Overview

Head of Digital Capability & Onboarding, AD WARRIOR. Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham. Salary: £54,857 per annum.

Job Summary

The organisation is investing in the digital workforce they need to meet future challenges—building a more sustainable, skilled, and in-house capability that reduces reliance on external contractors. They’ve created the Digital & Data Hub: a central team that brings together recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, and governance to support the growth of a modern digital profession within the agency. They’re now looking for a senior leader to head up the Hub to scale recruitment of digital professionals, embed consistent onboarding and capability support, and help the organisation meet its workforce targets in line with government expectations. You’ll work with colleagues across digital, data, HR, and commercial teams to provide direction, solve delivery challenges, and build processes that support long-term workforce growth. This is a role for someone who can navigate complexity, influence at senior levels, and lead a team to deliver tangible outcomes that strengthen internal capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment campaigns across digital and data professions, ensuring roles are advertised, assessed, and onboarded in a consistent, timely, and inclusive way.
• Oversee the onboarding journey for all digital professionals, including apprenticeships, and develop mechanisms that support retention, development, and career progression.
• Drive activity to convert and reduce external contractor roles where appropriate, aligning to Civil Service and Spring Budget targets for efficiency and workforce sustainability.
• Ensure the Hub maintains accurate oversight of digital workforce metrics—including headcount, vacancies, contractor usage, and diversity indicators—and reports effectively to the organisation and central government stakeholders.
• Work closely with HR, finance, commercial, and digital leadership to coordinate workforce activity, unblock delivery risks, and provide senior-level assurance on progress.

Person Specification

• Experienced leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, operations, and people; able to influence at senior levels and deliver at pace.
• Commitment to inclusion, development, and building professional communities.
• Ability to model high standards while supporting others to grow in capability and confidence.
• Role offered on a Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) basis to complete a finite piece of work.

Working Arrangements

Full-time roles consist of 37 hours per week. Applications from those seeking part-time work may be considered, with a business requirement to work at least 30 hours per week. Hybrid working is available (non-contractual; subject to business requirements). Occasional travel to other offices may be required, including overnight stays.

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