16 jobs in Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Job summary

The Grants, Risk, Assurance and Fraud team - or GRAFT - is a diverse and friendly team of c. 20 experts that sits within the Finance Directorate in DCMS. We were created to provide advice and guidance to ensure the Department and its public bodies spend money and manage their risks wisely and to maximise public outcomes.

We work across the organisation and our public bodies, supporting a variety of policy and project areas from sporting events to heritage projects through to our charities sector.

This is a new role and team, to provide a stronger and cohesive offer to the department on data, information and cyber policies and assurance. You will work very closely with the operational teams in our Data and Technology division.

We love innovation and new ideas. It is team that welcomes challenge and growth, so if that sounds like somewhere you like to be please do apply.

Come and make a difference to the things you love.

This role is the department’s senior lead for information and data protection compliance and for the escalation and management of data, information and cyber-related risk. The post holder sets the strategic direction for how information and data risks are governed and managed, and provides trusted advice to senior leaders and operational staff on risk appetite, compliance and proportionate control.

Change leadership

• Maximise the value of the guidance and assurance you and your team provide to support the risk profile of the department and effective management of data protection and cyber-related risks
• Engage the department to ensure policies are proportionate, providing choices between ‘minimum viable’ and more gold-standard assurance depending on levels of risk, spend, and complexity

Functional assurance

• Act as the Department's DPO, providing independent advice to the Permanent Secretary and provide functional assurance on data protection across the department
• Provide advice and guidance to the operational Data protection and cyber teams on how to effectively manage risk in the department, including supporting escalation and triage of more significant issues as working with first line teams on more significant risks through the development of an effective triage system
• Maintain strong awareness of Government’s strategic direction for information rights, management and data protection legislation, guidance and relevant case law.

Corporate and people leadership

• Lead, support and develop three members of staff (across cyber and data) in their own professional development and in their ability to influence effectively across the department:
• Own specific work streams for our directorate (c.100 members of staff), for example designing and delivering work programmes to improve wellbeing or our COO vision and strategy

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:

Essential requirements:

• Demonstrable knowledge of relevant privacy laws and practices, or a professional privacy qualification/accreditation (such as CIPP/E or equivalent)
• Ability to lead and develop a team to recommend proportionate and confident data protection and information security practices and policies to provide robust, risk-based solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand, and the ability to rapidly grasp the nuances of an organisation's strategic priorities
• Ability to drive culture change and support operational teams to engage proactively with data protection, cyber, and information security
• Strong people leadership and change management skills, with a demonstrable ability to collaborate, influence, and persuade diverse stakeholders to optimise compliance

Desirable Skills:

• Relevant audit/assurance experience in assessing compliance with cyber /data protection policies.
• Awareness of the technological landscape, and the tools and platforms used to store and share corporate information.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Department for Culture, Media and Sport seeks a senior lead for information and data protection compliance to set strategic direction on data and cyber risk. You will advise senior leadership and frontline staff on risk appetite and proportionate controls, acting as a trusted guardian for information rights and governance across the department.

You will lead a small cyber/data team, shape policy implementation, and drive culture change to embed robust assurance.

The Policy Unit is a relatively new team, set up to directly support the Secretary of State by identifying and incubating new ideas to help deliver her vision to support growth and good jobs across the nation, enable richer lives with choices and opportunities for all, and build a more cohesive country where people are in charge of their own destinies.

It works across the full range of DCMS policy, working closely with external experts and internal policy teams to consider ways to do things differently, and work closely with Special Advisers and Private Office to ensure its work is delivering for the Secretary of State.

The team is outward facing, building a network of people with experience of delivery in communities across the country. It will also work collaboratively with external organisations to help tackle policy challenges and co-design solutions.

We really encourage applications from those interested in doing it on a secondment basis.

We are looking for a Deputy Head to lead a small, agile team which has been set up to support the DCMS Secretary of State to support her priorities, and to come up with new and innovative solutions to problems. This is an exciting opportunity to work in senior leadership at the heart of DCMS.

The post holder will lead teams working on a variety of high-profile projects, and will be expected to flex between incubating short term policy ideas, providing a challenge function to existing policy work, and driving forward specific Secretary of State priorities.

Responsibilities are likely to include leading teams to deliver:

• Short term idea generation: rapidly developing and incubating new ideas, including from the Secretary of State and external stakeholders.
• Medium term policy projects: starting from first principles to develop new policy proposals, including cross-cutting issues, and areas where additional capacity is required.
• Providing a challenge function to upcoming policy announcements, to ensure alignment with the Secretary of State’s ambition.

The ideal candidate would have the following skills and experience:

• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to develop options to tricky policy problems; often working in ambiguous environments to realise the Secretary of State’s ambitions.
• Recognition of where new ideas can help improve delivery, confidence to challenge the way things have always been done.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills which allow you to communicate with others in a clear, honest, and enthusiastic way.
• Experience building relationships with senior stakeholders .
• Ability to ensure the team’s activity reflects wider strategic priorities ; bringing together views, perspectives and diverse needs of stakeholders.
• Understanding of Department for Culture, Media and Sport objectives and priorities.
• Experience of working with Ministers

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Christine Mosedale and will take place on:

• 17th March 2026 at 11am

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form by Friday 13 March 2026 and you will be sent an invitation. Invites will only be sent after this deadline has passed.

Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

The Government Art Collection (GAC), promotes British art and contributes to cultural diplomacy. Dating from 1899, the Collection is a unique resource with over 15,000 British works of art spanning six centuries in a range of media. About 60% of the Collection is on display in 125 British Government buildings around the world, making it the most widely distributed collection of British art in the world. For further information see Government Art Collection.

The Government Art Collection team is part of the Visitor Economy, Heritage, Loans and Art Collection (VEHLAC) Directorate within DCMS. It consists of three teams: Curatorial, Collection Care and Collection Information.

This roles ensures that effective documentation policies, procedures, systems and standards are managed, supported and developed across the work of the Collection.

Collection documentation underpins the Government Art Collection’s (GAC) operation, and the Collection Management System is critical to the effective operation of the GAC, as well as being the source repository of core information for external audiences. Alongside this, we maintain an archive of paper and digital resources relating to the history and activities of the Collection.

As a Documentation Specialist, you will deliver a high-quality service that supports the GAC’s systems, operational cycle and strategic projects. Your role is to ensure that information about our artworks and activities is maintained, legally compliant and accessible for the team, organisation and audiences.

Overview

Deputy Director, Public Bodies Reform and Appointments — Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Join to apply for the Deputy Director, Public Bodies Reform and Appointments role at Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

This range is provided by Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Location : London, Manchester

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted virtually by Rebecca Egan, and will take place on:

• Thursday 4th September, 15:00 - 15:45

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about the application, and the interview and assessment process. Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation. This will take place virtually, via Google Meets. Please note that the session will not be recorded.

• Lead a hard-working team of 33 FTE and be part of the Strategy Senior Leadership Team. Ensure PBAHA is happy, inclusive and collaborative, and that the team works effectively with the department to deliver for Ministers.
• Lead ALB reform, driving an ambitious policy programme that responds to ministerial priorities, working collaboratively with the department and our Arms Length Bodies.
• Develop strategy and policy for working with DCMS Public Bodies, building strong relationships, high standards of governance, shared understanding of priorities and adherence to the Cabinet Office Sponsorship Code. Maintain effective risk and assurance management.
• Oversee the DCMS regulated public appointments processes — approximately 100 appointments per annum, ensuring a robust, transparent process and exceptional outreach. Seek to improve appointment processes, including adopting new technology.
• Oversee the DCMS role in the Honours System by celebrating individuals within our sectors; provide support to three independent honours Committees and manage the King's Award for Volunteer Service, awarding ~250 voluntary groups annually.
• Oversee the Public Bodies Review programme, reviewing our highest-profile Public Bodies and ensuring they are effective, efficient and well-governed, with sponsorship that enables this.
• Maintain strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including CEOs/Chairs of Public Bodies, the Royal Household, Cabinet Office and No.10.

The Ideal candidate will have the following key skills and experience:

• Seeing the big picture — ability to understand and analyse complex policy and delivery issues, and provide strategic advice.
• Leadership — outstanding leadership skills, building a high-performing team and strong culture, delivering at pace.
• Communicating and influencing — effective communications, written and verbal, with senior stakeholders.
• Changing and improving — ability to challenge the status quo, foster innovation and calculated risk-taking.
• Delivering at pace — proactive problem-solving, leading and implementing strategies and programmes, delivering value for money.
• Previous experience with Public Bodies and/or public appointments and honours processes.
• Experience working with very senior stakeholders (e.g., Chairs, CEOs, Ministers).

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The successful candidate will hold a key role in the TV Team. The team is responsible for a wide range of high profile policy areas including supporting the UK broadcasting sectors to adapt and succeed in a rapidly changing media environment, engaging with public service and international broadcasters, on-demand services, and tech providers, and ensuring appropriate regulation and protections for audiences.

The TV Team sits within the wider Media and International Directorate (MINT) which covers a broad range of work on sectors including: TV, radio, press, and advertising; as well as having a key role leading the department’s international work.

We pride ourselves on our inclusive and respectful team environment, with ample opportunities to get involved in corporate work such as our social committee and staff networks. Our staff survey scores show positive engagement in all areas, with a high level of interest in our work.

This is an exciting and stretching policy role working within the TV Team, focused on the future of TV regulation. The UK’s television landscape is undergoing a rapid, technology-driven transformation, fundamentally challenging the traditional regulatory framework originally designed for an era of analogue broadcasting. Without change, UK regulation, such as Ofcom content standards, will struggle to keep pace with media innovation and changes to how audiences consume content.

This role will consider the current and future needs of UK audiences in order to develop and deliver evidence-based policy relating to the role of content regulation in the television, video-on-demand, and online sectors such as YouTube. This will include working towards potential legislation.

The successful candidate will also contribute to wider work relating to content policy. This includes work on a range of topical and reactive issues at fast pace and with significant political interest; emerging policy priorities; and responding to Ministerial and Parliamentary requests.

Post holders will also help manage the team’s relationships with a number of high-profile TV stakeholders. This may include broadcasters such as Sky; public service media providers such as ITV and Channel 4; global tech platforms; TV manufacturers and video-on-demand providers.

Depending on the Department’s success in securing a legislative slot, the successful candidate may in due course be asked to lead on other projects within the TV Team.

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that the desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates.

• A proven ability to identify, analyse and assess evidence from a range of different sources to inform effective decision-making.
• High quality written and oral communication skills – including the ability to succinctly explain complex issues to a diverse range of audiences.
• Delivering at pace – taking responsibility for delivering high-quality, timely results, even when facing pressure or changing priorities.
• Stakeholder management skills – able to facilitate and support engagement with key stakeholders including Ofcom, media providers, and other government departments.

• Experience of working in policy development and/or legislation is desirable, but not essential for the right candidate.
• Knowledge of the television sector and/or the digital economy.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking a policy professional to join the TV Team. The role focuses on shaping the future of television regulation in a rapidly evolving media landscape, including on-demand and digital platforms.

You will work on developing evidence-based policy relating to content regulation for TV, video-on-demand and online services, potentially contributing to legislation and responding to Ministerial and Parliamentary requests.