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Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Job description
This role sits within our Health and Safety Team as part of Operational Delivery, supporting the whole of Natural England. We provide professional advice, guidance, and assurance to colleagues in relation to the health and safety risks posed to staff, volunteers, contractors, and the public by Natural Englands work activities to ensure colleagues are able to make sensible decisions that safeguard themselves and others from harm.
Job description
This is a period of growth and development for the Health & Safety team and as a Team Leader with strong leadership skills, you will play an essential role in coaching and developing your team, helping people to further their careers and interests. Youll provide direction and guidance, monitoring the quality of work delivery and service provision, by ensuring Natural Englands Ways of Working are embedded into your team and leading by example.
Key Tasks/Accountabilities
- Inspire, motivate, and develop the staff through an appropriate mix of leadership, guidance, support, coaching, line, and functional management.
- Develop and continuously improve team performance by using the performance management system, address and resolve poor performance.
- Role model communications and ways of working; sharing good practice and inspiring the wider team through practical and effective examples of delivery.
- Create a supportive culture that enables team members to innovate, and to reflect, review and learn lessons from their work.
- Proactively deal with complex and contentious issues relating to people and delivery of project outcomes.
- Ensure that effective arrangements are in place to provide assurance on risk management and governance.
- Identify and provide ongoing training and learning opportunities for successful career growth and self-development goals.
- Ensure employees are safe and well, risks are identified quickly, and measures implemented that support the ongoing development of a positive and open learning culture.
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Competence 1
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- People management (Essential)
Taking complex decisions and deliver positive outcomes (Essential)
Strong organisational skills (Essential)
A working understanding and ability to use Microsoft Office suite of tools (Essential)
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Leading and Managing People
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- Encourage, inspire and support people to be ambitious, creative and innovative, and to reflect, celebrate and learn lessons from their work. (Practitioner)
Set clear plans and expectations for your team, explain reasons behind decisions, be clear on the outcomes to be achieved, and make things happen by sharing and delegating work to the right people. (Practitioner)
Facilitate and support the personal development of people in your team, enabling them to share expertise and continuously learn. (Practitioner)
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- Make and explain objective decisions which combine your professional judgement and evidence. (Expert).
Share expertise and knowledge with people and networks so that you can develop together. (Practitioner)
Act with integrity, addressing challenging issues and managing conflict through being open and objective. (Practitioner)
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Work Delivery
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- Manage and deliver your work to meet agreed targets and deadlines. (Expert)
Handle data responsibly, understand your role in good governance, and comply with delegations, policies, and procedures. (Practitioner)
Understand and apply relevant policy, legislation, governance frameworks and strategies to your work (Practitioner)
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Benefits
£9,142 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Maxine Marie
- Email : maxine.marie@natural.england.org.uk
- Telephone : 07788 187973
Recruitment team
- Email : defra-recruitment-enquiries@gov.sscl.com