Head of Home Office Delivery Unit - Manchester, United Kingdom - UK Civil Service

UK Civil Service Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Description

Job summary

This is an opportunity to lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary team (circa 30 staff), working at the centre of a major Department. The majority of staff are based in London (2 Marsham Street) and as there is regular engagement with Ministers and Senior Officials the post holder must be able to travel to London regularly.

The Home Office Delivery Unit has two principal functions � leading the Department�s work on corporate planning, reporting, and performance, and providing a consultancy-style problem solving capability to support the department and its delivery partners deliver its most challenging outcomes. The former includes developing the Home Office Operating system, the mechanism by which the Department sets its objectives and holds business units to account for all aspects of delivery and performance. These functions are supported by a multi-disciplinary team of analysts who help us ensure recommendations and reports are evidence-based and grounded in what can be delivered in practice.

By the very nature of what we do, there will be reactive priorities we are commissioned to respond to that emerge in-year as we help Ministers and senior officials to pivot toward new pressures. The drumbeat of the Unit�s work is therefore variable and as Head of Unit, the post holder will shape the Unit�s business plan, working with the Department�s top team, including all members of the Executive Committee.� We also have a training offer, working to upskill the wider department on key delivery skills, such as trajectory setting.

The post holder will have a proven track record of operating successfully in a complex organisation, proven analytical skills and experience, and the ability to provide expert strategic advice to Ministers and senior officials or their equivalents to drive and assure delivery. They will need the confidence to define and advise on issues where they are not the expert, helping to cut through ambiguity and bring the interpersonal skills to broker solutions to tricky issues, often in fast-paced environments. They will have well-developed interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to quickly identify key issues and provide challenge, strong political antennae, and resilience.

Job description

Key responsibilities include:

Effective and impactive leadership of a high performing team to ensure resilience, well-being and delivery of outcomes. This includes being an experienced, visible and inclusive leader in the Strategy Directorate and wider Department.

Leading a programme of delivery support to the three Home Office Missions to drive delivery of the Department�s Outcome Delivery Plan and the Home Secretary�s priorities.

Building and strengthening a �one team� culture when it comes to working with delivery partners including other government departments (, CO, HMT, DLUCH etc.) and external stakeholders.

Leading the Delivery Unit�s work to develop a department-wide Planning Cycle as part of a more robust Home Office Operating System, including defining the planning cycle, its key components and dependencies; ensuring the exercise is vested in the wider work to develop the HO organisational strategy, Strategic Finance, People reform.

Providing support to Director Strategy and Perm Secs so they can effectively challenge business performance.

Overseeing the development of the Home Office�s Outcome Delivery Plan 2023/24-25, working collaboratively across department and with Whitehall colleagues � HMT, CO and including the engagement with Non-Executive Directors and Special Advisers to ensure the Plan meets their requirements/expectations.

Helping to ensure the department manages performance, risk and delivery effectively through insightful, timely and evidence-based performance reporting and taking opportunities to streamline and automate its production wherever possible.

Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with , Cabinet Office, HMT, the Home Secretary, Ministers, SpAds and NEDs to effective delivery of Departmental priorities.

Person specification

Essential Criteria - The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their knowledge, experience, capability and behavioural approach to a high standard against the following key criteria:

Excellent leadership skills - the ability to lead, manage and develop a high-performing multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate resilience in fast-paced and high-pressure environments. This includes being able to evidence effective leadership with peers and seniors.

Data and analytical skills � a professional background in analysis or direct leadership experience in the deliver function of a complex organisation. Demonstrable experience in defining strategic and delivery problems, bringing quality evidence forward, and simplifying and clarifying options to make credible and incisive recommendations. Strong attention to detail with an ability to communicate complex issues and data clearly, verbally and in writing, to a wide variety of audiences.

Collaboration and political acumen - material experience of successfully influencing top Ministerial or equivalent stakeholders, marrying political acumen and professional judgement with an ability to get things done. Strong stakeholder management skills to bring together different perspectives to achieve single outcomes, including providing challenge where required, and the ability to identify issues to be brought to the attention of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries in order to improve Departmental performance.�

Change management - a strong track record in proactively improving systems and processes, able to work across the department to effect change.

Desirable Criteria

Relevant experience in the Home Office sector.�

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �75,000, Home Office contributes �20,250 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Learning and development tailored to your role

An environment with flexible working options

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

A with an average employer contribution of 27%

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