HR Deputy Director Border Force

at  Home Office

JOB SUMMARY

This is a strategic leadership role within the Home Office HR team reporting directly to the Chief People Officer supporting Border Force with all People related matters. As well as being a key member of the HR and Border Force Executive Teams, you will play a vital role in developing and maintaining a strategic agenda of organisational change.
This role is highly influential, leading at the most senior level with a focus on delivering effective people strategies for the business. Delivering organisational change to maximise operational performance with a strong operational delivery focus will be your strengths.
Border Force currently comprises FTE 11,962 with an HRBP team of 18, two of which report directly to HR Deputy Director.
You will be at the forefront of building great leadership at all levels across the organisation to deliver sustained high performance; ensuring expert workforce design to future proof the requirements of the department; and will lead the building of longer-term capability through organisational change and the development of a highly skilled workforce.
You will be a close partner to the Director General for Border Force and will lead a HR Business Partner team with access to the wider HR value-chain. You will play an active role in the ongoing corporate management and development of the organisation.

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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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Building strong business partnering relationships during a time of organisational change to ensure successful delivery of people priorities;
• Supporting delivery of Border Force people, workforce, resourcing and learning strategies, that support the achievement of Border Force’s operational priorities whilst ensuring they are aligned with wider Home Office strategies;
• Leading and developing a team of HR professionals, whilst building strong business partnering relationships through closely working with the Director General and their senior leadership team;
• Working with colleagues across the HR function to ensure that the needs of Border Force are appropriately represented and, where necessary, commissioning services and products from corporate HR teams and HR service providers;
• Leading HR initiatives and playing a key role in influencing the business to follow HR policies, guidelines and service channels;
• Identifying and developing ‘best in class’ HR practice within Border Force, including strategic workforce planning, Organisation Design and Development, talent management, succession planning and performance management;
• Delivering restructuring within the organisation, with an emphasis on Organisational Design and Development and culture change;
• Work alongside the HR Deputy Director for Immigration Enforcement to identify and create alignment and efficiency opportunities in how the Border Force and Immigration Enforcement HR teams work together;
• Taking a corporate leadership role within the Home Office with responsibility for progressing the development of the Civil Service Professions;
• Provide visible day to day leadership, role modelling the Civil Service Leadership Behaviours and Home Office Values.