Business Design Manager

HM Land Registry; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Land Registry seeks a Business Design Manager to lead design processes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. The role involves advising stakeholders, facilitating workshops, and solving complex business issues to support organizational transformation.

Benefits

Civil Service Pension

Flexible Working

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in cross-functional teams delivering business outcomes.
• Ability to lead and facilitate discussions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and guidance to design practitioners and leaders.
• Select appropriate tools for planning and implementation.
• Solve complex business issues by analyzing data sets.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

Birkenhead, North West England, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Durham, North East England, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West England, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West England, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE3 5DR : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Warton, North West England, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4LR

Job Summary

This is an exciting new role that sits at the heart of HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) transformation agenda. The Business Design Team work across the HMLR to ensure that business change aligns with the organisation’s strategic direction, outcomes and ambition. The Business Design Manager will be an ambassador for change, working with stakeholders, including practitioners in the design community, to ensure that HMLR’s strategic priorities are well understood and embedded in change design and delivery.

Job Description

In this role your main duties would include:

• Providing advice, guidance and recommendations to design practitioners and organisational leaders to ensure that design work aligns with strategy.
• Selecting and using the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis, development, testing, and implementation of the evolving future state organisational design.
• Working collaboratively with the members of HMLR’s design community, and leading aspects of the design process to ensure business change decisions are well informed through open, accurate and intelligent information.
• Identifying and building relationships and then communicating clearly and regularly with stakeholders to gain consensus in answering design questions, managing the design assurance process and developing the business architecture.
• Planning and supporting or leading workshops and meetings with subject matter experts and leaders in the organisation to develop a shared view of high-level requirements and business rules needed to support the future state of HMLR.
• Solving complex business issues by framing the problems so that they can be easily understood, analysing data sets and metrics, bringing together disconnected information, and assessing risks, interdependencies and strategic alignment.
• Proactively supporting HMLR’s design to delivery approach and continuously improving ways of working.
• Supporting the Business Design Leads by documenting the outputs of meetings and workshops and producing clear artefacts and diagrams.
  
  

In This Role Your Main Duties Would Include

• Providing advice, guidance and recommendations to design practitioners and organisational leaders to ensure that design work aligns with strategy.
• Selecting and using the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis, development, testing, and implementation of the evolving future state organisational design.
• Working collaboratively with the members of HMLR’s design community, and leading aspects of the design process to ensure business change decisions are well informed through open, accurate and intelligent information.
• Identifying and building relationships and then communicating clearly and regularly with stakeholders to gain consensus in answering design questions, managing the design assurance process and developing the business architecture.
• Planning and supporting or leading workshops and meetings with subject matter experts and leaders in the organisation to develop a shared view of high-level requirements and business rules needed to support the future state of HMLR.
• Solving complex business issues by framing the problems so that they can be easily understood, analysing data sets and metrics, bringing together disconnected information, and assessing risks, interdependencies and strategic alignment.
• Proactively supporting HMLR’s design to delivery approach and continuously improving ways of working.
• Supporting the Business Design Leads by documenting the outputs of meetings and workshops and producing clear artefacts and diagrams.
  
  

Person specification

For this role you must have experience of working as part of cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes, along with a proven ability to build trusted relationships, engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

You must be able to plan and prioritise your own workload when working on multiple concurrent activities using excellent organisation skills and having attention to detail.

You must have a proven ability to lead/facilitate collaborative sessions with a range of stakeholders and volumes of attendees in both in-person and virtual meetings, as well as experience of coaching others.

You should have the ability to understand complex concepts and communicate these effectively to stakeholders, depending on their specific needs.

You must be able to facilitate discussions with stakeholders of all levels, both in-person and in virtual meetings, guiding the approach to resolve complex issues, and considering all views and opinions.

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Occasional travel to other HMLR / government / external locations including overnight stays may be required where necessary.

Behaviours

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

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

Technical skills

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

• Analytical & IT
  
  

Alongside your salary of £44,081, HM Land Registry contributes £12,770 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

• We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
• We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
• We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
• We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
  
  

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Please cut and paste an anonymous CV into the online application form when prompted and include your qualifications and career history.

The Personal Statement Section (in No More Than 1,000 Words) Must Be Used To Provide Details Of How You Meet The Essential Experience Criteria Listed Below

• An ability to understand complex concepts and communicate these effectively to stakeholders, depending on their specific needs.
• To be able to facilitate discussions with stakeholders of all levels, both in-person and in virtual meetings, guiding the approach to resolve complex issues, and considering all views and opinions
• A proven ability to build trusted relationships, engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• To be able to plan and prioritise your own workload when working on multiple concurrent activities using excellent organisation skills and having attention to detail.
  
  

In the event of a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to assess against the lead essential experience criteria listed above first.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview which will include a pre-prepared presentation.

The blended interview will assess the experience, technical and behaviours listed in the Job Description attached, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Nigel Sarson
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email [e-mail] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/