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Chief Digital and Information OfficerLocation: The role can be based in Bristol, Nottingham, Swansea, Leeds Birmingham (Garrett’s Green), Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton) and Yeading.We offer a hybrid working model that allows you to work between home and office locations, giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. The Civil Service expectation of 60% attendance in the workplace is applied by DVSA. Occasional travel to other sites will be required.Salary: £95,000 per annumVacancy Type: PermanentApply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 22nd February 2026About the jobThe Chief Digital & Information Officer is an Executive Board Director with collective responsibility for developing and delivering the agency’s strategic objectives. They provide leadership of the DVSA Digital, Data and Technology community for core customer-facing and internal services, including: 3 services in the government’s top 75 digital services.The role oversees the development and continuous improvement of the enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure, systems and applications, digital delivery, security and the data and information management strategy for core customer-facing and internal services. In collaboration with the Executive team, the key focus is to ensure that there is the right level of digital, data and technological expertise and resource to enable timely delivery of the agreed priorities for DVSA’s services.As well as being responsible for working with DfT and GDS in planning for and implementing any additional services required of DVSA and the postholder also represents DVSA in cross-government networks and fora.DVSA’s digital, data and security functions are fundamental to every service DVSA delivers. Our systems are accessed by millions of GB citizens and businesses every year to book, pa