Restructuring, Redeployment & Redundancy Lead

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA); City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Defra Group is seeking a fixed-term HR professional to support restructuring, redeployment and redundancy within the Specialist Employment Services team. You will act as a central source of expertise on RRR and workforce transformation for the Defra Group, working with HR Business Partners, legal advisers and external suppliers to ensure lawful, high-quality delivery.

This role focuses on establishing and leading an RRR delivery team, providing expert guidance, supporting TU consultation,

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a dedicated RRR operational delivery team, with responsibility for defining clear objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
• Provide expert and technical advice on RRR requirements, ensuring processes and complex cases are handled with care and legal compliance.
• Support design and delivery of employee and trade union consultation processes with expert RRR input, helping to design a communication and engagement strategy and TU consultation involvement.
• Lead a small but expert operational HR team to ensure smooth delivery of all processes required under an RRR intervention.
• Identify risks, issues, and dependencies related RRR activity and escalate or resolve them through appropriate governance channels.
• Produce high-quality briefings, reports, and progress updates for senior stakeholders, ensuring visibility of milestones, risks, and resourcing needs.
• Benchmark processes and outputs against best practice and cross government standards, ensuring the transfer meets compliance expectations and delivers a consistent and supportive experience for employees.

Job description

Defra Group is seeking a fixed-term HR professional to support restructuring, redeployment and redundancy within the Specialist Employment Services team. You will act as a central source of expertise on RRR and workforce transformation for the Defra Group, working with HR Business Partners, legal advisers and external suppliers to ensure lawful, high-quality delivery.

This role focuses on establishing and leading an RRR delivery team, providing expert guidance, supporting TU consultation,