Director of People Services and Resourcing

Location: This role can be based out of either Blackpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield DWP hub locations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in the largest Civil Service Department that touches the lives of citizens across the breadth of the UK. What we do matters. We serve over 22 million customers a year - we keep children out of poverty; we help people without jobs to find work so that they can support themselves and their families; we ensure the most vulnerable in society are protected.

The last 15 months have been challenging ones, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has played a huge part in supporting the Government’s response, and has been at the heart of supporting those who are most vulnerable and affected by the crisis. DWP delivered a range of measures through the welfare system amounting to £9.3bn of additional support.

The Director of People Services and Resourcing is one of eight Directors reporting to the Director General, People, Capability and Place and performs a business critical role. This Director leads a broad portfolio including Employee Policy, Pay, Employee Relations as well as supplier management to support our 91,000 colleagues. Of particular importance at this time is its responsibility for Health and Safety and the support of our colleagues and customers across over 800 sites. It also leads on all aspects of our resourcing including planning for our workforce of the future through to operational delivery of bulk recruitment.

The challenges are unprecedented and need to be met at pace.  This role calls for someone who will share the Department’s ambition to build a reputation as an organisation where colleagues thrive and which is flexible, inclusive, and continuously learning.  You will be a senior HR leader with a broad background in large and complex organisations and with the credibility to lead a committed professional team across a demanding portfolio which moves at pace, with the agility to operate tactically to meet immediate operational challenges and think strategically to address our longer term aspirations.

The mission of DWP, the value it adds to society and the sheer scale and ambition of the People, Capability and Place Group mean this has the potential to be a career defining role for the right candidate. If you are excited by the scale of challenge of the here and now, and the opportunity to shape our strategic plans going forward, then we would encourage you to apply.

This opportunity provides a great chance to make a positive impact and deliver tangible benefits to make a real difference to people.  Please contact Julie Myers on julie.myers@gatenbysanderson.com or Mark Turner on mark.turner@gatenbysanderson.com, at our recruitment partners GatenbySanderson for an informal discussion.

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Closing date: 23:55pm Friday 13 August 2021