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Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Job summary
The newly created Department for Business and Trade brings together the business focused functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT). Our joint expertise in trade and business provides us with a unique opportunity to unleash the power of UK businesses, reform regulation to reduce burdens and unlock post-Brexit freedoms.
Job Description
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As a Workforce Planning Manager, you will work within DDaT ( Digital Data and Technology) Business Operations, which is a cross-cutting function that supports DDaT and DBT corporate services to enable teams to effectively deliver on crucial public facing projects. The Business Operations team is integral to project delivery and supports delivery teams in several ways including providing governance, assurance, finance, commercial, recruitment, capability, and project delivery best practice.
You will work with the Strategic Workforce Planning Lead who is responsible for strategic workforce planning across DDaT, ensuring that DDaT operates an effective resource and recruitment planning process. This covers the end-to-end people process including recruitment, staff moves and departures. Given DDaT is continually evolving, you will be pivotal to this work. You will be supporting colleagues at all levels within DDaT, DBT staff working in DBTs Resourcing and Finance teams, and third-party suppliers of interim labour support. You will be continually looking for opportunities to improve current ways of working.
This role is available in Severn UK locations, . This role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Most DBT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office on average. Changes to these working arrangements are available in certain circumstances but must be agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role. Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DBT, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered.
Find out about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our recruitment video, visiting our website or reading our blog!
Job description
Responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Effectively manage DDaTs people data
- Present and interpret workforce data to colleagues across DBT.
- Make recommendations on workforce planning decisions.
- Return DBTs monthly resourcing commission timely and accurately.
- Work with DDaT line managers to ensure that information on their teams is correct, ensuring that changes resulting from evolving priorities are reflected in planning returns.
- Work with DBTs Resourcing Team to validate recruitment priorities and recruitment approvals while keeping up to date records.
- Manage contingent labour approvals and renewal processes, including working with DBTs supplier of contractors.
- Ensure security clearance compliance standards are met as part of recruitment processes.
- Work with colleagues in DBT DDaT and other stakeholders to improve ways of working, workforce planning, processes, and data presentation.
- Build links with other workforce planning experts in DBT and other DDaT functions.
- Respond to regular commissioning, briefing and audit requests from DDaT, DBT and wider government for information on DDaTs workforce composition and future plans.
Person specification
Essential Skills and Experience
You will need to have demonstrable skills and experience of:
- Working knowledge of workforce planning processes of HR (Human Resources)
- Strong communication skills.
- Effective decision making
- Presentation skills
Desirable Skills and Experience
These are not necessary but would be ideal if you:
- Ability to prioritise and manage workloads dynamically, with minimal supervision.
- Have confident MS365 skills
Benefits
£8,489 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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Selection process details
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.
How to Apply
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours.
Sift will take place week commencing: Monday 20th November 2023
Interviews will take on : Friday 1st December 2023
Please notes these dates are indicative and may be subject to change.
As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV and complete a personal statement outlining your experience, skills and fit for the role.
At the sift stage for this role, we will assess your CV and personal statement against the essential skills and experience listed above. Your personal statement must be a maximum of 500 words. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer. As well as evidencing the criteria you should also touch upon why you’re interested in DBT and in this role.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct a short sift and read one element of your application. For this campaign a short sift would be conducted based on the essential criteria of Experience of managing a complex workforce planning process.
How youll be assessed
At the interview stage for this role, you will be asked to demonstrate relevant behaviours and strengths from the Success Profiles framework. A role-specific list of these can be found below.
Behaviours
We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Strengths
We will also ask you strength-based questions, which are not listed in the advert. These are short questions that you should provide a natural answer to, therefore they demonstrate your innate strengths.
Reserve list
Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised.
Security Clearance details
All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.
Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.
Checks will be made against:
- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records).
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records.
- Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency.
- Security Services record.
- Location Details
Further Information
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
The Department for Business and Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Click through to apply and find out more.
Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role.
Any move to the Department for Business and Trade 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
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: ddat.recruitment@trade.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. Click here to download a PDF about the Civil Service Commission/Complaints.
Reasonable adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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 : ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
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