Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Hiring for HR Project & Transformation Manager at Cardiff Full Time

Details

Reference number

239681

Salary

£36,735 – £41,100

The successful candidate may be eligible for a £1,500 pay enhancement subject to having a valid qualification from the list of ‘typical qualifications’as defined in the Project Delivery Capability Framework for Project Manager Level 2: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-delivery-capability-framework-for-civil-servants

Grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

BEIS – Corporate Services – Human Resources

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement

Human Resources

Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of posts

1

Contents

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About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

Cardiff

About the job

Summary

Our Mission

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission!

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

Our Inclusive Environment

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.

Job description

BEIS HR is responsible for delivering some of the most complex transformational projects and programmes across the whole Department. When BEIS needs to transform to deliver changing priorities in a changing environment, it is HR that make it happen – with new strategies, structures, training & development, policies and workforce management information. Being a Project & Transformation manager in BEIS HR means you are at the forefront of ensuring BEIS can meet Ministerial demands.

This role will be responsible for supporting major HR transformation projects, leading smaller projects, supporting the whole of HR in its delivery of change, and developing and supporting more junior colleagues. These projects could include CS25, major departmental restructuring, Spending Reviews, People Strategies, and more.

There is also an opportunity for role holders to get involved in the team’s organisational design consultancy function; if applicants are interested in this, they should highlight their relevant experience in their application.

Responsibilities

The role holder will be allocated to a specific HR transformation project or projects, based on their skill sets and needs of the organisation. For this project(s), the role holder will:

• Drive delivery of their project, including all aspect of project management, developing delivery strategies, planning, risk management, monitoring and reporting to the project Senior Responsible Owner (SRO)
• Lead workshops and analysis associated with the project, working with finance and analysis teams as needed
• Engage with project stakeholders, within HR, in Corporate Services and across BEIS
• Provide the link between the project and the HR Portfolio Office
• Oversee and support colleagues on these and related projects
• As necessary, provide ad hoc guidance and advice to all HR projects

And, according to skill / preference:

• Support to Organisational Design engagements

Skills and Experience

We are looking for a candidate with experience of project delivery in an HR context e.g. restructuring, HR policy change. Ideally, you will have experience of working in major organisational transformation.

We would love to hear from you if you have project & programme management qualifications, or are willing to work towards them, e.g., APM (Association for Project Management) Qualification, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Project Leadership Programme (PLP) or similar.

Technical skills to be assessed during the selection process:
Planning – Candidates should give an example of when they have defined and planned a project with significant HR or people considerations. This relates to the Planning competency on p22 of the Project Delivery Capability Framework.

Behaviours

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

Changing and Improving

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Technical skills

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

Planning

Benefits

BEIS offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.

Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%.

A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.

An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.

Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need (from September 2021, depending on how the public health guidance evolves).

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your personal statement (in no more than 250 words) to highlight your experience of project delivery in an HR context.

Please note – the CV is for information purposes only and will not be scored.

Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements, personal statement, and any technical skills required.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour, technical and strength-based questions.

Expected Timeline subject to change

Sift dates: w/c 10th October 2022.

Interview dates: w/c 17th October 2022.

Interview will be held using Microsoft Teams.

Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further Information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Any move to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

BEIS does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

Please note that BEIS does not hold a licence to sponsor visa applications.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service. on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback

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

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:
UK nationals

nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

nationals of the Republic of Ireland

nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service

relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service

certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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.

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.

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :Name :
Ruth Newrick

Email :
[email protected]

Recruitment team :Email :
[email protected]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints