Lead - Digital Resourcing and Capability (FTC)
Job summary
The Digital Resource and Capability Lead will play a key role in shaping how we plan, secure and develop the people and skills needed to deliver our Digital strategy. The role sits at the heart of our Digital function, supporting both day-to-day operations and strategic change by ensuring we have the right capability, capacity and resourcing approach in place.
You’ll be joining a small but highly motivated team that supports the smooth running of Digital and helps create the conditions for successful delivery. It’s a varied and rewarding role, with scope to influence workforce planning, capability development, recruitment activity, financial oversight and continuous improvement across the directorate.
Job description
The team are committed to creating an inclusive, collaborative and flexible working environment where people can do their best work. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, Heads of Profession and corporate teams including HR, Finance, Legal and Procurement, building strong relationships to help solve complex resourcing and capability challenges in a practical and forward-looking way.
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of Digital resourcing and capability in a national organisation with real social purpose. You’ll help ensure that our Digital teams have the right mix of skills, capacity and support to deliver services and change effectively, while also influencing how we build capability for the future.
The role will lead on key activity across resource planning, capability development and people data, helping to identify risks, model options and support informed decision-making. You’ll also contribute to strategic initiatives such as workforce planning, professional capability development and improving the processes, tools and insight that underpin effective resourcing across Digital.
Person specification
You’ll be comfortable working with complex resourcing and capability challenges, bringing structure, insight and sound judgement to support good decision-making. You’ll have strong experience in resource planning, forecasting and reporting, along with a good understanding of digital delivery, service teams and the Digital, Data and Technology profession.
Delivering on a mission as ambitious as ours isn’t always easy. You’ll be resilient, organised and confident working with senior stakeholders, balancing operational delivery with longer-term improvement. You’ll be someone who can influence, challenge constructively and build credibility quickly, while staying focused on practical outcomes and the wider impact of your work.
As an experienced professional, you’ll understand how to work across teams in a collaborative and inclusive way, and you’ll be motivated by the opportunity to improve how Digital plans, develops and supports its people. Experience of working with capability frameworks, workforce planning, recruitment processes or budget and headcount management would be particularly valuable in this role.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
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How to apply?
To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
Nationality requirements
Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Name: Recruitment Team
Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Recruitment team
Salary range
- £59,631 - £69,548 per year