The HR Deputy Director for Employee Experience and culture will have a varied and demanding but highly engaging portfolio. Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide strong and visible leadership for the HR Directorate, supporting engagement and capability building across the team and organisation.
• Be responsible for developing organisational culture that also enables the effective delivery of strategic aims.
• Oversee Employee Relations and build effective and collaborative relationships with recognised Trade Unions.
• Lead employee engagement, through proactive people survey response planning and maintaining an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment.
• Ensure that HR polices are regularly reviewed and refreshed, so that we not only keep up with legislative changes but that we use insight from our wider HR services to prioritise and continuously improve our offer.
• Oversee all Pay and Reward initiatives and activity for the organisation, including the delegated grade and Senior Civil Service pay awards.
• Lead HR transformation, and the management of unforeseen HR change management work.
• Ensure the effective delivery of the ED&I Framework and Gender Pay Gap Action Plan, and contributing to the successful delivery of the wider People Strategy.
• Provide regular engagement with the DBT Executive Committee, People Committee and senior colleagues on a range of issues relating to the portfolio.

The successful candidate will be able to evidence the following skills and experience throughout the application and interview process:

• Experience of role inspiring and approachable leadership, with a proven track record driving the delivery of complex policies and initiatives that impact organisational behaviour and culture through teams.
• Able to lead the organisation’s response to the handling of sensitive people issues, with experience working with Trade Unions or equivalent industrial associations.
• Experience of building strong and influential relationships to drive HR initiatives through at a senior level, generating confidence, and providing personal coaching and trusted advice to Board level stakeholders.
• The ability to confidently take informed decisions and recommend productive actions, using analysis, insight and data to engage stakeholders and make persuasive arguments which will support the DBT strategic objectives.
• Strong personal credibility and resilience, and the enthusiasm and commitment to deliver and personally respond quickly to changing situations in complex high-profile contexts to create a culture of flexibility, responsiveness and creativity.
• The successful candidate will be CIPD qualified to Chartered member level or demonstrate a significant track record of successfully delivery at a senior HR level, and willing to work towards Chartered Fellow level.

The salary for this role is circa £76,000 - £90,000.

Standard Civil Service pay principles apply to existing civil servants: Those applying on promotion will receive either a 10% increase of their current basic salary or the pay band minimum (whichever is greater), for those applying on level transfer, there would be no salary uplift, in line with Civil Service pay rules.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. This is an expectation only; it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. For more info on assignment durations click here.

• Belfast
• Birmingham
• Cardiff
• Darlington
• London
• Salford or Edinburgh 

DBT operates a hybrid working model. This provides us with greater flexibility around when, where, and how we work, in line with business needs – making sure we are supported by our leadership, the right culture, technology and workplaces to enable us all to work at our best.

As a member of the SCS, in reflection of your leadership responsibilities, you will be required to work a minimum of 60% of your contracted hours (averaged over the month) in the office or visiting stakeholders or businesses (3 days per week pro rata) and the rest of your time working from home.