Details

Reference number

389070

Salary

£76,000 - £96,000

Successful candidates will be offered circa £90k and in some circumstances salary negotiations will be dependent on the demonstration of skills and experience. All our roles come with an excellent benefits’ package, including the generous Civil Service Pension Scheme. Further salary increases depend entirely upon the outcome of our annual pay negotiation with central government. If you are a current Civil Servant transferring to us, your salary will be discussed in line with our pay policies.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CH - Directorate & CE Office

Type of role

Senior leadership

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

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About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

Cardiff

About the job

Job summary

Do you have proven experience of leading a portfolio of transformation projects?

Can you inspire and empower colleagues to deliver?

Have you been a leader in a complex environment undergoing significant change?

If this is you, then we’d love to receive your application.

Companies House is seeking an experienced Director of Portfolio, Change and Implementation to drive their most ambitious reform programme since 1844. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 has empowered Companies House to play a significant role in the fight against economic crime. This landmark legislation is already reshaping the organisation, but the journey has only begun.

Playing a critical role in the UK economy, Companies House is making the UK a great place to start and run a business. As an executive agency of the Department of Business and Trade, the data on their registers informs business decisions, combats economic crime, drives corporate transparency and supports growth.

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, and a generous holiday entitlement as well as 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

Companies House is seeking a Director of Portfolio, Change and Implementation to oversee portfolio delivery and our change and implementation teams.

You will deliver transformation whilst ensuring the portfolio is managed effectively and professionally, to an agreed plan and in line with the Teal book project delivery. You will ensure transparency, accountability and consistency in reporting - setting and adhering to best practice in project delivery and portfolio management.

You will be responsible for enabling change within the organisation, ensuring the professional application of the change management framework and embedding change management principles and practices across the portfolio to ensure the successful operationalisation of change and management of impacts, increasing our change capability and responsiveness.

Internal and external stakeholder engagement and relationship building is crucial in this role, including working across government and with Ministers to ensure delivery of the portfolio achieves strategic and policy intent.

You will be accountable for the timely development and submission of quality business cases, in line with government processes, the functional standards for Project Delivery Profession and Treasury Green Book best practice. Working with Finance colleagues, you will develop budget proposals for consideration and agreement by relevant Boards, ensuring efficiency targets and effective financial management and reporting.

To be successful in this role, you will have substantial experience of leading a transformation portfolio in a complex environment. You will also have senior level experience of delivering a programme of projects to time, cost and quality – spanning digital, tech, data, legislative change, policy, service delivery - and implementing change into an organisation by overseeing effective transition planning and management.

You will have excellent leadership skills, with a track record of establishing high performing technical and multidisciplinary teams. You will also be adept at building capability whilst creating an inclusive and collaborative culture, which values diversity and encourages openness and approachability. In return you will enhance your portfolio experience within a complex change environment.

Companies House offer a workplace that values diversity, wellbeing, and teamwork and you will work with and lead brilliant colleagues dedicated to driving innovation and making a meaningful impact to the UK economy and the people who live and work here.

Person specification

Substantial experience of leading a Transformation portfolio in a complex environment, -million-pound programme of work, to meet business objectives with numerous stakeholders.

Experience of leading a programme of projects to expected objectives of time, cost and quality – spanning digital, tech, data, legislative change, policy, service delivery - at a senior level, and implementing change into the business by overseeing effective transition planning and implementation management.

Excellent people management and leadership, with experience of establishing high performing technical and multidisciplinary teams, building capability, creating an inclusive and collaborative culture which values diversity and encourages openness, approachability and sensitivity. You can inspire and empower colleagues to deliver.

Proven experience in shaping, communicating and executing a strategic vision into deliverable operational plans; you will have excellent communication skills.

Commercial and financial acumen – able to manage Business Cases and benefits from draft to delivery.

Strategic thinker who can take the broader view and set the long-term strategy, articulate a vision, obtaining buy-in and engagement from others across an organisation; juggling tactical and strategic challenges.

A strong focus on quality. Experience in raising standards, ensuring controls are in place and effectively challenging to find common sense solutions to problems and the delivery of high-quality outcomes.

High levels of emotional intelligence, interpersonal, leadership and management skills to drive contributions across the organisation - highly organised to operate in a fast changing and dynamic environment.

Desirable

Membership of a relevant professional body; willing to work towards Major Projects qualification (MPLA)

Behaviours

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

Changing and Improving
Seeing the Big Picture
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £76,000, Companies House contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Vetting - This role requires SC level clearance. The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting

Hays, our recruitment partner, are managing this role on behalf of Companies House, if you are interested in finding out more about this role please reach out to:

Andrew Timlin - Email: andrew.timlin@hays.com , 07887777735
Owen Quant - Email: owen.quant@hays.com , 07867695217

Please refer to the candidate pack on the Hays application site and attached at the end of this advert for details about the recruitment process.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name :

Owen Quant

Email :

owen.quant@hays.com

Telephone :

07867695217

Recruitment team

Email :

owen.quant@hays.com

Further information

We welcome applications in Welsh / Rydym yn croesawi ceisiadau yn y Gymraeg. 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 .

info@csc.gov.uk

Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ

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