IT Contract Lead
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 450430/1 |
Summary
Are you a confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills?
Would you like to work in an environment where every day brings a new challenge?
If so, we are looking for an IT Contract Lead to join us at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and 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 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 roles: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Department for Transport Careers
The IT Contract Lead role is based in the exciting and evolving Information Technology Services (ITS) directorate. This is a fast paced and dynamic part of the organisation with great training and development opportunities to enhance your career.
This role provides an opportunity to join the IT Supplier Management Team and is central to the relationship between an individual business area and the commercial function. You will proactively engage with the business directly, use your strong technical and influencing skills and develop a sound understanding of the ITS business area. You will provide advice, challenge, and scrutiny to senior colleagues to ensure contracts are well defined, managed and monitored.
The IT Contract Lead is responsible for the provision of complex contracts and the management and effective running of a team of contract owners that each have their own contract portfolio.
You will work with numerous stakeholders across the Agency as well as externally, providing the opportunity to gain experience in a wide range of areas and build diverse relationships. The role allows you to work autonomously and make effective decisions, managing escalations.
Responsibilities
- To lead a team of Contract Owners (CO) responsible for tracking, managing and providing administrative support for DVLA third Party IT Supplier contracts (total contracts value of £120m).
- To lead and handle effective communications between owned business area, DSCC Finance, Suppliers and internal /external stakeholders to ensure all relevant parties have opportunities to discuss contract activity in an open and transparent environment.
- To act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Process Owner and provide advice on IT contracts, ensuring ITS remains commercially compliant, conforms to the necessary governance approval and processes and ensures that the performance and deliverables of the suppliers are adding value.
- To be responsible for managing IT contract renewals; proactively engaging with Commercial Advisors, contract owners and technical leads to ensure requirements are captured and approvals sought in sufficient time to meet deadlines.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached 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.
Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Wednesday 4th March at 11:30am
Please click here to book on.
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