Senior Manager - HR Strategic Projects

Job purpose

The Senior Manager – Strategic Projects role supports the design and delivery of strategic, organisation-wide people and culture initiatives that support the People and Culture strategy and strengthen organisational performance.

Working with the HR Senior Leadership Team and senior leaders across the Agency, the role translates strategic priorities into impactful, inclusive and evidence-based programmes, ensuring delivery of measurable outcomes that support workforce ambitions.

The role manages a small team and works collaboratively across cross-functional and matrix environments, managing interdependencies, risks, governance, resources and delivery plans to ensure activity is effectively prioritised and aligned with wider organisational objectives.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and end-to-end delivery of organisation-wide HR, people development and culture programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and priorities.
• Lead the implementation and embedding of leadership standards, behaviours and capability frameworks across the employee lifecycle, working with senior leaders to secure visible sponsorship and role-modelling.
• Shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen careers, talent, succession planning, workforce planning and organisational capability, using workforce insight to identify priorities and measure impact.
• Lead employee listening and engagement activity, including employee and pulse surveys, translating insight into evidence-based priorities, actions and continuous improvement.
• Lead and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within employment practices, including workforce diversity insight, pay gap reporting and action planning, ensuring inclusive outcomes are integral to programme design and delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, HR colleagues, trade unions and other internal and external stakeholders, using effective consultation, challenge and influencing to gain commitment and resolve competing priorities.
• Lead and develop project teams and matrix resources, providing clear direction, coaching and support while fostering collaboration, accountability and high performance.
• Prepare and present clear, evidence-based reports, recommendations and updates for senior leadership and governance forums, using qualitative and quantitative insight to support decision-making.
• Ensure new approaches are effectively communicated, implemented, evaluated and embedded into business-as-usual activity, identifying opportunities to improve processes, colleague experience and organisational effectiveness.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.