Senior Capability Manager

Office for National Statistics; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working and flexi-time

Market-leading pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Opportunities for learning new technologies

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Diversity networks

Mental Health Allies

Civil Service Sports & Social Club

25 days leave rising to 30

Job summary

A leading UK government agency is seeking a Senior Capability Manager to enhance operational capabilities within the organization. This role involves collaborating with other teams to develop future skills and promote ODP standards. The Senior Capability Manager will lead key initiatives, focus on building talent pipelines, and leverage new technologies for operational success. The position offers flexible working patterns and a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous pension scheme and ample annual leave.

Qualifications

• Experience in building training frameworks and educational curriculum.
• Proven track record in managing change initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate across different departments and teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver against the Professions’ Strategic Pillars.
• Embed standards for the ODP Professional Skills Framework.
• Expanding development opportunities across all grades.
• Support community pathways for surveys capability.
• Collaborate with operational colleagues to build operational standards.
• Building a stronger Talent Pipeline through Apprenticeships
• Leveraging AI and Digital Transformation for Operational Delivery roles
• Building the Centre of Excellence: Collaborating with departmental operational colleagues and Subject Matter Experts to develop content and build communities
• Promoting and embedding ODP across the department
• Working with Strategic Resourcing and Organisation Design and Development teams to deliver an expanded ODP Flexible Resourcing approach, focusing on the right ODP roles, skills and capability to achieve organisational priorities
• Partnering with Learning & Development teams and senior leaders to embed ODP into wider learning strategies and workforce development plans
• Benefits: Hybrid working and flexi‑time, Market‑leading pension scheme (employer contribution ~29%), Choice of working patterns: full‑time, part‑time, job‑share, Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job with protected learning time and support from Communities of Practice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social Club
• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years, plus 9 public holidays

Skills

Collaborating with operational colleagues

Embedding professional skills standards

Enhancing learning curriculum

Building stronger talent pipeline

Leveraging AI for operational delivery

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Capability Manager role at Office for National Statistics.

Location: Newport and Titchfield (Fareham). We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK with a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

Working Patterns: Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Working, Job Share.

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 13th January 2026.

This role will focus on building capability within the Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) and will sit in the ODP Hub. The ODP hub is a dedicated team focused on investing in operational people, capability, and skills, collaborating across the organisation and government to create, deliver, and embed ODP products and services.

You will work as part of a small team in the ODP hub, leading key change initiatives across the organisation in partnership with various other departmental areas.

Responsibilities

Deliver with a departmental lens against the Professions’ Strategic Pillars (including, but not limited to):

Developing Future Skills

• Embedding and evolving the standards for the ODP Professional Skills Framework
• Enhancing the ODP Learning Curriculum with a Departmental Role specific lens
• Expanding Development Opportunities across all grades (e.g., Developing Pathways as an organisational priority)
• Supporting Field Communities and Business Surveys Pathways to invest in Surveys capability
• Building a stronger Talent Pipeline through Apprenticeships
• Leveraging AI and Digital Transformation for Operational Delivery roles

Building the Centre of Excellence

• Collaborating with departmental operational colleagues and Subject Matter Experts to develop content and build communities
• Promoting and embedding ODP across the department
• Working with Strategic Resourcing and Organisation Design and Development teams to deliver an expanded ODP Flexible Resourcing approach, focusing on the right ODP roles, skills and capability to achieve organisational priorities
• Partnering with Learning & Development teams and senior leaders to embed ODP into wider learning strategies and workforce development plans

Benefits

• Hybrid working and flexi‑time
• Market‑leading pension scheme (employer contribution ~29%)
• Choice of working patterns: full‑time, part‑time, job‑share
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job with protected learning time and support from Communities of Practice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social Club
• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years, plus 9 public holidays

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Other

Industries

Government Administration

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