About the job

Job summary

This role provides an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Wales. Leading a small team within Equalities Branch, the post holder will work towards creating a fairer Wales by supporting the implementation of the Welsh Government’s LGBTQ+ Action Plan and delivering and monitoring a number of Programme for Government commitments. The work area is busy with a high level of ministerial attention and stakeholder interest and engagement.   An aptitude for building relationships and delivering in partnership with others is essential, as is a proactive approach to building consensus and finding ways forward through areas of difference.

Job description

Policy work

• Track emerging issues and policy development across the sector, recognising opportunity and risk, and interpreting policy developments in terms of the Welsh Government’s ambition for LGBTQ+ work in Wales.
• Drive forward policies that achieve positive equality outcomes for LGBTQ+ people, through implementation of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan.
• Engage and influence across Welsh Government and externally with key partners in relation to LGBTQ+ objectives and Programme for Government commitments ensuring action committed to within the plan is taken forward.
• Ensure delivery against the plan is monitored and reported on as required in WG systems, and learning is used to inform implementation of the plan going forward.
• Ensuring high quality briefing and contributions on this high-profile area of work, working with stakeholders across Welsh Government and externally.
• Ensuring the team maintains high quality, timely responses to government business in relation to LGBTQ+ work.

Delivery

• Ensure high quality spend against the LGBTQ+ Action Plan, leading the team to target funding where it makes the most difference to advancing WG’s LGBTQ+ ambition.
• Ensure accurate forecasting of spend and work closely with finance colleagues to ensure robust management of finances and compliance.

Leadership and Corporate

• Lead LGBTQ+ Team within the Equality and Human Rights Group, to deliver high quality LGBTQ+ policy work and delivery.
• Lead a team of 5, within the Equality and Human Rights group, ensuring high quality line management, clear direction, and sustaining strong and productive relationships with colleagues across E&HR and wider Welsh Government, including but not limited to Health, Education and Communications.
• Ensure clear team focus and good welfare by ensuring clear strategic direction and maintaining systematic and responsible performance management systems.
• Ensure the team sustains delivery of high quality, timely responses to core government business.
• Contribute to leadership of the Equality & Human Rights Division, as a member of the Senior Management Team, supporting broader corporate tasks where needed.

Person specification

For this recruitment, the top 5 individuals who meet the minimum criteria will progress to interview

This advertisement confirms the overall criteria being assessed throughout this recruitment exercise. For further details on the criteria and evidence required at the application stage, you will need to press apply and review the application form. 

When presenting your evidence, you may find it useful to consider the expectations of the grade as set out in the Grade Description as well as the main responsibilities that are essential for the role. 

In the case of more than one candidate scoring the same, the panel has agreed the following criteria will determine merit order: 1. Seeing the big picture, 2. Communicating and influencing.

A starting salary between £56,112 and £62,454 will be offered to the successful candidate based on their skills, knowledge, experience and performance at interview. Final offer is at the discretion of Welsh Government. This range is not negotiable.

Benefits

All Welsh Government staff are members of the Civil Service, and as a result are eligible for:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme
• 31 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time)
• training and development opportunities
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Smart Working flexible working arrangement
• Green Car Scheme (subject to availability)

If you are an active Civil Service Pension member you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:	2 stage process
Stage 1	Application Form
Stage 2	Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.