Strategic Change Deputy Director – Transform Programs

Government Recruitment Service; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; CAD 161,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting for a Deputy Director - Strategic Change to join Defra in York. The role provides strategic direction, specialist change delivery capability, and strong leadership to design and implement Defra’s change agenda, delivering efficiency targets and aligning with the Future Civil Service Programme.

You will work with strategy, policy and delivery colleagues across Defra, lead a portfolio of change projects, build relationships with stakeholders, and govern

Qualifications

• Translate policy intent into strategic design to deliver change that is meaningful and impactful
• Work closely with Defra colleagues to lead the delivery of organizational change initiatives
• Develop, deliver and lead change governance and reporting to inform effective decision making

Responsibilities

• Translate policy intent into strategic design to deliver change that is meaningful and impactful
• Work closely with colleagues across Defra to lead the delivery of a series of organisational change initiatives designed to make Defra more modern, agile and effective, and better placed to successfully deliver its outcomes
• Oversight of the efficiencies portfolio to ensure that projects are managed effectively to deliver the required outcomes, efficiencies and organisational benefits and that Defra is on-track to deliver its efficiencies targets
• Establish and manage a wide range of relationships and key strategic alliances with stakeholders including ALBs Change and Transformation Directors, functional colleagues and delivery partners to ensure change is effectively cohered and delivered
• Develop, deliver and lead change functional governance and reporting, ensuring governance and reporting informs effective decision making
• Lead work to understand the effectiveness of change delivery at Defra, providing insights to senior colleagues and making recommendations for improvement - be bold and able to set an ambitious strategy for change at Defra with the ability to oversee its successful delivery
• Lead work to consider the role of business design in Defra and take forward the preferred approach for business design standards and guardrails to inform the development of the policies and services we deliver
• Work closely with Defra’s Executive Committee - use simple language and cut through complex responsibilities to communicate with impact
• Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job description

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting for a Deputy Director - Strategic Change to join Defra in York. The role provides strategic direction, specialist change delivery capability, and strong leadership to design and implement Defra’s change agenda, delivering efficiency targets and aligning with the Future Civil Service Programme.

You will work with strategy, policy and delivery colleagues across Defra, lead a portfolio of change projects, build relationships with stakeholders, and govern