Team Manager
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,720 to £47,850 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Cardiff |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 420792/1 |
Summary
Corporate and Delivery Directorate works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The directorate is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
As health, safety and fire management at the Home Office undergoes an ambitious transformation programme, we are seeking a Support Team Manager to provide operational management of commissions, data analysis, secretariat, and admin support.
This is an opportunity to be at the core of the central Health Safety and Fire Management (HFST) Team within the Home Office, dedicated to safeguarding the health, safety and fire management of current and future colleagues.
The Support Team Manager is a high-profile and demanding role, where you will be responsible for handling Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and submissions and commissions from the Permanent Under Secretaries (PuS) including but not limited to the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC), People Committee and Executive Committee (ExCO).
You will exercise sound judgement, political awareness, and discretion in managing sensitive matters, advising senior stakeholders, and ensuring that operational goals are achieved efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the HSFT Support Team, providing strategic oversight across secretariat support, data analysis, reporting, and internal coordination to ensure effective delivery of departmental priorities.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear, actionable workplans, aligning team outputs with legal obligations, business needs, and wider organisational goals.
- Deliver high-quality briefings, reports, and advice to senior audiences including ExCO, ARAC, and cross-government partners, often under tight deadlines.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, offering evidence-based insights and recommendations to support informed decision-making and policy development.
- Drive the implementation of the 2025–2027 Health, Safety, and Fire Strategies through collaborative leadership, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement.
- Manage responses to Parliamentary Questions, commissions, and submissions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate delegation across the team.
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture by providing coaching, performance support, and promoting well-being in line with Civil Service values.
- Lead business planning, governance, and compliance activities, ensuring alignment with health and safety policies, audit recommendations, and risk and assurance frameworks.
Whilst you will report to the Head of Health, Safety and Fire Management, there will be an expectation that you will work across the functions within HSFT, as necessary.
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available.
Travel
Frequent overnight travel will be required within the relevant geographical region / and national to team meetings/events on a quarterly basis. Travel and subsistence costs will be reimbursed in line with standard Home Office policy.
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