Business Management Lead
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 437431/4 |
Summary
You’ll report to the Head of HR Business Management and lead a small team focused on delivering high-quality business support across HR. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and corporate service teams, providing expert advice on budgets, resources, and operational processes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems, and driving improvements in a fast-paced environment.
The role is diverse, giving you the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills . Anyone coming into this role can expect to be in a fast-changing environment and be a self starter who is able to work with autonomy
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below and find out more about what it's like working at DfTc: Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Lead and coordinate HR projects and commissions, ensuring timely and effective delivery, including business planning processes. Provide scrutiny and challenge to SLT as required.
- Provide financial insights and reporting using Excel and Power BI to support decision-making.
- Manage budgets and resource planning in collaboration with finance and hold a strong relationship with the Commercial team as Contract Owner of several HR contracts.
- Ensure compliance with governance and audit requirements, including responding to official requests (e.g. Freedom of Information).
- Support workforce planning and forecasting, including monitoring HR data quality and risks.
- Advise senior HR leaders on financial risks and long-term planning for staffing and budgets
- Build strong relationships across HR to improve business management practices and provide training where needed.
- Maintain a central register of HR staff with additional responsibilities (e.g. IT, security, budget holders).
- Overseeing the corporate support functions including Security Liaison Officers and Local Information Management.
- Lead and own the Business Continuity Planning cycle, including annual testing.
- Oversee the delivery of the annual Management Assurance process, ensuring agreed actions are reviewed to completion.
- Lead and support a small team, promoting continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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