Head of Capability, Skills and Learning Delivery for the Government Finance Function

HM Treasury; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department in finance is seeking a Head of Capability, Skills and Learning Delivery. The successful candidate will lead a high-performing team, developing and executing strategies for finance learning and development. They will be responsible for designing high-quality learning content, ensuring it meets organisational needs, and fostering a culture of professional growth. Key responsibilities include creating capability frameworks and collaborating with senior leaders to support transformational change in the finance workforce.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible working patterns

Generous parental and adoption leave

Defined Benefit pension scheme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing organisational learning strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and engage diverse teams.
• Strong relationship-building skills across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team focusing on finance learning and development.
• Develop GFF Skills and Professional Qualifications Strategies.
• Oversee the design of learning content aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to ensure effective learning interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Influencing skills

Collaboration

Job description

About the Team

People and Capability is a key priority for the Government Finance Function. The Government Finance Function (GFF) ensures that finance is at the heart of decision making in Government - driving the agenda, not just keeping score. The Finance Function comprises of over 9,000 FTE spread across over 40 Government organisations. The team and therefore the postholder as Head of Capability, Skills and Learning Delivery in this role, are responsible for delivery of the Skilled and Talented objective within the GFF Strategy 2030

About the Job

1. Lead, inspire and empower a high‑performing team of HR and finance professionals (c10FTE), leading on finance learning and development interventions, the GFF Finance Career Framework, and Skills Capture Tool, setting clear priorities, coaching individuals, and fostering a culture of high performance and professional growth.
2. Provide leadership and support for the development of a GFF Skills Strategy and GFF Professional Qualifications Strategy, shaping direction, ensuring alignment with the GFF Functional Strategy 2030, and driving a future‑focused capability and skills agenda, focused on identifying skills gaps, and creating capability frameworks that align with business need and the future finance workforce.
3. Lead the design and development of learning and development content and curriculum in line with employee and business need, overseeing its high‑quality, consistent delivery and evaluating engagement across government, ensuring effective management of the learning product lifecycle. Ensure effective management of the learning curriculum budget and overseeing the selection and performance of learning and development suppliers, to ensure value for public money.
4. Collaborate with senior leaders and finance teams across the Finance Function, and with external providers and suppliers to ensure learning products and interventions are effective and support business priorities of supporting transformational change for a future‑fit finance workforce, in line with the Functional Strategy.

About You

The successful candidate will be an inspiring and empowering leader with the ability to set direction, coach, develop and engage individuals and diverse teams to achieve high performance. You will have experience of developing, implementing and overseeing an organisational learning and development strategy and/or programme, ensuring that it aligns with business objectives and meets employee needs. You’ll be able to articulate a compelling vision, using strong influencing and relationship‑building skills to secure commitment, alignment and engagement across an organisational context, up to and including at senior levels. Lastly you will have demonstrated ability to build trusted, collaborative partnerships, working effectively with a wide range of collaborators, across all levels of seniority, to deliver shared objectives and enable collective success.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part‑time, job‑share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Access to a cycle‑to‑work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

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