Principal Implementation Advisor
Companies House
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 3rd November 2024
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Job summary
Companies House has embarked upon a major transformation programme and has begun to implement major legislative changes that will significantly enhance our ability to tackle false information on the Register and economic crime.
The Implementation Unit is a central team responsible for coordinating implementation across the programme, supporting delivery planning and breaking down siloes. Working closely with our Portfolio team, we report internally and to Department of Business and Trade (DBT) on implementation progress.
This exciting role puts you at the centre of taking the legislative changes and the policy intent, and translating those into delivery and implementation requirements. You will helping teams across the organisation to solve problems together for a co-ordinated delivery across services.
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day, flexitime with no core hours and enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%. Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work.
Job description
You’ll be:
- Taking an active role in the wider Transformation Programme working across numerous business areas to influence, develop and co-ordinate implementation plans.
- Leading across the organisation and retaining accountability for co-ordinated implementations for key policy areas.
- Working closely with the Policy team to ensure legislative priorities are understood and effectively addressed in implementation plans.
Working across the business to understand the impacts of changes to service, system and people requirements. - Supporting the Head of The Implementation Unit in the oversight and management of implementation governance arrangements – supporting a joint implementation group as part of wider governance for legislative reform.
- Drafting (or commissioning) position papers for our Boards and panels and contributing to briefings for Ministers and key stakeholders.
Person specification
We're looking for the following, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the bullet points below when writing your personal statement.
We’re looking for an Implementation Lead, who can:
- Be an engaging leader with inspiring energy and enthusiasm for high profile change, from policy development right through to delivery.
- Understand and assimilate complex concepts and legislation, solving problems to find practical solutions for implementation across all the relevant business areas.
- Be proactive, enthusiastic and curious – spotting issues, joining dots and helping others do the same.
- Show excellent stakeholder management skills, building and maintaining working relationships and collaborating with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders.
- Work at pace under pressure; juggling competing priorities and delivering on time and to high quality.
- Have strong leadership skills, able to engage and drive delivery to challenging timescales and be comfortable with finding practical solutions to complex technical requirements. You will need to have strong communication skills and to drive delivery across organisational functions.
- Work well with stakeholders including Government departments, agencies and key customer groups.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.
Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.
We celebrate diversity...
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk
Where will you be working?
You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
In your application form we’d like you to:
- Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
- Write a personal statement of 1000 words where you demonstrate how you meet the person specification for this role (you can find the person specification in the top part of this advert).
- Write 250 words telling us about your experience implementing large scale legislative change.
What will the process look like?
- At sift candidates will be assessed against the criteria listed in the Person Specification and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference.
- Once the advert has closed, we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.
- Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend a virtual interview.
- At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles: Behaviours and Strengths.
- There will be an activity during the interview process. This will be a scenario based activity and details will be provided at the beginning of your interview.
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn’t include ideas or work that isn’t your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own.
Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
Sponsorship
Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Jon Shenton
- Email : jshenton@companieshouse.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitmentch@companieshouse.gov.uk
Further information
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact infopoint@companieshouse.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission .
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