Home Office (HODDaT)

Infrastructure Lead & Implementation Manager (Data Centres)

6 Incomplete applications

5 SME, 1 large

10 SME, 1 large

Specialist role: Delivery manager
Summary of the work: Lead and manage the HODDaT Networking and technical infrastructure unit, including Police National Computer (PNC) Operations, ensuring alignment with all Home Office Technology and Enterprise Services strategies, policies, processes and standards. Controlling the Service Architecture and lifecycle management of our services.
Latest start date: Monday 2 July 2018
Expected contract length: Initially 6 months with the right to extend, under Home Office Control, for up to 2 years.
Location: London
Organisation the work is for: Home Office (HODDaT)
Maximum day rate: £900 per day

Standard 8 hour working day, includes expenses to base location agreed with the Home Office. Additional expenses only paid with prior approval of the Home Office

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: The HO Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Technical Support Services Function is responsible for technical support for our services, including Level 2 support for our applications/platforms and Level 3 support for the components of our platforms
What the specialist will work on: The selected individual will have a remit to:

1. Ensure services coming into Technical Services Support are;
a.transitioned via agreed criteria, and align to the Enterprise/Live Services processes.
b. are aligned to the Business Portfolios demand pipeline
2. Build out the internal capability of Enterprise/Live Services.
3. Follow the “internal” transition of services/products into TSS

Address where the work will take place: Home Office,
Lunar House,
40 Wellesley Road,
Croydon,
CR9 2BY
Working arrangements: Your primary location will be Croydon and you will be expected to work on-site most of the time with some travel to other Home Office locations across the UK. You will need to be on-site because the role will see interaction with key individuals across the Home Office campus and the majority of this interaction will be face- to-face.

Expenses will be within your daily rate for your regular work location. Additional travel expenses will be available should you need to travel to other sites outside London.

The Home Office also supports flexible working (when possible), at the managers discretion,
Security clearance: Have SC clearance, or capable of getting SC clearance quickly. Pre existing SC clearance is not essential but is preferred.

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience: Demonstrate Leading Large Scale Infrastructure roll outs and relocations

Well versed in the UK Government 'Ways of Working'

Recently worked for Central Government Deparments

Ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing and well balanced delivery teams

Strong strategic insight to help shape a department moving forward

Current experience of UK Government IT transformation/transitioning

Recent demonstratable experience of delivering complex/challenging services

Able to bridge the gap between the business need and the techinical solution

Demonstrates a strong control over managing the deployment of services in a Live Environment

Can demonstrate that they have lead large teams in this service area
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Strong interpersonal Skills

Ability to develop MI reports in timely manner

Can demonstrate that they have the ability to identify opportunities to improve the service or make cost savings

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Work well as the lead of a team and keep the team motivated to perform well
Be transparent on performace issues and collaborate when required
Support a no-blame culture
Lead by example
Transfer knowledge gained through the team and be willing to share experiences across the wider department
See where there are issues and be strong enough to raise with senior managers what needs to change

Assessment methods

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

65%

Cultural fit

15%

Price

20%

1. Qu: What is the IR35 Status?: An: This individual will be outside of IR35 as they will be tasked to deliver a specified service with know deliverables.
2. Qu: Is there an incumbent in place?: An: At present there is an incumbent but we are in the process of extracting all the knowledge they have built up so that a new person can take what has been done and continue to offer the Service moving forward.
3. Qu: What has lead to this opportunity becoming available on the framework?: Work has already commenced around this project overall, but following a transition from the Home Office providing Live Services to the Home Office providing Enterprise Services the stakeholder has decided to revamp how the current work is being managed/provided and create a new fresh start. There will be time to transition from the incumbent to the new Individual, but we are hoping that the new individual will bring either a fresh approach or build on what has happened before.

Long-term we will expect the individual providing this service to transition their knowledge to an in-house individual.