About the job

Summary

The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the UK. The departmental remit is wide and far reaching, including implementing Windrush Lessons Learnt, supporting refugees and reducing violence against women and girls. Everyone who works with us has a part to play in achieving our vision and living our values.

Alongside the challenging organisational remit, the Home Office is embarking on an ambitious transformation programme to create One Home Office that is as effective as it can be. This is currently at a pivotal point, with priorities including:

• Reducing silos and inconsistencies

• Clarity in decision making, roles, accountabilities

• Increasing flexibility

• Creating a single operating mandate for change

• Better use of existing resources to manage financial pressures and future uncertainties

• Developing a culture that is shaped by our values- Respectful, compassionate, collaborative and courageous

Job description

This is a really exciting opportunity to be directly involved in driving change, to impact how a large organisation works, and to drive improvements for the public. The portfolio has already had significant impact, for example, restructuring the HO within the first 6 months to form clearer lines of accountability. The team will build on initial successes to seize future opportunities and become part of a Modern Civil Service. You will be joining part way through the One Home Office transformation and working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team to ensure that we realise the desired changes.

This campaign is recruiting 3 roles in a matrix organisation. The posts will all work together, but line management will be split with 1 post reporting into the Transformation directorate and 2 posts reporting into HR.

The OD&D team work at a strategic level with senior teams to redesign organisations, build capability and develop effective leadership teams. We facilitate, challenge and coach senior leaders to manage complex culture and change issues, considering group and system dynamics, organisation design, culture and behaviour change, and business transformation.

We are looking for candidates who enjoy the challenge of working through complexity, have a drive to deliver change and make the world better. As a department we have committed to be a team of people, for people. You will be working in a pivotal role with a high-opportunity for visibility with senior partners.

The Home Office is committed to be an inclusive employer and we encourage applications from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences to support us in changing the status quo.

Responsibilities

• Working with senior leadership teams to translate strategic goals into effective operating models.

• Assessing the structure of organisations using analytical tools and techniques, such as capability mapping, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Exploring problem statements to understand root causes and recommend critical improvements.

• Helping business groups to navigate organisational change, implementing new structures, processes and ways of working.

• Supporting design of cross-cutting processes, governance and interactions to ensure resilience and increase collaboration.

• Developing and testing high level capability framework to differentiate between different structures, reduce duplication and support assurance.

• Identifying, quantifying and supporting delivery of the financial and non-financial benefits of organisation design.

• Building OD&D mindset and capability across the department.

Essential criteria

This role would suit a confident, highly motivated and well organised individual who is comfortable working with ambiguity and turning theory into tangible proposals for change. The right candidate will be able to learn quickly and be willing to work across multiple streams of work to respond to priorities when they arise.

• Experience of leading Organisation Design and Development Projects in a complex organisation or consultancy role.

• Experience of working with senior teams to improve their effectiveness through a range of behavioural and organisation development practices such as process mapping, operating model design and behavioural interventions.

• Strong analytical and project management skills.

• Excellent facilitation, communication and data analysis skills.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Changing and Improving

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role

• An environment with flexible working options

• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

• A Civil Service pension