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Job summary
The Resourcing Centre of Expertise (RCoE) is an established team within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whose purpose is to use resourcing expertise, insights, and tools to enable the attraction and retention of people with the right skills and experience, and who are representative of the communities we serve, to support delivery of DWPs Departmental Plan.
The team has a wide-ranging impact, leading activity on corporate recruitment attraction, diversity in recruitment, resourcing governance, supplier management for Government Recruitment Services and resourcing policy.
The Resourcing Policy Lead is a key role within the RCoE and the job holder will be pivotal in shaping and ensuring our resourcing policies and procedures are in line with current legislation and meet business requirements. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels and be responsible for the development, maintenance, and strategic oversight of resourcing policy.
As our resourcing policy lead you will help review and impact external legislation changes and proposed innovations to our recruitment processes ensuring they are compliant with employment law and Civil Service Commission rules.
If you have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, enjoy working in an ever-changing, fast paced environment and possess a drive to improve DWPs resourcing policies we would love to receive your application.
This is a part time role to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week. There is currently Resourcing Policy cover in the wider Resourcing Centre of Expertise team from Wednesday to Friday and the successful individual will work alongside the current resource.
Job description
As the Resourcing Policy Lead you will be responsible for:
- The development, maintenance and strategic oversight of resourcing policy and guidance including knowledge management, communications and upskilling for resourcing and HR colleagues.
- Impacting proposed changes to recruitment or workforce management processes, or new initiatives from the Cabinet Office/Government People Group, ensuring policy implications and risks are understood, and policy changes implemented where required.
- Providing guidance and policy interpretation, as well as seeking specific Civil Service Commission and legal advice to inform decisions, ad hoc solutions to resourcing issues and new approaches, to enable successful delivery of business priorities (i.e. delivering operational recruitment or estates transformation programme)
- Working collaboratively across People and Capability Directorate with HR Business Partners, HR Casework Team and Resource Account Managers as well as across Government with Government People Group, Other Government Departments and the Civil Service Commission to understand wider resourcing trends, identify common issues and share best practice.
- Dealing with complex cases and recruitment scenarios escalated via the Service Delivery model from the HR Casework Team and the Policy Knowledge Leads.
- Ensuring compliance with Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles, DWP resourcing policies and employment law, proactively addressing issues and escalating concerns where required.
Person specification
Key Criteria
The successful applicant will: –
- Have experience of the end-to-end the HR policy cycle, including evidence collection, design, Trade Union consultation, and implementation including conducting thorough equality analysis where required. You will have experience of working closely with key partners across the organisation including HR, Resourcing and Legal colleagues to deliver policy changes. [Lead criteria]
- Be a pragmatic decision maker with the ability to understand the strategic context within the organisation and wider, alongside potential business impact of proposals and use this insight and knowledge of best practice to evaluate risks and options providing pragmatic solutions to address business challenges.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build and collaborate with a broad and trusted network to deliver work priorities. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to challenge at all levels with the ability to network, influence and persuade to engage and gain agreement where appropriate.
- Evidence of being able to work autonomously at pace with responsibility for developing and managing a busy and varied programme of work responding flexibly and prioritising activity based on emerging business challenges.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
- Generous annual leave package
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
- An environment with flexible working options
- Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
- Family-friendly policies
- In addition to basic salary, you may receive an in-year reward and recognition award for individual or team contribution to the Department’s work.
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Sports and social activities
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Selection process details
Application
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement (1250 words max). Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please see the candidate pack for more details about the selection process.
Sift
The written sift will be conducted using evidence from your CV and your Personal Statement. Your evidence will be assessed against the Key Criteria within the responsibilities section of this advert.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead criteria below:
Have experience of the end-to-end the HR policy cycle, including evidence collection, design, Trade Union consultation, and implementation including conducting thorough equality analysis where required. You will have experience of working closely with key partners across the organisation including HR, Resourcing and Legal colleagues to deliver policy changes.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview
This will consist of a blended interview via a live video link using MS Teams. You will be required to give a presentation during the interview and we will provide further details of the presentation requirements ahead of the interview.
The full interview will take between 35 45 minutes.
A blended interview aims to be more of a conversation, offering a more inclusive approach. Strength and Behaviour based questioning explores what the candidate can and has done, and also their potential.
To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the behaviour questions in advance of the interview, 5 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential and should not be shared. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions, and those about your experience and strengths.
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
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Further Information Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for a period of 3 months from which further appointments can be made. Any move to DWP from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action. Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP’s terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Hybrid Working This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Reasonable Adjustment At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DWPrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section. |
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Job contact :
- Name : Karen Ingham
- Email : Karen.Ingham@dwp.gov.uk
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- Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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