HR Transformation Lead

Key Responsibilities

Our DWP HR Transformation team leads on:

• HR Design
• HR Implementation and Business Readiness
• Development of Position Management
• HR Operating Model

Key Responsibilities:

• Transform HR Products/Processes: Identify and drive transformation opportunities across HR for DWP and our Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs).
• Implement Synergy HR Design: Ensure successful implementation through effective business change, communications, engagement, and transition into Business As Usual (BAU).
• Stakeholder Communication: Represent the program/department across multiple forums, communicating business, functional, and technical information to various stakeholders, including trade unions.
• Advocate for Cloud Adoption: Promote the ‘Adopt not Adapt’ concept, challenging established ways of working to achieve transformation goals and move to Software as a Service for HR processes.
• Build Strong Relationships: Confidently represent, challenge, influence, and negotiate positive outcomes and solutions with stakeholders and colleagues.
• Independent Analysis and Decision Making: Influence stakeholders to achieve collective transformation ambitions across the cluster.
• Adapt and Improve: Prioritize, change, iterate, and improve at pace, responding to changing priorities.

Qualification & Requirements

We are seeking individuals who are passionate about HR transformation and can contribute to delivering an efficient and high-performing HR function for DWP. You will work alongside other cluster departments and our Arm’s Length Bodies to bring your skills to one of the most significant changes in Civil Service administration in decades. We need individuals with a transformational mindset who can thrive in ambiguity and switch focus quickly. If you have extensive HR knowledge and are eager to broaden your experience in a major change program, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Essential Criteria:

• HR Transformation Leadership: Demonstrable experience in leading HR transformation across people, policy, process, systems, and operations. (LEAD CRITERIA)
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to build relationships with complex stakeholders and use collaboration, communication, and influencing skills to drive HR transformation.
• Effective Communication: Strong communication skills to engage and influence senior officials, successfully implementing people changes in business areas.
• Fast-Paced Environment: Ability to manage and prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced setting, meeting challenging and changing deadlines.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading people and teams, demonstrating positive outcomes through others.
• Project Management: Knowledge and experience of working in large-scale projects and programmes.
• Professional Registration: Chartered MCIPD or willingness to work towards this upon the commencement of your role.
• Cloud Systems: It would be desirable and beneficial to have experience and knowledge of working with Software such as Service (SaaS) cloud systems

Behaviors

We’ll assess you against these behaviors during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £55,557, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £16,094 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Program for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class program of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programs.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.