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The role of the Resourcing Manager is to lead a small team that supports the recruitment and strategic resource planning of the Synergy Programme.
The postholder will play a pivotal role in leading the recruitment team to create and deliver a professional resourcing solution to the Programme. The role includes building key relationships with Workstream Leads, Finance and HR colleagues to ensure a consistent resource picture within a complex shared services programme. The postholder will lead a small team of HEO’s to manage and administer recruitment campaigns to the requirements of individual teams and stakeholders, and effectively plan, track and report on a schedule of recruitment. The successful candidate will also lead on the Programme’s contractor/contingent labour requirements, managing the end-to-end process from business case and internal governance, through to onboarding.
A key aspect of the role includes strategic workforce planning, ensure the Programme’s medium and long-term requirements are continually reviewed and aligned to wider DWP workforce plans. This includes regular engagement with DWP HR and wider DWP workforce planning teams, ensuring Programme requirements feed into existing governance forums, and there is a single picture of current and future workforce plans both internally and externally.
The Resourcing Manager is also required to support the G6 Lead, and wider colleagues in the Strategy, Transformation and Operations (STO) workstreams, with ad-hoc projects including business cases and budget reviews. This will include data analysis and the translation of resourcing data into presentable outputs.
Other key activities include:
* Regular engagement with HRBP and RAM colleagues to ensure Programme recruitment activities align to latest Civil Service/DWP Policy
* Lead the financial forecasting of FTE, working closely with Finance Business Partners to accurately forecast resourcing costs and ensure plans remain within budget
* Supporting regular engagement activities with Workstream Leads across the programme to ensure a consistent understanding of individual resource requirements, plans and forecasts, and using these to maintain a centralised resource plan
* Support the development of planning and governance products for Senior Stakeholders
* Provide expert advice on the appropriate sourcing strategies available, including support from wider professions across DWP and the Synergy cluster
* Working closely with the G6 lead on the completion of bi-annual departmental Strategic Workforce Plan returns, to ensure the Programme has the appropriate departmental approvals in place to fulfil its resource demand
* Supporting the G6 Lead with strategic inputs to business cases, including translating data into presentable outputs
Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed.
Person specification
To be successful in this role, candidates must demonstrate substantial experience and capability in the following areas:
* Leadership & Workforce Planning: Proven track record of leading a high-performing resourcing team within a large multi-hierarchical organisation, along with previous experience of workforce planning in a shared Services transformation environment. (Lead Criteria).
* Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain influential relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including at Director level, to collaboratively develop and implement robust, future-focused workforce plans.
* Data Analytics: Strong analytical capability, with a history of using data, insight, and evidence to shape and inform innovative resourcing and recruitment strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.
* Decision Making: Sound judgement and decision-making skills, with experience of making complex, high-impact decisions independently, within defined parameters and organisational frameworks.
* Team Management: Exceptional leadership and people development skills, with a commitment to empowering, coaching, and developing individuals and teams to achieve their full potential and deliver collective success.
Alongside your salary of £42,614, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,345 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
* Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
* Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
* Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
* Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
* Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
* Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
* An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
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