Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

HEAD OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Reference number: 458119 Total Package: Total Package: £69,500 + location allowance of £5,000 (London) £69,500 + location allowance of £1,750 (Milton Keynes) £69,500 (East Kilbride) Contract: Full time, permanent Location: London, East Kilbride or Milton Keynes Hours: Full time. Youll be required to work in line with our policies on hybrid working (minimum 60% in the office) We lead the UKs diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and Hanslope Park in Milton Keynes. Your role with us The Digital Technology and Security (DTaS) directorate is responsible for delivering our ambition to make the FCDO the worlds most technologically integrated and innovative foreign ministry. This means harnessing digital, data, technology, IT security and information management to deliver our diplomatic, development and consular aims, all while keeping our people and information safe, especially from hostile actors. Main purpose of the job When you join us in this important role, youll provide strategic oversight of our digital, data and technology portfolio as you lead a collaborative team of portfolio professionals, and inspire a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and delivery excellence. Shaping and maintaining a robust governance framework, it will be your task to ensure effective prioritisation, resource allocation and risk management across a complex, high-value portfolio of products, services and programmes. Working closely with our senior stakeholders to maintain evidence-based investment decisions, well also expect you to ensure benefits are clearly defined, and the portfolio adapts to changing priorities. Acting as a key advisor to your senior leadership colleagues, youll be committed to providing clear, data-driven insights and recommendations to inform decision-making at the highest levels of our organisation. Championing best practice in strategic portfolio management will be key to your success, as will supporting the development of business cases and ensuring reporting mechanisms are in place to track progress, manage interdependencies and deliver successful outcomes. Youll have a number of additional day-to-day responsibilities these include identifying, categorising and prioritising new demand for inclusion in service groups and the portfolio, establishing a clear governance framework and reporting system, coordinating reporting from service groups, and analysing performance at portfolio level. Who were looking for To be a success in this significant position youll have well developed experience of managing large-scale, complex digital and technology projects, and of using strategic portfolio management as a tool for organisational change.With proven practical knowledge of strategicrisk management,agile planning cycles, problem solving and the ability to administer multiple interdependencies, your strong leadership skills will see you inspiring cross-functional teams and engaging, motivating and coaching on best practice processes. Candidates will ideally possess a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), or Management of Portfolios (MoP) certification, or demonstrate significant experience in successfully managing complex programmes or work or portfolios. Able to adopt a proactive approach to your work while focusing on the continuous improvement of yourself and the service, youll have the communication skills to identify, analyse and engage with stakeholders through a range of channels, ensuring that investment proposals align with our ambitious transformation objectives. Please be aware that you must be a British Citizen at the time of application and be required to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. For more information about this process, click here. We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from all communities. Everyone here gets the support to develop their skills and capabilities as well as benefits that help to make the most of life in and out of work, including a Civil Service pension. Use your talent and experience to shape our nations future, and deliver tangible improvements to millions of lives, including your own. Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 29th June 2026 JBRP1_UKTJ

HEAD OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Reference number: 458119 Total Package: Total Package: £69,500 + location allowance of £5,000 (London) £69,500 + location allowance of £1,750 (Milton Keynes) £69,500 (East Kilbride) Contract: Full time, permanent Location: London, East Kilbride or Milton Keynes Hours: Full time. Youll be required to work in line with our policies on hybrid working (minimum 60% in the office) We lead the UKs diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and Hanslope Park in Milton Keynes. Your role with us The Digital Technology and Security (DTaS) directorate is responsible for delivering our ambition to make the FCDO the worlds most technologically integrated and innovative foreign ministry. This means harnessing digital, data, technology, IT security and information management to deliver our diplomatic, development and consular aims, all while keeping our people and information safe, especially from hostile actors. Main purpose of the job When you join us in this important role, youll provide strategic oversight of our digital, data and technology portfolio as you lead a collaborative team of portfolio professionals, and inspire a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and delivery excellence. Shaping and maintaining a robust governance framework, it will be your task to ensure effective prioritisation, resource allocation and risk management across a complex, high-value portfolio of products, services and programmes. Working closely with our senior stakeholders to maintain evidence-based investment decisions, well also expect you to ensure benefits are clearly defined, and the portfolio adapts to changing priorities. Acting as a key advisor to your senior leadership colleagues, youll be committed to providing clear, data-driven insights and recommendations to inform decision-making at the highest levels of our organisation. Championing best practice in strategic portfolio management will be key to your success, as will supporting the development of business cases and ensuring reporting mechanisms are in place to track progress, manage interdependencies and deliver successful outcomes. Youll have a number of additional day-to-day responsibilities these include identifying, categorising and prioritising new demand for inclusion in service groups and the portfolio, establishing a clear governance framework and reporting system, coordinating reporting from service groups, and analysing performance at portfolio level. Who were looking for To be a success in this significant position youll have well developed experience of managing large-scale, complex digital and technology projects, and of using strategic portfolio management as a tool for organisational change.With proven practical knowledge of strategicrisk management,agile planning cycles, problem solving and the ability to administer multiple interdependencies, your strong leadership skills will see you inspiring cross-functional teams and engaging, motivating and coaching on best practice processes. Candidates will ideally possess a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), or Management of Portfolios (MoP) certification, or demonstrate significant experience in successfully managing complex programmes or work or portfolios. Able to adopt a proactive approach to your work while focusing on the continuous improvement of yourself and the service, youll have the communication skills to identify, analyse and engage with stakeholders through a range of channels, ensuring that investment proposals align with our ambitious transformation objectives. Please be aware that you must be a British Citizen at the time of application and be required to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. For more information about this process, click here. We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from all communities. Everyone here gets the support to develop their skills and capabilities as well as benefits that help to make the most of life in and out of work, including a Civil Service pension. Use your talent and experience to shape our nations future, and deliver tangible improvements to millions of lives, including your own. Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 29th June 2026 JBRP1_UKTJ

We lead the UK's diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and in Milton Keynes. Your role with us Our Information and Digital Directorate is responsible for delivering the Foreign Secretary's ambition to make the FCDO the most technologically integrated and innovative foreign ministry in the world. This will involve harnessing digital, data, technology, IT security and information management as we deliver our diplomatic, development and consular aims, all while keeping our people and information safe, especially from hostile actors. When you join us in this role, you'll lead on the technical design of systems and services, explore the benefits of aligning them across government, and collaborate with your colleagues on a range of problems that require broad architectural thinking. Providing guidance and advice to other technical architects in the Directorate, and mentoring other members of your team, you'll have plenty of opportunities to learn, develop your technical expertise, understand how an international organisation works and build your leadership and mentoring skills. In addition, we'll offer you access to a great online learning platform, the opportunity to attend industry events, and the chance to network with technology leaders in other government departments. Who we're looking for To be a success in this important role you should have well developed technical expertise of M365, Azure, AWS, cloud networks, telephony and digital systems, and experience of working with scaled agile frameworks and implementations. We'll expect you to have worked with optimal technical designs through an iterative process, and with the design and review processes for new solutions and services, and you should also be capable of presenting recommendations for improvements to technologies or systems. A committed champion of the development of technical architectural practice, you'll be capable of ensuring a consistent strategy across cyber, cloud, data centre, storage, network, mobile and the user experience of infrastructure. And as you'll be coaching and mentoring other members of the architectural community and engaging with development opportunities across government, you'll possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be a British citizen at the time of your application, and you'll be required to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Please note that obtaining DV clearance can take approximately three months depending on your individual circumstances. For more information about this process, click here . We encourage applications from all communities, so that we reflect the very best of 21 st century Britain. Everyone here gets the support to develop their skills and capabilities as well as benefits that help to make the most of life in and out of work, including a Civil Service pension. Use your talent and experience to shape our nation's future, and deliver tangible improvements to millions of lives, including your own. Closing date: 6 October 2025.