Strategic Restructuring & Redeployment Lead

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA); Warrington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Defra Group HR is seeking a fixed-term HR professional to support specialist advisory capability for restructuring, redeployment and redundancy across the Defra Group. You will work in Specialist Employment Services with HRBPs and senior leaders to deliver lawful, high-quality employee experience.

Shared services, legal advisors and project teams will collaborate to operationalise activity, mitigate risks and ensure timely resourcing and governance throughout transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR transformation and change management.
• Strong ability to advise on restructuring, redeployment and redundancy within a public sector context.
• Proven capability to design and oversee TU consultation processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a dedicated Restructuring, Redeployment and Redundancy (RRR) delivery team with clear objectives and timelines.
• Provide expert technical guidance on RRR requirements and ensure processes are legally compliant and high quality.
• Design and deliver employee and trade union consultation processes with RRR input and engagement strategy.
• Lead a small operational HR team to ensure smooth delivery of RRR interventions.
• Identify risks and dependencies and escalate or resolve them through governance channels.
• Produce high-quality briefings, reports and progress updates for senior stakeholders.
• Benchmark processes against best practice and cross-government standards to ensure compliant and supportive employee experiences.

Skills

Restructuring expertise

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Legal/compliance advisory

Job description

Defra Group HR is seeking a fixed-term HR professional to support specialist advisory capability for restructuring, redeployment and redundancy across the Defra Group. You will work in Specialist Employment Services with HRBPs and senior leaders to deliver lawful, high-quality employee experience.

Shared services, legal advisors and project teams will collaborate to operationalise activity, mitigate risks and ensure timely resourcing and governance throughout transformation initiatives.