DWP Resourcing Policy, Projects and Governance Manager
| Posting date: | 01 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,614 to £45,081 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 November 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 375806/3 |
Summary
The team has a wide-ranging impact, leading activity on resourcing policy, corporate recruitment attraction, diversity in recruitment, resourcing governance, and resourcing projects.
Colleagues from across DWP approach us for expert advice and guidance on resourcing policy and recruitment approaches and methodology.
As the Resourcing Policy, Project and Governance Manager you will be the first point of contact for our internal DWP customers, expertly signposting them to the appropriate policies and providing information and advice to enable them to progress their recruitment campaigns and resourcing activities.
The role is critical in ensuring high profile activities, and team priorities, progress to timescale through effective management of plans and governance products; reporting compliance to a wide range of senior DWP stakeholders and providing assurance across all delivery strands in the team.
There may also be opportunities to be part of, or lead, a project to consider new ways of working and innovative recruitment methods.
If you have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, outstanding organisational skills, and enjoy working in an ever-changing, fast paced environment, we would love to receive your application.
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- Responsible for developing a new resourcing policy query management approach in DWP; providing a gateway to specific expert advice for complex resourcing queries.
- Analysing resourcing queries received and where possible resolving them directly with internal DWP customers; or escalating more complex queries to the Resourcing Policy Leads to progress.
- Developing and maintaining a cross-team knowledge bank of previous policy advice, guidance, precedents and legal opinions.
- Interpreting and analysing data, insight and evidence to understand performance across recruitment activities and policy queries; using insight to identify whether amendments to resourcing policy are required.
- Ensuring compliance with Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles, DWP resourcing policies and employment law, proactively addressing issues and escalating concerns where required.
- Maintaining deputy director led plans, ensuring alignment with wider People Services and Resourcing (PSR) and People and Capability Directorate plans, and team governance products in line with project management principles.
- Working collaboratively across the team, department and other government departments to understand and share wider resourcing trends.
- Potential opportunities to be part of, or lead, resourcing projects and pilots, to improve DWP resourcing policy and procedures and recruitment approaches.