People Transition Lead

Job overview

The government has announced a £3.5bn investment in UKHSA’s new laboratory facilities and corporate headquarters which will be built at a new site in Harlow and will replace the facilities UKHSA has at Porton Down, Colindale and Canary Wharf. These facilities are critical for the UK’s public health response and for our national security.

We are looking for a People Transition Lead to manage the people elements of this significant programme to ensure that the agency effectively transitions into the new facilities, as well as supporting our colleagues through this significant change.

This role will work closely with the People and Workplace Directorate to develop and deliver elements of the People Plan for the transition for the over 2000 staff directly impacted.

The role is offered as a 6-month fixed term appointment with potential for extension or conversion to permanent.

Main duties of the job

• Identify requirements for HR products, policies and interventions that underpin our people transition plan, influencing and commissioning People and Workplace to design and develop these, co-ordinating delivery plans. You will lead and monitor delivery activity, flagging any risks or issues across the wider team as appropriate.
• Support the development of our programme’s Transition Plans and support delivery of these plans working in partnership with the People and Workplace Directorate and the wider programme.
• Identify requirements for staff support packages (financial, wellbeing, career advice, family relocation support) to ease the transition, influencing and commissioning People and Workplace to design and support implementation of these.
• In partnership with Workforce Planning experts in People and Workplace, build and iterate Workforce Plans that identify how the move to Harlow impacts talent pipelines and critical skills as part of Agency-wide workforce planning, and using this insight to identify supporting people solutions and commissioning People and Workplace to implement these to ensure that business continuity throughout the lifecycle of the programme and upon transition.
• Build and leverage positive relationships and maintain engagement with a range of stakeholders to identify people impacts, issues and solutions that enable effective transition into Harlow.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties continued:

• Commission the People Analytics function to develop the effective and innovative use of people data to provide insight that supports delivery of our people transition and business change plans.
• Support and lead effective and positive Trade Union engagement and consultation in relation to people-related matters throughout the lifecycle of the programme.
• Support effective programme governance by maintaining plans, risks and dependencies and linking into the PMO to ensure our people transition plans are accurately reflected in the critical path and programme delivery plans.

Essential Criteria

• Ability to lead, understand, and engage with key stakeholders to implement people related changes and initiatives.
• Experience of and the ability to make strong, influential, trust-based professional partnerships with a range of stakeholders, providing constructive challenge and with experience of influencing at a senior level in boards and wider forums.
• A proven track record of working as part of, or in partnership with HR specialist teams to deliver successful major change or transformation through commissioning and deploying enabling HR interventions such as workforce planning, organisational design and organisational development.
• Experience of working in a cross-cutting environment and delivery challenging outcomes and supporting successful delivery of organisational transformation, meeting a broad range of needs with an ability to thrive in periods of ambiguity.
• A proven track record in delivering within a unionised and challenging environment, including experience in supporting Trade Union engagement and consultation at a senior and/or national level.
• Ability to understand the client business, identify people issues in a proactive way and communicate confidently and persuasively about solutions in the language of the business.
• Good data management, insight, and analysis skills to understand, inform and implement people-related plans and initiatives and an understanding of governance, in terms of risk management and mitigation to support delivery of team priorities to achieve successful business outcomes.
• You must have achieved CIPD Chartered membership or be willing to work towards this upon commencement of your role.

Selection Process Details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Stage 1: Application & Sift - Success Profiles - GOV.UK

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed (8) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
• 1,000 word supporting statement.

This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V –please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.

Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 1,000 words. We will not consider any words over 1,000 words.

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria
• Meets some essential criteria
• Meets no essential criteria

If used, the pile(s) ‘Meets all essential criteria’ will proceed to shortlisting.

Shortlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:

• A proven track record of working as part of, or in partnership with HR specialist teams to deliver successful major change or transformation through commissioning and deploying enabling HR interventions such as workforce planning, organisational design and organisational development

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

You will be invited to a single remote interview.

Behaviours and Experience will be tested at interview.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

• Communicating & Influencing - Lead behaviour
• Changing & Improving
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

Interview dates are to be confirmed.

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

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Check.

For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

Eligibility Criteria -External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).

Salary Information

If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Please be aware that the salary is based on the office location.

Grade 7

• £56,185- £66,581 (National)
• £58,340- £68,574 (Outer London)
• £60,494- £70,566 (Inner London)