Digital & Technology (D&T) Spend Control Officer
| Posting date: | 19 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,485 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 444349/1 |
Summary
Do you enjoy building strong, effective relationships with stakeholders to get things done?
Are you highly organised, able to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work on time?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in how the DVLA governs and delivers its digital and technology (D&T) investment. The role supports the D&T Spend Control Approvals service, which ensures all D&T spend complies with Cabinet Office Spend Control requirements and Agency governance processes.
Working within a fast-paced team, you will help ensure the Agency remains compliant with Cabinet Office approval requirements for D&T spend. You will provide day-to-day support to the Lead responsible for managing the D&T Spend Control function within DVLA, helping to drive robust, timely, and well-governed decision-making.
You will contribute directly to the successful delivery of digital and technology initiatives by supporting the development and submission of D&T Spend Control cases, ensuring Cabinet Office requirements are met and enabling delivery to progress as planned.
This role offers an excellent development opportunity to build your knowledge of Change Governance and D&T Spend Control within a large and complex organisation. You will work with a wide range of stakeholders across the Agency, including senior leaders and Board-level colleagues, as well as external partners such as the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Department for Transport (DfT).
By working collaboratively with business partners and providing advice across the change community, you will help shape high-quality spend control submissions and support the successful delivery of DVLA’s digital and technology ambitions.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Managing the recording, tracking and distribution of all D&T approvals, including small change, routine spend, pipeline items and IT contracts.
- Planning and organising meetings with DfT, Cabinet Office and Senior Stakeholders across the Agency, ensuring associated activities are conducted to time and quality (Relevant papers / attendees / appointments etc). Taking notes, producing minutes and following up on actions as required.
- Contributing to continuous improvement of team processes to ensure the delivery of efficiency and effectiveness.
- Developing and maintaining working relationships with key stakeholders acting as a subject matter expert for unit activities, providing advice to stakeholders’ agency wide.
- Providing support in planning/note taking and/or facilitation of stakeholder workshops/meetings.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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