About the job

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service (GRS) was launched in September 2017 and is part of the Government People Group (GPG) in the Cabinet Office. 

GRS is a vibrant, modern and exciting place to work, attracting a diverse workforce which represents the people we serve. We deliver around 70% of the recruitment volume across the Civil Service and aspire to be the recruitment partner of choice for all Civil Service departments, agencies and approved non-departmental public bodies.

Short Summary

You will provide thought leadership, be creative, think big and outside the box; challenge the status quo and generate solutions to new and existing learning and business challenges, translating these into specific interventions which deliver clear outcomes. You will deliver ad-hoc L&D sessions to contribute to the wider ecosystem of learning. You will be the voice for your business area and its people in the delivery of learning solutions, ensuring our offer meets their needs. You will coach senior leaders to articulate business problems and identify capability gaps within them, upskill line managers to build learning cultures within their teams, and create the time and space for individuals to reflect and be inspired and empowered to make decisions about their learning and career needs. 

You will complement the core functional learning products owned by your learning design and delivery teammates, with a more agile and responsive project based response to learning requirements. 

Underpinning all of this is your belief in the power of consultancy, and your expertise in building effective learning solutions. You won’t take problems at face value - you’ll build relationships and knowledge of your business area to help you identify root causes. You know wherever there is a capability gap, there’s normally some structural issues that need unpicking to ensure we don’t set our people up to fail. This is a clean slate and we’re looking for someone who is passionate and dedicated to their craft, who wants to use their experiences to build something from the ground up. 

Job description

The Team

The Learning and Development (L&D) Team is newly formed - you will be part of creating a modern and effective capability function for GRS. The team is led by an SEO Senior L&D Manager, and following a recent learning needs analysis exercise we are recruiting an HEO Learning Design and Delivery Manager, EO Trainer Facilitator, and HEO L&D Business Partners. 

You will work closely with your business partner colleagues to share best practice, identify opportunities for collaboration - and lean in when resource is needed to support organisational priorities. You will work with the Learning Design and Delivery Manager to ensure our core training portfolio reflects the ever changing business need, and that their interventions result in real behaviour change once people are back at their desks. You will build strong and trusting relationships with senior leaders in your business areas to identify and prioritise learning needs, and ensure a work environment that fosters a learning culture is in place. You will mentor and collaborate with line managers to ensure learning is part of the everyday.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a range of business relationships and develop to a high level of trust to ensure strategic capability needs can be identified
• Influence the development of a learning culture in the organisation and encourage the business to take ownership of the learning and development agenda
• Embed yourself in the business context to identify and exploit opportunities for reflective, peer to peer and experiential learning
• Work closely with the Design and Delivery team to ensure that learner experience is one of our top priorities - advocate for the needs of your business area, work with individuals and teams to establish “what’s in it for me”, and collaborate to ensure learning outcomes are embedded in everyday work
• Hold regular career coaching and learning need identification sessions for staff
• Undertake programme and project management of end-to-end design and delivery for L&D products that are fun, engaging and informative; have the learner experience at heart; are aligned to strategy; relevant to need; and timely
• Measure the impact of your interventions to ensure they are building staff who can deliver what GRS needs now and in the future

Please read the attached candidate information pack for further information about the team, the roles we are offering and working within the Cabinet Office. 

Person specification

• Proven track record in bringing your L&D or HR expertise to realise results for customers and stakeholders
• Recent experience of working in a learning environment with demonstrable knowledge and experience of different learning approaches and their application
• Confident presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal, in person and online - with the ability to present information clearly and effectively to different audiences
• Excellent project management skills, dealing with a wide range of stakeholders and prioritising a varied portfolio of work within a high pressure delivery schedule
• Data analysis and insight skills to identify and highlight business needs and help influence your stakeholders; and to evaluate the impact of your learning interventions
• A proactive and positive approach that engages others and role models the learning agility needed to build a learning culture
• Ability to work independently to get things done, whilst also identifying opportunities - and creating the right environment - for collaboration and teamwork

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,400, Cabinet Office contributes £9,558 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and a 1000 word personal statement, please evidence how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience to meet the person specification of this role. 

At interview candidates will be assessed on the listed Behaviours and Technical skills along with Strength based questions. Technical skills will be tested through a presentation, further information will be provided to candidates when invited to interview. 

Sift: The sift will be carried out throughout the live period of the advert and conclude 22/12/23. 

Interview dates: w/c 2nd January and w/c 8th January. Sift and Interview dates are subject to change. Interviews will be held online via Google Meet.

Hybrid Working 

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

Further Information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service or Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. 

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk 

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. 

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: 

Contact Government Recruitment Service via recruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. 

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.