Role Overview

The purpose of this role is to lead engagement for techUK’s Public Services Board and Central Government Council as well as coordinate across all of techUK’s public sector facing member-led committees.

The Public Services Board (PSB) is techUK’s senior member forum that shapes techUK’s influencing and engagement priorities for improving digital public services to UK citizens and enterprises. The board aims to be representative of the diversity of the tech sector’s engagement with government in terms of the range of products and services supplied into government, of contract sizes (e.g., major to SME suppliers) and of executive leadership. Board members are either public sector profit and loss owners for their businesses, or strategic engagement professionals working into their UK board or Executive Committee. Meeting around 10 times annually, the board co-ordinates its work and agenda with techUK’s other more focused public sector working groups – the Central Government Council, Local Public Services Committee, Justice and Emergency Services Committee, and Health and Social Care Committee.

This position provides an opportunity to work with senior level representatives from industry and Government to support the effective engagement and better public service delivery through technology. This role would suit an articulate and well-connected person, with an understanding of the working of Whitehall and various government departments. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead senior level public sector stakeholder engagement for techUK’s Public Services Board, ensuring monthly access to high-level decision makers in government;
• Liaise with the Chair and Vice Chair of PSB to support the smooth running of the monthly meeting;
• Support the development, commissioning and publication of at least one PSB report per year;
• Organise 2 PSB stakeholder dinners a year and a unique member excursion for learning and development purposes;
• Coordinate activities with other public sector facing member-led committees, and plan at least one cross programme activity;
• Raise the public profile of the PSB through media engagement and public facing events;
• Liaise with other techUK teams to identify and exploit cross-fertilisation opportunities with other programmes within techUK.