Digital and Infrastructure Manager

Business Area/Directorate – More Homes Scotland

Location – Glasgow and Edinburgh

Working Arrangement – We operate a hybrid working model, with all colleagues expected to spend a minimum of two days per week in an office location. The Programme Team meet weekly in person, alternating between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Grade – C1

Advert type – Level Transfer

Duration – 18 months with the possibility of extension

Eligibility – Expressions of interest are invited from C1 colleagues on level transfer. Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

Overview

More Homes Scotland is being established as a new Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, in response to the scale and urgency of Scotland’s housing challenges and the need for a stronger, more delivery focussed approach to housing supply. The creation of More Homes Scotland reflects a commitment to address these challenges by simplifying how housing delivery is supported, strengthening operational focus, and enabling greater scale and speed of delivery across all tenures.

To support the move from programme design to implementation, a dedicated, time‑limited Transition Team has been established. The Transition Team’s primary goal is to design, coordinate and oversee the establishment of More Homes Scotland, ensuring the agency is set up in a coherent, well‑governed and deliverable way. The team will:

• Develop the agency’s Target Operating Model, clarifying its core functions, roles and ways of working
• Coordinate governance, assurance, finance and resourcing actively to ensure readiness for implementation
• Support informed Ministerial decision making and alignment with wider public service reform objectives
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Scottish Government and with stakeholders to draw on delivery expertise and share the agency’s design

The Transition Team will play a critical role in ensuring More Homes Scotland is positioned to move confidently into its next phase, with clear purpose, strong foundations and a shared understanding of how it will operate and add value.

Role Purpose

The Digital & Infrastructure Manager is the senior lead responsible for the Digital & Infrastructure workstream within the More Homes Scotland Transition Programme. The postholder will lead the design, development and implementation of the digital, technology and infrastructure arrangements required to establish More Homes Scotland as a new Executive Agency, ensuring the agency is digitally enabled, operationally ready and equipped to deliver its objectives from launch.

Working across the Transition Team and in partnership with Scottish Government Digital, Data and Technology services and other key stakeholders, the role will provide strategic leadership on digital services, infrastructure, service design and technology delivery. The postholder will oversee the development of the agency's digital operating model, lead significant digital implementation activity, manage allocated resources and budgets, and ensure digital workstreams are effectively integrated into wider organisational design and delivery.

The role exercises significant autonomy and influence, providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior leaders on digital investment, technology solutions, service readiness and implementation priorities, and is accountable for ensuring digital and infrastructure arrangements support the successful transition from programme design to operational delivery.