Engagement Lead

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB SUMMARY

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is the MOD’s civilian police force which provides a number of specialist capabilities including armed protection, marine policing and criminal investigation. MDP employ approximately 3000 staff at locations across the UK, with its Headquarters located at RAF Wyton, Huntingdon, Cambs.
As the MDP Engagement Lead you will play an integral role in overseeing delivery of HR project activity associated with major human resources programmes to further enhance overall customer services. The Engagement Lead is responsible for coordinating the full employee life cycle of the Organisation. Coordinating activities related to onboarding, staff development, workforce planning and offboarding, to ensure all MDP staff have a smooth onboarding experience, are engaged and productive.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) Engagement team sits within the wider MDP People Team and is responsible for providing a smooth onboarding experience for all staff, providing development opportunities as well as implementing 9 box grid process.
The key responsibilities for this role are as follows:

Engagement:

• Develop comprehensive communication and engagement plans and implement them to ensure talent initiatives land well across the organisation and are adopted.
• Identify areas of improvement in processes throughout the staff lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding.
• Planning and implementation of orientation training days for new staff.
• The development, co-ordination and management of strategic intervention(s) based on the results of exit interviews and surveys.
• Responsible for staff engagement survey through the relevant HR tool, including negotiations with the vendor and budget allocation.

Development:

• Responsible for the successful implementation of 9 Box Grid processes for MDP leaders, ensuring effective engagement with staff associations.
• Responsible for developing and implementing a career development and talent management strategy for the MDP supporting all line managers and employees.

General:

• Manage the team to ensure deadlines are being met.
• Responsible for design and coordination of HR Projects.
• Keeping abreast of the latest trends driving HR practices and innovations.
• Update and maintain databases, spreadsheets, and filing systems. Carry out ad-hoc administrative tasks and research in support of the wider team.

Leading by example as a role model for MDP’s values and professional standards.

• Initiating continuous improvement in your own areas of responsibility.
• Taking a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring any risks and issues reported and, where appropriate, escalated.
• Being aware of and actively complying with College of Policing (COP) policies and procedures relevant to your own responsibilities and to corporate policies and procedures including equality, sustainability and the environment, health and safety and data protection.
• Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management.

This list should not be regarded as exhaustive, and the post holder will be expected to deliver other duties relevant and appropriate to this.

BEHAVIOURS

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD 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 at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
Things you need to know

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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Leading by example as a role model for MDP’s values and professional standards.

• Initiating continuous improvement in your own areas of responsibility.
• Taking a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring any risks and issues reported and, where appropriate, escalated.
• Being aware of and actively complying with College of Policing (COP) policies and procedures relevant to your own responsibilities and to corporate policies and procedures including equality, sustainability and the environment, health and safety and data protection.
• Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management