Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York

We are looking for a Director, Employee Experience and People Performance, Civil Service who can work across organisational boundaries to understand and shape how we ensure we develop and maintain a culture that enables our people to be the best they can be, which in turn will provide better outcomes for citizens across the country. Our people are our best asset which is why this role sits within the Government People Group at the heart of Government in the Cabinet Office. We want leaders who reflect our core Civil Service values (Honesty, Objectivity, Impartiality and Integrity), professionalism and a commitment to building capability and diversity.

The post holder will have the opportunity to advise some of the most senior decision makers in government. If you are a transformational leader looking for a unique opportunity which provides a stimulating professional challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

To find out more about the role you can request to join one of the Candidate Information Sessions being held on Friday the 8th of November at 4pm and Tuesday the 12th of November at 4pm. Please submit your request to [email protected] and specify the date you wish to attend.

The Director, Employee Experience and People Performance, Civil Service provides leadership and coordination across the Civil Service to ensure that we have a culture across departments which enables employees to thrive and be better able to deliver the Governments missions across all regions and nations. The role reports directly to the Government Chief People Officer and will be a member of the Government People Group Senior Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop and deliver the culture strategy for the Civil Service. We are entering a new phase in the culture activity and the post holder will have the opportunity to co-lead and shape how the work is delivered, at a pivotal time for the Civil Service. You will need to understand the current culture/s and, through building consensus, drive towards a shared vision. You will draw on best practice across the public and private sectors. You will need to use a range of formal and informal levers and interventions to achieve sustainable and measurable impact.
• Collaboration. You will collaborate and work in partnership with senior colleagues leading on related policies to ensure join up so that we are more than the sum of our parts.
• Stakeholder Engagement. You will use your extensive stakeholder engagement skills to advise and engage multiple stakeholders taking people and teams on a journey. Stakeholders include ministers, the Cabinet Secretary, the Civil Service COO, Permanent Secretaries/Chief Executives, Heads of Corporate Functions, HR Directors as well as other departmental colleagues.
• Develop and Implement the Employee Experience Strategy. Oversight of creating and executing a comprehensive strategy to improve the overall experience of the Civil Service workforce - including on equality, diversity and inclusion - feeding into the wider culture strategy. You will put in place structures to measure, analyse and act on employee feedback.
• Horizon scanning. Anticipating and preparing for strategic future challenges, ensuring we have the strategic capability and frameworks for the future and championing a culture of continuous improvement and outstanding behaviours.

It is important through your CV and Statement of Suitability that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the selection criteria detailed. Please also take this opportunity to explain your motivations for applying.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Evidence of leading and delivering transformation programmes in complex and large scale organisations and linking them to business performance. This might include organisations with a federated model , different brands, cultures and subcultures or geographically spread employees in diverse roles. You will have set direction, shaped solutions and implemented strategic change at pace.
• Being an inspirational and collaborative senior leader, with a successful track record of leading, developing and motivating multidisciplinary teams in a high profile and changing environment.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills. You must possess the gravitas to earn the trust and confidence of board level leaders and build strong relationships quickly across a range of stakeholders.
• The ability to build values driven corporate strategies which take into account wide ranging stakeholder demands and needs which can be conflicting.
• The ability to challenge the status quo and make the case for change, where needed, to introduce innovative or different ways of working.
• A strong understanding of and commitment to delivering Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategies.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £98,000, Cabinet Office contributes £28,390 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to  enable you to build a really successful career within the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills
to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and youll benefit from regular  performance and development reviews to  ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, youll be entitled to a large range of benefits.

This includes:

• 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing  on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays.
• This will be complimented by one further  day paid privilege entitlement to mark the Kings Birthday; 
• A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will  continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire;
• Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers;
• Childcare benefits (policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018): The government has introduced the Tax- Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a  disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing  employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here;
• Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle;
• The opportunity to use onsite facilities  including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable);
• And occupational sick pay.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Job contact :

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]