JOB SUMMARY

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.
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.
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JOB DESCRIPTION

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.
Shared Services is a key function within the ICS Digital Team.
We work closely with our Shared Services provider UK Shared Business Services (UKSBS) who deliver Finance, HR, Payroll and Procurement services to DESNZ, DSIT and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), as well as several of their Arms Length Bodies.
This is an exciting time for Shared Services as we mobilise to deliver on the government’s strategy for departments to group together in ‘clusters’ to drive efficiencies, increase buying power and improve and transform the quality of shared service to our end users – our people.
This role will lead the Shared Services Management Team as the intelligent customer, working with functional leads to ensure an efficient and effective service is provided by UKSBS. The role will also be key in ensuring the future service delivered through the clustering programme (Matrix) meets the needs of our users whilst continuing to improve services in the here and now.
Visit our blog to learn more about us and our work: https://icsdigital.blog.gov.uk/

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

If you can easily demonstrate the following, ideally within a digital/technology environment we’d love to hear from you:

• Shared Services Management
• Significant experience in shared services, change programs and continuous improvement. We are ideally looking for someone who has this experience covering multiple disciplines in particular HR, Digital and Finance.
• Qualifications in change management and or continuous improvement would be advantageous.
• Excellent leadership abilities that inspire confidence and gain credibility across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Outstanding communication and influencing skills to drive continuous improvement opportunities.
• Wealth of experience using initiative to work through problems, anticipate challenges, and ensure successful delivery, if this includes on and offboarding of clients this would be advantageous.
• Highly organised, with the ability to quickly understand and assess issues, set direction, and lead others to drive performance improvements across people, processes, and technologies in a structured manner.
• Proven strong financial acumen to support financial controls and decisions across a significant budget allocation.

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

Business Management and Improvement
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Operational Delivery