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Senior HR Lead (Inclusive Practice)

Job details
Posting date:	17 July 2024
Salary:	£53,400 to £59,700 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 July 2024
Location:	NE98 1ZZ
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	360600/4

Summary

The Government People Group (GPG) with Cabinet Office exists to work with government departments, professions, and functions to build a modern, effective Civil Service. We support the government workforce with the right skills and capability. We are working with leaders to get the right people in the right jobs, with the right skills and continuous learning to excel in their roles. We provide leadership, and in turn, create leaders with exceptional line management capability across departments, influencing partners in the wider public sector and beyond. This involves getting our retention and reward strategy right, to nurture specific skills, and create pride and resilience in our workforce. Our role is also to provide CS-wide leadership across central government in pulling together back office services. Collectively, we help support the Cabinet Office’s priority to drive efficiencies, and reforms that will make government work better, to ultimately provide a better service to the public.

The Employee Experience & People Performance Unit (EE/PP) comprises the Civil Service Inclusive Practice (CSIP) and Organisational Development Practice (ODP). EE/PP works to better equip the Civil Service to deliver its priorities and support reform; through increased innovation, creativity and productivity driven by improved People Performance.

We work to support Civil Service organisations to create an inclusive environment where all civil servants can thrive, where the full range of diverse voices are heard, where innovation is welcomed and where workplace relationships are built on reciprocal respect and tolerance.

Our Inclusive Practice seeks to harness the performance benefits that diversity can offer; creating a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, their talents are fully utilised, and organisational priorities are delivered.

The Organisational Development Practice takes a systemic approach to establishing structural, cultural and strategic alignment. This is key to facilitate organisational success and enable sustained organisational performance through the involvement of our people.

This is a great opportunity to join the Civil Service Inclusive Practice (part of the Civil Service Employee Experience & People Performance domain in Government People Group, Cabinet Office), a friendly and supportive team of HR professionals working across government to deliver the current Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Strategy and the Civil Service People Plan as well as to help develop future strategy and a number of high priority government reform projects. The role provides an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of supporting the research, development and implementation of best practice, innovation and policy for the Civil Service.

The specific areas the role will lead on may be subject to change to meet emerging strategic priorities following the conclusion of the General Election. However, you will work at the heart of the team where you will be expected to support a wide range of stakeholders including Permanent Secretaries, HR Directors and profession leads, working on a variety of cross-Civil Service initiatives which support the delivery and implementation of the Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion strategic approach and practice. Areas of work may include: Employee Experience Insights, a Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination review, an Organisational Readiness for Change programme, as well as wider strategic outputs from the Civil Service-wide Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure review.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Work closely with Civil Service Permanent Secretaries and their Private Offices to drive activity which will support delivery of the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2022-25.
Build and maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders across government, responding to immediate pressures, but also strongly focused on building the capability needed for a more programmatic approach to D&I and professionalising and transforming D&I across the Civil Service, ensuring alignment with the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2022-25..
Collaborate and support teams across Government People Group within Cabinet Office as well as the wider Civil Service to build capability and to ensure consistent, contextual application of evidence-based best practice.
Represent the Civil Service Inclusive Practice team and its value at cross-Civil Service meetings, demonstrating strategic grip and expertise with stakeholders.
Develop products and embed in existing guidance to bring the current strategy and its successor to life.
Consider and evaluate impactful D&I interventions in departments and professions.
Coordinate and oversee official correspondence (Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, Parliamentary Questions and ministerial submissions) across the team - ensuring the right processes are followed and deadlines are met.
Use high quality written and verbal communication skills to develop briefing, guidance and other documents, with appropriate styles for a wide variety of stakeholders including senior leaders.
Possible line management of a Senior Executive Officer (SEO).

Line management (if applicable)

Working with other senior team members to create an inclusive and positive team culture and environment where all team members contribute and thrive.
Embody excellence in line management through leading and managing direct reportees with a positive, inclusive and supportive approach, ensuring corporate requirements (performance conversations and reviews, learning plans etc.) are prioritised.
Ensure that deliverables are met by reportees, and be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate how their activity drives and impacts upon key work areas for your team.
Develop talent in line with Civil Service talent interventions and programmes and support and promote opportunities for learning and development.

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