, the team is structured to deliver essential services and strategic change, encompassing: Technical services & IT service management: delivering and supporting all core IT infrastructure, platforms, and end-user services, focusing on operational delivery, efficiency, and embedding best practices at scale. Cyber security: protecting the department's systems and data, owning our security strategy, and providing robust technical assurance. Information governance: managing Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) and Operational Data Protection to ensure compliance, proper data handling, and effective risk management across all technology usage. Collectively, we define and execute the long-term technical roadmap, translate emerging technology into secure reality, manage strategic supplier ecosystems, and drive cross-government collaboration to deliver maximum public value.

Working as part of a talented team, at this role level, you will: Guide the ways in which the team works. Be proficient in a wide range of technical systems. Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written. Contribute to the developer community. Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring your team. Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice. Provide governance, identify appropriate metrics to inform reporting and decision making. Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

As a Principal Technical Architect, you will define and execute the technical strategy for your responsibility, collaborating with senior leadership and diverse teams to ensure alignment with organisational, cross-departmental, and government-wide objectives. You will proactively seek opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, such as cloud, AI, and IoT, and ensure that technical solutions are secure, user-focused, and capable of adapting to evolving business needs. You will lead the design and review processes for complex systems and infrastructure, championing architectural best practices and governance. By bridging technical and business perspectives, you will resolve high-risk issues and shape initiatives that drive transformation. Your role includes guiding and inspiring other architects, facilitating professional growth, and establishing an environment where innovative thinking thrives.

They will be capable of reviewing system designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, design standards, methods and tools and efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology. They will be a systems integrator and able to define and co-ordinate integration build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration testing. They will also understand users and be able to identify them and their needs based on evidence and translate user stories and propose design approaches or services to meet these needs and engage in meaningful interactions and relationships with users. They must put users first, manage competing priorities excel at collaborating with users and user researchers, and be able to make recommendations on the best tools and methods to use. They will work to optimise the development processes and identify process optimisation opportunities and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions. They will initially work mostly with AWS and Azure, developing and supporting systems and infrastructure through to production using modern continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) techniques and supporting analysis, identification, prioritisation and implementation of incremental improvements to the services currently running. They will be a good technical communicator, able to improve developer experience through tools and technologies in collaboration with the development teams throughout the development lifecycle to live service and decommissioning. They will maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of our cloud services by implementing relevant information security standards and ensure compliance with relevant legislations and regulations. Further Responsibilities Develop and rollout continuous integration and deployment pipelines across UKHSA’s Digital’s estate of apps and services using containerisation techniques where appropriate and working collaboratively with other staff. Work with technical colleagues to implement DevOps methodology using practices recommended in the GDS Digital by Default Service Standard. Write infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar. Use cross-platform APIs and automation/deployment technologies such as Ansible or similar to orchestrate cloud platform deployment. Support and fix bugs in existing application deployment pipelines using standard debugging tools to track down and identify root causes. Work independently to find solutions/identify problems and work with the Lead/Senior Developers to solve more challenging issues. Review existing applications, advising and supporting colleagues on configuring and converting them for deployment to the cloud or migrate from other cloud providers. Support setting up continuous integration/deployment, developing automation scripts and advising developers on adapting them to run in the cloud Work in sprints in a multidisciplinary scrum team, collaborate and liaise with delivery managers, product owners and other stakeholders to identify business requirements and implement user stories Seek to continuously improve their knowledge of work areas, bringing learning back into the team, and embrace the agile framework of software delivery. Support colleagues to reach full agility using DevOps best practices including continuous integrations, delivery, and release. Work to continuously meet project deadlines and manage time effectively to deliver projects on budget. They will also work to ensure that our cloud platforms are highly available and be able to define, analyse, plan, forecast, measure, maintain and improve all aspects of our service availability in a cost-effective manner. They will need excellent ability to manage the capability, functionality and sustainability of all of our cloud services including infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of this role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.

As the Lead Service Manager, you will: Oversee all service management processes, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management. Lead a team of Service Delivery Managers and manage the Service Desk to ensure efficient, effective, and user-focused services. Champion best practices and continuous improvement to deliver reliable digital services that support Ofsted’s mission. What we’re looking for: Strong background in IT service management (ITIL or equivalent). Proven leadership experience in managing teams and service delivery. Passion for delivering high-quality digital services in a public sector environment. Join us and make a real impact on the reliability and quality of services that underpin Ofsted’s work. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home. Job description Please refer to the job specification for further information.

The Security Architect will provide guidance, ranging from scoping IT Health Checks, providing guidance in risk assessment, providing security guidance, checking the cloud posture management platform for vulnerabilities. Projects may involve Online identity and verification, telephone based identity and verification. DWP is looking to provide a strategic platform that will allow secure and safe communication for its users with its services. This role will provide advice and guidance to either Health & Disability, and Identity & Trust. The team is made of a few architects and relationships will need to be built with other teams, the security community and the design authority.

The Security Architect will provide guidance, ranging from scoping IT Health Checks, providing guidance in risk assessment, providing security guidance, checking the cloud posture management platform for vulnerabilities. Projects may involve Online identity and verification, telephone based identity and verification. DWP is looking to provide a strategic platform that will allow secure and safe communication for its users with its services. This role will provide advice and guidance to either Health & Disability, and Identity & Trust. The team is made of a few architects and relationships will need to be built with other teams, the security community and the design authority.

A Senior Data Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. At this role level, you will: design data models and metadata systems. help lead data architects to interpret an organisation’s needs. provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts. design and support the management of data dictionaries. make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the lead data architects. work with technical architects to make sure that an organisation’s systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture.

As the Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Tooling & Automation Specialist) for the Tooling & Automation team you will lead and support a team of technical engineers, developing and maintaining a tooling stack as directed and according to departmental policy. The candidate will be responsible for the development and maintenance of its ‘tooling stack’ within Tooling & Automation. These tools are hosted using AWS, utilising Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances and Docker containerisation. The tooling applications serve multiple teams and services to deliver infrastructure as code (IAC) and deploy services across the HMRC estate. The candidate will be a skilled Practitioner and role model, ensuring best practices are adhered to.