Deputy Director, Recruitment and Resourcing Expertise

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Want to know more about the role?

We are running two virtual information sessions to allow prospective applicants to find out more about the role advertised and the recruitment process.

This will be hosted by both the vacancy holder and a representative from the GRS recruitment team, they will take place on: 10th of September, 13.00 – 14.00 and the 12th of September, 10.00 – 11.00.

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about the application, and the interview and assessment process.

Please register your interest by the 8th September by emailing Patrick Harris at: patrick.harris4@cabinetoffice.gov.uk and you will be sent a Google Meets invitation.

The Deputy Director, Recruitment and Resourcing Expertise provides overall oversight, direction and leadership for our work on recruitment and resourcing. Ultimately, the postholder is the person who is able to set and recommend the way forward for recruitment across the Civil Service and, through working with departments and professions, can improve the recruitment experiences for all existing and future civil servants.

As part of this, the Deputy Director will ensure that the team’s work is integrated with and maximising the linkages and synergies with work across the wider Government People Group, looking for example at how work to improve the use of secondments supports the wider skills agenda and how improving recruitment links with work to improve line manager capability. They will have a particularly close working relationship with the Government Recruitment Service as our internal Civil Service recruitment delivery organisation. They also hold lead responsibility for delivery of the key recruitment commitments set out in the People Plan to :

• Improve and speed up recruitment in the Civil Service, including through embedding and fostering improvement through a new Civil Service wide set of time, cost, quality and diversity metrics;
• Work with departments and professions on a rolling programme of discovery pilots to test and apply learning from new approaches and innovation;
• Fully open up the Civil Service with a new brand and attraction strategy and better use of Executive Search; and
• Continue to increase and improve the use of secondments within the Civil Service, ensuring they are embedded in the resourcing strategies for all departments and professions.

Across a normal working week, the postholder will be :

• Briefing Ministers and Civil Service leaders in writing and in meetings about progress and opportunities across recruitment and secondments;
• Ensuring and unlocking progress across the agreed work programme, and providing updates and assurance to the Recruitment Director and Government Chief People Officer as required;
• Supporting and empowering team members to progress their workstreams and work packages;
• Engaging with departmental HR Directors and Recruitment leads on issues and options across the recruitment and secondments landscape;
• Dealing with a wide range of commissions and questions from any and all of the above;
• With their Senior Leadership Team, leading team discussions and activities to ensure a positive working environment for all team members.
• As part of the wider GPG leadership team, contributing to the continuing change and improvement programme.

The postholder will therefore need to be able to :

• Influence and partner with Civil Service employers to support and challenge them to continue to improve recruitment performance and practices;
• Foster best practice and innovation, looking both across and outside the Civil Service at what works and where new approaches should be tested and evaluated;
• Ensure data and insight is gathered, analysed and applied to drive continuing improvements in metrics, practices and outcomes; and
• Work collaboratively with the Security profession and other relevant colleagues to drive improvements in the wider end-to-end onboarding processes.