About the job

Job summary

Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work in a government department that is at the forefront of current policy making decisions that will impact the UK and beyond? If yes then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.   

Here at DESNZ we are securing the UK’s long-term energy supply, bringing down energy bills and halving inflation. We are seizing the opportunities of Net Zero to lead the world in new green industries and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference. 

Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are Bold, we are Collaborative, we are Inclusive and we Learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive.    

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.  

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is 

found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy. 

Find Out More 

We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/departmentforenergysecurityandnetzero?  

You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/  

Job description

As we continue to establish the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and deliver our significant agenda, we have a continued requirement to design and embed the right structures, ways of working and systems across a dynamic operating environment.

As part of a supportive Organisation Design team, you’ll provide expertise and advice that helps senior leaders (Director Generals, Directors and their SLTs, the Executive Committee) address business challenges. This includes problem solving, deciding if organisation design is part of the solution and if it is, agreeing an approach and contracting to provide expertise.

We are looking for a confident and engaging person with effective interpersonal skills, who can work collaboratively, influence and has an interest in organisational effectiveness, and a drive to deliver people-focused change, through the application of organisation design practice, expertise, and mindset.

The role offers a great opportunity to shape the department of the future ensuring our people feel supported and well-equipped to deal with change.

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

The Organisation Design practitioner role is an influential role and you’ll:

• Provide Organisation Design expertise, leading the design and delivery of impactful Organisation Design (OD) interventions as well as building OD capability across DESNZ HR and wider that aligns with the delivery of the OD Service Offer, Department's priorities, and Values.

• Work with a ‘client’ (Director General or Director and/or their Senior Leadership Teams), advising them on the best approach by understanding their business challenges, often helping them to problem solve and get beyond the presenting issues. This includes:

o Drawing on Organisation Design and Development methodologies, analytics, benchmarks, and other tools to inform and shape design solutions such as business models, design principles, high-level and detailed organisation design, ways to explore issues and strengthen organisational effectiveness - this could for example involve looking at ways of working.

o Evaluating, analysing, and interpreting data (e.g. people, cost, and skills) to create and present evidence-based insight, understanding impacts of change for people, systems, processes etc. and providing recommendations.

• Work across DESNZ (with policy and corporate colleagues), develop clear evidence-based proposals, and influence senior stakeholders. This includes communicating effectively, being adaptable, curious, and being comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy where there is complexity and ambiguity.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Organisation Design team, DESNZ HR (including Organisation Development) and wider including across boundaries.

• Be part of a small team, working alongside the HR Business Partners, change and business experts and you will be adept at building strong working relationships to enable you to use your expertise to achieve maximum impact and build Organisation Design capability.

Skills and Experience

We are looking for people with:

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to quickly build strong trust-based relationships with senior leaders and the ability to communicate, coach and influence with confidence and bring them together to deliver shared outcomes.

• Experience of leading the delivery of organisation design activities and change interventions through confidently engaging with ‘clients’, scoping, contracting, designing, and delivering that work and/or providing recommendations and professional challenge. As well as, using a range of data sources to drive decisions, flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and business requirements.

• Understanding of, and experience of using, Organisation Design and Development models, tools, and interventions to drive organisational improvements system wide and in the development of Operating Models, creating clear plans, including change and engagement approaches focused on optimising the organisation.

• Experience of working with operating models or applying your skills as part of large-scale transformation or organisational change in a complex or ambiguous environment.

• Experience of Organisation Development interventions to complement organisation design – an understanding and experience of using different approaches, mindset, methods, and tools to achieve business outcomes.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to engage colleagues, motivate others and work across boundaries. Including strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead groups of senior colleagues through a process, provoke debate, challenge where necessary and confidently expose and resolve points of difference to reach a strong consensus.

• Confidence in using data, analysis, and insight to shape recommendations and interventions. Including working in agile ways, adapt and flex as new information and projects emerge. Thrive in ambiguity and able to see how work needs to shift to align.

• Ability to be innovative in use of digital tools (e.g. for presenting data, engagement methods).

• Strong understanding of a learning culture and a strong commitment to your own development and personal growth mind-set, sharing learning, building, and embedding Organisation Design and Development capability.

Desirable criteria

• A relevant professional qualification is desirable or willingness to work towards it e.g. Civil Service Core or Advanced Practitioner Programme and/or CIPD qualification and/or relevant experience of working on Organisation Design or Organisational Change.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £52,985, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £14,305 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 and Experience.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and a  behavioural statement.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) to outline how your experience and skills make you suitable for the Organisation Design Consultant role.

Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.

Applications will be sifted on the behavioural statement and personal statement.  

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behavioural statement - 'Changing and Improving'. 

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour and strength based questions.  

Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time. 

Sift and interview dates

Expected Timeline subject to change

Sift dates: w/c 03/06/2024

Interview dates: w/c 01/07/2024

Interview Location: MS Teams.

Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

We fully support adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

We do not have an exhaustive list of adjustments that we support but just some examples include additional time to complete your application form, behaviour questions up to 72 hours prior to interview and having extra time at interview. 

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

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

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

A location-based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero  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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home). 

DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /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 

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.

Feedback

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.