Assistant Director of Digital, Data and Technology
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75787548 |
Summary
Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT)
About the role
Bury Council is on an ambitious journey of place-based transformation. Halfway through a ten-year “Let’s Do It!” strategy, we are reshaping how we work, how we lead and how we support our communities to thrive. This is not incremental change; it is a bold, values-led programme founded on community empowerment, inclusion and a strengths-based approach.
We are seeking an Assistant Director of Digital, Data and Technology to take responsibility for leading and influencing our technology function, setting strategy, driving delivery and ensuring our digital, data and customer experience capabilities meet the needs of the Council now and into the future. This role provides the opportunity to shape our future technology landscape, creating a service that is digital by design, customer focused and able to seize the benefits of new technology.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation, you will be the Council’s senior professional for DDaT, leading a multi-disciplinary team of around 50 colleagues across digital operations, enterprise architecture, data and insight, customer contact, cyber security, service excellence and technology governance functions.
Your focus will include shaping and delivering a modern digital strategy, strengthening data management, improving customer experience, supporting major transformation programmes and ensuring the Council maintains resilient, secure and compliant technology environments. Opportunities to innovate include areas such as automation, AI, cloud technologies, as well as engaging capabilities that deliver value for the Council, its residents, and users. You will also work closely with partners across Greater Manchester and wider Team Bury organisations to support integrated digital ambitions.
This role will suit an experienced technology leader, who can bring technology and leadership expertise to challenge, influence and inspire. Knowledge and understanding of the complexities of local government or similar public sector organisations is desirable but not essential, more important is balancing awareness and judgement with strong professional credibility and a genuine commitment to developing people and empowering resilient, high-performing teams.
This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future technology landscape of a place that is serious about digital transformation. You will have the platform to innovate, to embed digital by design across the organisation and to ensure our residents and users benefit from high-quality, resilient and customer-focused services.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
Next steps
For more information and to apply, please visit Welcome | Bury Council | Hays UK or contact Mark Hamilton (Hays) on 0161 228 6266 or mark.hamilton@hays.com
Supporting Documents
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