Search and Recruitment of UKTI SCS1 Digital Director

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The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 29th April at 2pm. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal. Any bids submitted directly to the buyer will be disregarded.

UKTI is undergoing a major transformation programme in order to improve delivery of export and investment targets. The agenda is led by Ministers and the Export and Investment Task Force and if targets are to be achieved, the business requires fundamental transformation of the way in which UKTI delivers in the UK, in the English regions and overseas.

This tender exercise is for an SCS1 level Digital Director to drive the digital transformation of the organisation in a number of areas

- Putting digital at the heart of UKTI decision-making and its Operating Model - Leading the delivery of transformed services and practices across UKTI - Developing new IT infrastructure for the whole of the UKTI network, working closely with Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), Government Digital Service (GDS) etc. - Data collection and sharing, including developing a new Computer Relationship Management system

For full information, please refer to the attached Invitation to Quote (ITQ)

Additional information: As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements.

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