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DE&S Lead HR Specialist
UK Ministry of Defence
Bristol
Hybrid
GBP 67,000 - 80,000
Full time
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Job summary
Join a forward-thinking organization committed to national defense as a Senior HR Specialist. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dynamic team, driving HR strategies that support the entry talent program. You'll engage with senior leadership to shape the future of HR within the organization while ensuring compliance with security standards. Enjoy a supportive work environment with flexible and hybrid working options, alongside a competitive salary and exceptional pension contributions. This is your chance to make a significant impact in a vital sector while advancing your career in a collaborative setting.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge in HR and team management.
- Experience in delivering people-related projects in large organizations.
Responsibilities
- Set strategic direction for Entry Talent area aligned with business strategy.
- Lead HR campaigns and manage resources for DE&S Entry Talent Programme.
- Engage with stakeholders to ensure optimal business outcomes.
Skills
Education
Job description
MOD Abbey Wood, Filton, Bristol, Avon BS34 8JH
Job Summary
At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.
We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work for you.
Job Description
Are you a highly experienced leader within the HR profession? If so, we are recruiting for a Senior HR Specialist within our People Directorate to lead a large team within our Entry Talent area. You won’t need to have had previous experience specifically within the Entry Talent sector, but you will need to demonstrate extensive broader knowledge and experience of HR and leading and managing teams to deliver strategic HR outputs as well as senior stakeholder management.
You will play a key part in contributing to our HR strategy and future direction working closely within the senior leadership group to deliver the HR Strategy.
You will work collaboratively with other professional teams to develop and lead HR campaigns and projects, including learning and development interventions to be able to support the future Entry Talent requirements.
You will lead a team of HR and business specialists to deliver the DE&S Entry Talent Programme, with overall management of resources.
This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.
We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.
Whilst on site, you’ll experience our impressive range of on-site facilities including a restaurant and coffee bistros and free parking. Our sports facilities include a fully equipped gym and sports hall with bookable classes, as well as tennis courts and a squash court.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Set the strategic direction of specialist area (Entry Talent), ensuring that policy and practice is aligned to the business and people strategy.
- Lead specialist team and oversee the implementation of the campaigns, projects, schemes and initiatives and any policy and process changes to ensure quality outcomes.
- Ensure that demand and resources are balanced to achieve specialist area outcomes. Support the development and growth of HR professionals within areas and responsibilities through professions and People Coaches
- Engage with the wider HR community to prioritise activities to ensure optimal business outcomes
- Provide strategic advice, keeping abreast of current thinking and external best practice in order to maintain area of expertise
- Liaise and influence senior internal and external stakeholders where appropriate, providing insight and expertise on specialist area
- Drive an extensive programme of continuous improvement activities to increase quality, drive and efficiency of services and operational excellence.
You will play a key part in contributing to our HR strategy and future direction working closely within the senior leadership group to deliver the HR Strategy.
You will work collaboratively with other professional teams to develop and lead HR campaigns and projects, including learning and development interventions to be able to support the future Entry Talent requirements.
You will lead a team of HR and business specialists to deliver the DE&S Entry Talent Programme, with overall management of resources.
This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.
We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.
Whilst on site, you’ll experience our impressive range of on-site facilities including a restaurant and coffee bistros and free parking. Our sports facilities include a fully equipped gym and sports hall with bookable classes, as well as tennis courts and a squash court.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Set the strategic direction of specialist area (Entry Talent), ensuring that policy and practice is aligned to the business and people strategy.
- Lead specialist team and oversee the implementation of the campaigns, projects, schemes and initiatives and any policy and process changes to ensure quality outcomes.
- Ensure that demand and resources are balanced to achieve specialist area outcomes. Support the development and growth of HR professionals within areas and responsibilities through professions and People Coaches
- Engage with the wider HR community to prioritise activities to ensure optimal business outcomes
- Provide strategic advice, keeping abreast of current thinking and external best practice in order to maintain area of expertise
- Liaise and influence senior internal and external stakeholders where appropriate, providing insight and expertise on specialist area
- Drive an extensive programme of continuous improvement activities to increase quality, drive and efficiency of services and operational excellence.
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
- CIPD Fellow or Chartered Member. Advanced (level 7) HR qualifications OR equivalent experience
- Experience of operating at a strategic senior management level, leading a team of specialists and acting as subject matter expert within specialist area
- Have significant experience of delivering people related projects or services within a large complex organisation
- Learning and Development – Expert
- Talent Management – Expert
- Leadership – CSBC 4
- Managing a Quality Service – CSBC 4
- 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%
- Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
- Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
- Support for progression
- Huge range of discounts
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
Further Information
- Candidate Information Pack: https://bit.ly/DES-Candidate-Information-Pack
- Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/DES-SDA-Terms-and-Conditions
Please note as a Disability Confident Leader we want to ensure you receive any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments, you can let us know on your online application under the section ‘Please indicate and give details of any reasonable adjustments you may require during the recruitment process.
Selection process details
Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:
- Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
- Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills. Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.
- Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.
If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance you should contact department via email: DESHR-WSC-PMOCOMPLAINTS@mod.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Recruitment Complaints - Civil Service Commission
Offering at a lower level
If you’re not successful at interview, we may offer you a role at a lower level if this is a match for your skills and experience. If this applies to your application, you’ll be scored against criteria for the lower-level role and offers will be made in merit order. If you accept this position, you’ll be able to take advantage of opportunities to develop your career as part of our team.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
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).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : Rory Thomas - DE&S Talent Acquisition Specialist
- Email : Rory.Thomas214@mod.gov.uk
- Email : Rory.Thomas214@mod.gov.uk
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