JOB SUMMARY

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Home Office Digital, Data and Technology designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

Work with our Automation Centre, Data Science and Evaluation team, or Innovation Lab to:

• Build solutions improving lives nationwide
• Work with diverse AI and automation technologies
• Collaborate with technical experts
• Develop skills at the forefront of public sector innovation

Help build a future-ready Home Office where innovation delivers daily impact. Ready to use cutting-edge technology to transform millions of lives across the UK.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

• Application – by 25th September 2025

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

• Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).
• Evidence of the Behaviour Communicating and Influencing (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
2. Sift – week commencing 29th September 2025
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and Behaviour Communicating and Influencing.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
3. Interview – from 21st October 2025
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions.
The interview will take place via video, using Microsoft Teams.
In addition, candidates will be asked to prepare a presentation that will be delivered at interview. The presentation question/scenario will be disclosed closer to the interviews.
The presentation will be assessed against ‘Experience’ on the ‘Success Profiles’ and will be assessed against the ‘Essential Criteria’ as listed in the job advertisement.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Your main day to day responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Create, review, and regularly update a variety of Business Change planning tools and checklists and maintain engagement with business stakeholders to monitor, assure and assess business readiness for implementation.
• Identify relevant stakeholders ensuring their inclusion in stakeholder engagement plans and acting as the point of contact for your key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the wider Automation Centre to support the delivery of business benefits and outcomes and having responsibility for feeding into the overall automation change plan, providing direction and input into the design and approach on behalf of customer groups.
• Regularly review and update business change plans (deliverables, activities, and interventions) with the appropriate business stakeholders.
• Work with Stakeholder Managers and Project/Delivery Managers to create and maintain Business Change related communication plans, including writing key messaging and providing content