Heo Policy and Delivery Adviser, Defence People - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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- £34,850 - £38,400- plus £3000 London Weighting
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Head Office & Corporate Services
The Ministry of Defence's Conduct, Equity and Justice (CEJ) Directorate was officially launched on 1st April 2021, with the ambition to support Defence in being recognised within the UK and internationally, as leaders in equality, justice, and fairness

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Human Resources
Policy
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Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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London Ministry of Defence (MOD) Main Building as base location with opportunities to work from home, and hybrid working, travelling to Main Building will be required.

About the job

Job summary:

We are seeking someone to work in the Directorate - Diversity & Inclusion Team. This is an exciting time to be working in Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). We are an encouraging, innovative, energetic, and creative team, delivering at a fast pace, in a constantly evolving environment.

Collaborating, sharing knowledge, and developing effective working relationships with colleagues across Defence and wider government is critical to our success and success in this role.

The team supports the delivery and assurance of the Defence Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 'A Force for Inclusion'. To transform Defence through enabling a step-change in the diversity of our workforce and culture of the organisation.

This position offers an opportunity to make a real difference in a large and sophisticated organisation, working together to change culture and behaviours to make Defence a diverse and inclusive employer of choice.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description:

You will gain a rich experience in activities related to all three pillars of The Policy Standards from evidence gathering through to delivery and involve working collaboratively with different layers of government and the charitable sector.

Using the Project Management framework, the Higher Executive Officer (HEO) Policy Advisor role is vital to the Directorate's outputs.

1. Deliver policies, projects and reports on a range of topics (80%)

Policy
Ensure that D&I policies, guides, and toolkits are relevant.

Using MOD colleagues lived experiences to advise MOD policy development.

Identify gaps in policy and consider whether they will adversely impact on MOD employees.

Ensure ownership of policy, i.e., content is relevant and updated.

Where relevant, conduct an Equality Analysis every time a policy is written, reviewed, or amended.

Ensure any amends to policy that may impact policy owned by other departments are appropriately communicated.

Projects
Ensure Projects undertaken cohere with D&I Strategic Objectives.

Scope project to identify potential outcomes, time and resources required to deliver.

Ensure Project appropriately reflected on task tracker to enable Programme Management Team to prioritise the project within the ask of the wider team and authorise.

Work with Programme Management Team to deliver project, ensuring all relevant partners and stakeholders are updated.

Evaluate the success of the project upon completion.

Provide a cohering function for cross-government projects within the Protected Characteristic domain set out by the 2010 Equality Act.

Undertake learning opportunities to gain in depth knowledge around the Protected Characteristics.

Horizon-scanning looking ahead to new processes, policies, ways of working.

Collaborate with other D&I leads on cross-Directorate projects.

Develop input / collaboration with Cross government work and communities of interest i.e., Race Leads meeting.

Provide SME to secretariat lead to support on Freedom of Information Requests, Submissions and other reports as required.

Collaborate with wider D&I functions to ensure consistency of approaches.

Liaise with other MOD/D&I teams to share best practice and improvements.

Work with Line Manager to identify areas for development and record progress at both mid and end of year reviews
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3. Professional Development, Administration, Management (10%)

Undertake a recognised Professional Qualification endorsed by the Department, such as Project Fundamentals Qualification which is desirable and an agreement of completing this within the first 3 months of starting.

Maintain awareness of all relevant publications i.e. D&I strategy, Wigston Report and associated reviews, Lived Experience report, pan-Defence action plan, JSP101.

Enable MOD to meet its legal requirements by leading and managing publications, whilst ensuring that deadlines are met (for example, the Gender Pay Gap).

Contribute towards briefs by providing accurate