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Head of Digital Services
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is seeking a strategic and forward-thinking Head of Digital Services to lead its digital and technology function at a pivotal time of organisational and sector change. This is a senior leadership role with real influence, responsible for shaping and delivering the SSSC’s digital strategy while ensuring services are secure, resilient and user-focused.
Reporting to the Director of Strategy and Business Services, the successful candidate will oversee digital platforms, infrastructure, cyber security and data governance, driving innovation and continuous improvement across the organisation. Working at both strategic and operational levels, they will provide expert advice to senior leaders and play a key role in aligning digital capability with organisational priorities and public benefit.
Leading a multidisciplinary team, the Head of Digital Services will champion collaboration, strengthen partnerships across the public sector, and ensure technology enables better outcomes for social service workers, employers and the wider community.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced digital leader who can translate complex technical decisions into meaningful impact, influence at the highest level, and drive transformational change within a nationally important organisation.
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- Head of Digital - Job Description
- Head of Digital - Personal Specification
About SSSC
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) plays a key role in supporting and shaping Scotland’s social services workforce. As the national regulator, it helps ensure high standards across social work, social care, and children and young people’s services, with a clear focus on protecting the public and improving outcomes for those who rely on care and support.
Working closely with the Scottish Government, SSSC is set up as a non-departmental public body, with strategic direction provided by its Council and committees. Its approach is grounded in openness, accountability and good governance, making sure decisions are transparent and always made in the public interest.
Behind the scenes, the organisation is made up of teams focused on regulation, workforce development and business services. Together, they balance robust standards with a real commitment to learning, development and long-term improvement across the sector.
At the heart of everything SSSC does is a simple goal: to help build a confident, skilled and trusted workforce that delivers high-quality care across Scotland, always putting people who use services and their carers first.
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