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Reporting into the Director of People and Workforce planning you will be responsible for leading and championing our EDI, Organisational Development and Capability objectives. Utilising your leadership expertise and stakeholder engagement skills you will set the strategic direction for culture, EDI and Capability, you will be an integral part of our People Services Directorate within the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The ICO is a modern regulator, full of committed people. We strive to empower people, businesses and organisations through information, and in doing so make a positive impact on people’s lives.
At the ICO, we value what makes us unique, to better understand and serve our customers, society and the economy. This means the ICO as a workforce, employer and regulator must be equal, diverse and inclusive. We’re making sure equality, diversity and inclusion is a thread that runs through every aspect of the ICO.
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The People Services Directorate, led by the Director of People and Workforce Planning leads the ICO's people agenda across the organisation, providing clarity, professional support, and direction.
This is a business critical role that has responsibility for leading the delivery of our EDI objectives and will shape, influence, and set the strategic direction for the ICO’s organisational design, development, capability, and culture - linking the strategic outputs to our High Performance Strategy and ICO25 strategic enduring objectives.
The Inclusion and Wellbeing Team promote inclusion and wellbeing organisation wide, progressing our wellbeing and EDI action plan and provide governance for staff networks. We ensure inclusion is considered in areas such as policy and leadership.
The Organisational Design and Capability team provide expertise in relation to culture, capability development, professional career frameworks, succession planning, leadership development, coaching and mentoring, Organisational Development, digital learning, team Development and inclusion and wellbeing.
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- Take the strategic lead on the delivery of the EDI action plan, providing leadership to the Inclusion and Wellbeing team and ensuring that appropriate governance and leadership is in place to support the ICO to deliver our EDI objectives
- To pro-actively engage with Senior Leaders across the organisation on a regular basis to support the implementation of the EDI action plan
- Work collaboratively with our EDI networks, EDI Steering Group and EDI Board to ensure that we are delivering the EDI action plan and that subject matter expertise and proactive horizon scanning is provided to ensure that EDI is a thread that runs through every aspect of the ICO.
- Tracking and evaluating the key performance indicators through which the ICO can measure the progress of our EDI objectives and reporting these to both EDI Board, Executive team and People Committee.
- Through leadership of both the Inclusion and wellbeing team and the Organisational Development and Capability team, consistently demonstrate and role model for our Senior Leaders the value and criticality of inclusive leadership behaviours.
- Lead, develop and implement Organisational Development initiatives that will enable delivery of the ICO’s High Performance strategy ,including culture, capability, wellbeing, leadership development, professions, learning and development. Providing thought leadership, and innovation in interventions that supports the ICO’s objectives to build an organisational culture which drives high performance and a great place to work.
- Ensure that budgets and contracts with third party suppliers are managed effectively, and that the ICO complies with requirements of its sponsor department and with government in relation to Organisational Development issues.
- Be conversant with best practice, ensuring that effective and appropriate processes are in place which drive performance, are inclusive, and achieve availability and accessibility of development opportunities for staff.
- To participate on behalf of the Commissioner/ICO as directed at meetings and events where senior representation is required.
Participate actively in relevant corporate initiatives, including the business planning process, and undertake a senior management role in matter such as internal investigations, meeting panels.
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Person specification
Essential criteria assessed at application stage:
- Substantial experience relevant to the role requirements, as described in the role responsibilities and person specification, and accumulated through any combination of academic or vocational qualifications or experience.
- Significant mid-senior level experience in an HR professional role (around 5 years)
- Experience of working in an Equality Diversity and Inclusion role
- Experience of working in an Organisational Design &Capability role
- Experience of service delivery, ideally in a regulated or wider public sector environment
- Demonstrable leadership experience
Essential criteria assessed during interview:
- Experience of writing and presenting business cases and Board reports.
- An understanding of how to champion and embed EDI effectively across an organisation
- Excellent analytical skills, numerical and planning skills, including ability to manage significant budgets
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including the ability to manage stakeholders effectively
- Personally Effective – excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise and delegate
- Ability to seek out, manage and influence opportunities for continuous improvement and change
- Substantial working knowledge of current legislation and good practice relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, including the provisions of the Public Sector Equality duty
- Sound knowledge of best practice in learning, workforce planning and Organisational Development techniques and strategies.
- Experience of leading significant change projects from concept to sign off.
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Equality, diversity, and inclusion
The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.
Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy will be invited to interview as part of the ICO’s commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you have a disability or impairment and have difficulty using our online application system, please email the HR team at recruitment@ico.org.uk who can arrange for you to submit an application via an alternative method.
Closing Date
Please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your suitability to the role by 23:59, Thursday 28th March
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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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