Talent and Specialist Skills Lead
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £53,560 to £60,118 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 350217/1 |
Summary
Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you!
We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade (Previously the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy). We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action. Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency.
Since early 2018 we have been building a positive and creative team that enjoys a position of influence and respect within an organisation that continues to grow, most recently with the addition of construction products regulation planned.
Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence.
Further information can be found on our website here
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We are Inclusive
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation if required to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) Development and Capability Team. The Talent and Specialist Skills Lead will report into the Assistant Director Development and Capability.
The role
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has a capable workforce now and in the future. We are a diverse office with a range of technical skills and knowledge.
The role has a broad portfolio and includes leading on workforce capability to address skills gaps, creating internal talent development programmes from conception to delivery, succession planning, and defining the talent pipeline to deliver over the next five years.
The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively and effectively with stakeholders across all levels, including senior leaders, to create innovative solutions to build capability, talent, and address skills gaps across a multi-disciplined workforce.
The post holder will be responsible for designing and developing the talent management strategy for the office and will be required to input into wider corporate returns.
The post holder is responsible for leading a large and multi-faceted team operating in a fast-paced environment.
The role is based in Birmingham with flexible and hybrid working but travel to other sites will be required.
We welcome applications from ambitious individuals who have the energy and drive to make positive change happen.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a multi-faceted team .
- Lead on developing and growing the organisations apprenticeship, talent management, diversity and inclusion, succession planning, and retention strategies.
- Understand specialist skills gaps (technical and softer skills) through evidence-based insights across OPSS and provide innovative learning solutions to address these.
- Define OPSS’ talent pipeline and create a succession plan for high-critical roles.
- Develop a talent management strategy that supports OPSS’ ambitions.
- Lead and deliver diverse and inclusive programmes and initiatives to meet OPSS’ objectives.
- Manage the spend of the learning and development budget to ensure the correct processes and procedures are followed in line with Cabinet Office guidance.