Chief People Officer

The Home Office is one of the original great Departments of State. As such it is constantly evolving to ensure that it keeps pace with the changes in the communities it serves and that the people who work for the Home Office reflect the make-up of those communities, while having the up-to-date skills required to contribute effectively progressing policy objectives. The role of the Home Office is fundamentally important: to keep Britain’s streets safe and its borders secure. Each and every member of Home Office staff plays a part in making that happen. With a budget of £14.7bn, the Home Office leads on immigration and passports, drugs and crime policy, counter-extremism and counterterrorism and works to ensure visible, responsive, and accountable policing in the UK. These issues are at the heart of the Government’s agenda.
As the Chief People Officer and Head of Profession, the successful candidate will lead the Home Office HR Function on all aspects of HR, including business partnering, expert services and delivery functions such as resourcing. As a member of both the Department’s Executive Committee and the Government People Group HR Executive Team, the Chief People Officer will partner closely with Permanent Secretaries and Directors General to enable the delivery of key organisational and Civil Service wide priorities, enabled by a strong, employee-centric HR function. The Chief People Officer is expected to manage a budget of c. £50m, provide strategic direction and role model inclusive leadership for c. 450 people, including 13 Senior Civil Servants