People Lead – Executive Assistants (F2024N)

Job summary

Reporting to the Professional Lead - Executive Assistants, the People Lead EA will manage the people aspects of up to 13 Executive Assistants.

The Executive Assistants Team is responsible for enabling the effectiveness of Executive and Senior leaders by providing a professional, proactive Executive Assistant service which drives the need to work with impact and excellence every day.

Job description

The position acts as the lead on all people-related aspects of the Team, including 1:1s, professional development, pastoral support, performance management and developing initiatives for continuous improvement. The People Lead is responsible for ensuring that the team have dedicated support, resulting in consistent, high level service delivery and both personal and professional development.

Key relationships

• Has frequent contact with the Executive Leaders, Senior Leadership Team, Human Resources and Business Managers.

• Regular contact to develop, build and maintain effective relationships and networks with a range of stakeholders across the agency

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

• Develop, execute and maintain professional development plans aligning with the EA delivery framework, that optimises service delivery and which supports and provides impact to leaders.

• Implement and monitor capability plans, on a team and individual basis. Working with the EA community to progress continuous improvement initiatives.

• Regular communication and liaison with the Team, collectively and on a 1:1 basis. Management of Team meetings, 1:1’s, objective setting, career conversations and performance management.

• Management of team and individual performance, sharing success within the team and the business

• People management of the team to professionally develop the service and people in a collaborative and inclusive way.

• Build strong relationships with Senior Leaders through regular communication and active participation to ensure the service is optimised and needs are met.

• Lead, develop and maintain operational excellence while pursuing and embedding continuous improvement.

• Clear approach to incentivise behaviours that support transformation of the EA service, identifying and implementing targeted interventions to change culture, behaviours and mindsets at all levels.

• Ensure that appropriate cover is in place for periods of planned and unplanned EA absence to support the delivery of an uninterrupted service to Leaders.

• When required, provide surge capacity cover for EA activities, to ensure service demands are met.

Person specification

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience as an executive level EA, with some experience as a team supervisor or lead

• The ability to think critically and strategically within the remit of the role as well as to solve problems while considering the impact of outcomes on the bigger picture

• Knowledge and experience of people management standards and the ability to provide professional input with credibility, generating confidence and enhancing delivery.

• Knowledge of successful ways of working to implement a consistent EA service to Leaders.

• Capability to coach and manage people and to have difficult and challenging conversations to ensure professional standards are being met. Working with colleagues to remediate issues and ensure appropriate decisions are made.

• Experience of developing systems and processes to support EA service delivery.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively in partnership and across organisational boundaries.

• The ability to create and set clear direction, motivating others to work towards a common goal.

• Ability to lead, manage and inspire a team in a collaborative and inclusive way.

• Capability to manage and develop professional staff, including the establishment of a positive performance culture and continuous service improvement recommendations.

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

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

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 :

• Name : Recruitment team
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Attachments

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