About the job

Job summary

Are you ready to shape the future of digital markets in the UK? We are seeking a visionary leader to spearhead the establishment and growth of our new Digital Markets Unit (DMU). This pivotal role offers an exciting opportunity to influence the digital landscape, promoting competition and innovation for the benefit of consumers and businesses alike.

About the CMA

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

You can read more about working at the CMA in our candidate pack.

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will host a drop-in session for prospective candidates interested in working for the CMA. Candidates are invited to join a virtual session where the team will explain the work of the DMU and you can hear from existing team members about their experiences. Recruiting managers will be on hand to ask any questions you may have about the vacancies in team.  

We will run the session over Microsoft Teams from 17.30 on 18.30 on 4 June 2024, to register your interest please visit - Live Q&A Event: working in the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM , Eventbrite

Job description

This exciting opportunity places you at the forefront of promoting greater competition and innovation in vital digital markets, such as online search, social media, app stores, and online marketplaces, directly benefiting people, businesses and the UK economy.

As a Director of Digital Markets, you will lead and contribute to the implementation of the new digital markets competition regime being introduced through the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, as part of the Digital Markets Unit within the CMA.

Your leadership will be critical in investigating how digital markets work and assessing the extent of current and future market power held by key firms, setting rules for digital firms, monitoring compliance, and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders. You will work closely with the CMA’s Data and Technology Analytics unit to maintain cutting-edge insights into digital markets. Your role will involve horizon-scanning, strategic thinking, and building a culture of continuous improvement within the DMU and the wider CMA. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital markets and ensure they operate fairly and efficiently.

Person specification

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application.  For tips on how to make the most your application, please have a look at our guidance document. ·       A proven track record of working in senior policy or project delivery roles and knowledge and an understanding of business, consumer and competition issues in digital markets. ·       Experience of providing strong, inclusive leadership to a growing, busy unit with the ability to lead, develop and inspire multi-disciplinary teams through times of uncertainty and change, offering a compelling vision behind which a team can unite and to promote a culture of respect, equality, diversity and inclusion.   ·       Significant experience building and engaging a network of strategic relationships with businesses and consumers and successfully using these connections to communicate and influence the delivery of priorities, particularly including government(s). ·       Exceptional strategic thinking, proactively managing risks including the ability to deliver complex work while maintaining an awareness of the broader political, economic and international context.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £96,923, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £26,169 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review), ILA assessment and interview.

The sifting dates are w/c 17 June 2024.

Successful candidates at the shortlisting stage will be asked to participate in an Individual Leadership Assessment (ILA) which is a one-to-one psychological assessment of candidates in recruitment and selection for Senior Civil Service (SCS) roles. Candidates will complete a range of questionnaires on-line, the outputs of which are explored during a structured interview of approximately 1-2 hours with an assessor.  The ILA must occur prior to interviews taking place. The assessment does not lead to a pass or fail decision; rather, it is intended to highlight areas of strength and possible concerns which the panel can probe at interview. The ILA  Assessments have been scheduled to take place from 24 June to 05 July 2024.

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview.  This will be a 45-60 minute panel interview, where you will be asked behaviour-based and experience questions based on the behaviours and experience specified in the role profile.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.

You will also be asked to prepare a presentation to deliver at the start of the panel interview/undertake a work based task in advance of your interview.

You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account to book your interview slot. You will then be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.

Interviews will be held w/c 8 July 2024.

Reasonable adjustments

We want to make sure no one is at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.

For example, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional. You might also require additional time to complete a timed assessment or a sign language interpreter to support with the relaying of information.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.