JOB SUMMARY

Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work at the forefront of current policy making decisions? Do you want to have an impact on 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 delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UK’s journey to net zero. Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy 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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The DESNZ Transformation Directorate are defining what our department needs to look like in the immediate and longer term to be fundamentally ‘mission-driven’ – through its operating model, arm’s length bodies landscape, the organisational capabilities it needs, and supporting systems, processes, and structures. We play an active role in leading the delivery of organisational change, ensuring that change is coherent and manageable for our workforce, balancing competing demands on resources, and supporting senior leaders to make informed decisions through the provision of expertise and insight.
The Change Manager role is all about getting to the heart of complex organisational challenges, then designing and delivering meaningful improvements. The successful candidates will work closely with senior stakeholders across DESNZ to identify risks and issues that cut across the Department’s organisational capabilities, functions, responsibilities and arm’s length bodies. These are often big themes that need the support of many different teams and colleagues from across the organisation to deliver and improve. The Change Manager’s job is to bring people together to design solutions to these challenges and steer work from concept through to implementation.

We are advertising two roles:

• One will primarily focus on organisational transformation within DESNZ including integrating the opportunities from digital and AI into the organisation.
• One with an initial focus on the development of arm’s length bodies’ operating models.

However, both roles will be expected to work across the portfolio as needed.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

We are looking for candidates with experience of designing and delivering change in organisations, from start to finish. Key skills required are:

• Change Management – an understanding of how to manage the process of change within organisations.
• Project Management – the ability to successfully manage projects from inception to completion.
• Problem Solving – the ability to identify, analyse and develop solutions for complex issues and challenges.
• Analysis & Data – the ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data sources using appropriate methods to generate insight.
• Communication – the ability to effectively exchange information, ideas and messages with others through a variety of methods.
• Stakeholder Management – the ability to identify and proactively engage with key stakeholders of your work.

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)
• 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

TYPE OF ROLE

Business Management and Improvement
Human Resources

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Common to both roles:

• Leading change workstreams and/or projects from early concept through to implementation and post-implementation review. This will involve identifying stakeholders, planning project activity, and co-designing solutions with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Designing and facilitating virtual and/or in-person workshops to support project delivery and owning the creation of effective workshop outputs.
• Preparing documentation and/or presentations for boards or senior stakeholder briefing.
• Building relationships across policy, programme and corporate services teams, coordinating and collaborating on activity to develop DESNZ’s new arm’s length bodies.
• Reporting progress on the projects / workstreams above, identifying issues for them to resolve, proposing solutions and advising on progress.
• Supporting colleagues within the Change & Transformation directorate across projects and workstreams by providing expert advice and support as needed.

We are advertising two roles:

• One will primarily focus on organisational transformation within DESNZ including integrating the opportunities from digital and AI into the organisation.
• One with an initial focus on the development of arm’s length bodies’ operating models