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Job summary
The D&A Hub is made up of a number of teams covering a variety of roles. This includes multiple analytical teams ranging from large scale big data analysis to ‘big picture’ assessed intelligence reporting and end-to-end tactical analysis supporting live operations. These are supported by a number of other teams that acquire and manage key datasets, build new cutting edge capabilities and provide a business support wrap around.
The D&A Hub looks to capitalise on combined strengths and commonalities, providing a central, cohesive and informative analytical function for the agency.
Job description
As the D&A Hub Professionalisation Development Manager you are responsible for creating and delivering an integrated and structured suite of professional development services which act to enhance the career progression of staff. Working with Professionalisation SPOCS within D&A, you will create and deliver career pathways aligned to professionalisation within each role. As a Manager within the Central Capabilities Team you will work with other Managers to deliver the services required for D&A Hub.
You will manage the Learning and Development Team, ensuring that training is organised an planned in advance, aligned to the career pathways developed.
***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.***
Person specification
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Management: Lead and have responsibility for the D&A Hub L&D Team, providing visible and effective leadership. Oversee team functions (Training, Career Development, Training Budget) and ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient departmental service.
- Manage Staff: Manage, coach and develop staff to ensure staff receive appropriate training and development opportunities. Oversee and review the activities of the team and act as the primary point of escalation to SLT if decision-making is required.
- Team Performance: Set, monitor and track the L&D Team performance, reporting against progress objectives and business milestones, feeding these into the D&A Hub Performance Analyst for monthly reporting.
- Finance: Oversee the training budget, reporting monthly to the Business Planning Manager, spend for the month again s budget.
- Team SPOCS: Work closely with the D&A team SPOCS to manage and develop the forward planning for professional development, researching best practice across role profiles.
- L&D: Support the L&D capability overseeing the learning, development, and training opportunities for all D&A Hub staff aligned to their career pathways. Engaging with central Agency L&D to support and gain assistance to approaches.
- Communication: Work with colleagues to effectively communicate the progress, plans and priorities of the professional development agenda. Create and ensure maintained intranet pages for career development/pathways for each team within D&A Hub.
- Promote the benefits of continuous professional development. Supporting the retention of officers, within D&A Hub critical functions, through commitment and championing of officer development.
- D&A Hub Cross-Team Support and Engagement: Support the wider D&A Hub CCT team on ad-hoc activities as resource and capacity dictates. Regularly engage and collaborate with colleagues across D&A Hub. Share knowledge and support cross-NDEC team activities as required.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Demonstrable knowledge of the skills and experience required for Data Exploitation professions.
- Proven experience in management of Learning and Development processes / practices and/or Teams.
- Experience of delivering and implementing change activity to different stakeholders.
Benefits
Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.
If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.
All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:
- Civil Service pension scheme
- 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
- Training and development opportunities
- Cycle2work scheme
We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.
We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).
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Selection process details
If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by 23:55 onSunday 31st March 2024.
You will be asked to complete a CV as part of the application process. Please see the candidate information pack for more information.
Once submitted your application will be acknowledged by the Government Recruitment Service.
Please note depending on the volume of applications a Longlist at sift may be conducted on following criteria:
- Demonstrable knowledge of the skills and experience required for Data Exploitation professions
Candidates must pass this criteria for their application to be progressed.
A panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the Entry Criteria section.
Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application.
Sift results are expected to be released w/cMonday 22nd April 2024.
Interviews will take place throughout May 2024 - locations to be confirmed. Please be advised that the type of interview (eg. virtual/face-to-face) may be subject to change and successful candidates will be notified of this prior to attending. However the interview is conducted, the interview criteria will remain as shown on page 15 of the Candidate Information Pack.
The above sift and interview dates are an indicative timeline.
Should you be successful at sift but cannot attend on the interview date(s) listed the recruitment team cannot guarantee an alternative date. Please contact the recruitment team.
You will then be asked to attend an interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence.
Full details of the assessment process will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Any instances of plagiarism including copying of examples/answers from internet sources will result in a withdrawal of your application. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.
Multi-Location
Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be appointed in merit order for each location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.
Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences. If you would only like to be posted to one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role.
Please note, only advertised location can be offered. Notes populated in a free text box will not be taken into consideration.
Near Miss
Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in the NCA which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.
Hybrid Working
Here at the NCA we have a hybrid working arrangement in place enabling officers to work a proportion of their role remotely. Eligibility and the degree of home working will vary depending on the requirements of the role. Further details can be discussed at offer stage.
Reasonable Adjustment
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. As part of our application process you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process that you may need. If you have a disability or long-term condition (a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities protected under the Equality Act 2010) and need us to make any adjustments or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Please contact us by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk or calling 0117 372 0000 as soon as possible before the closing date if you wish to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying.
Inclusion and Accessibility
The NCA embraces and values diversity in all forms. Being truly reflective of the communities we serve and building a culture where everyone can perform at their best is critical to leading the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime – something which affects us all. We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from all backgrounds.
We are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
VETTING REQUIREMENTS SC
All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.
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.
If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.
Checks will be made against:
- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
- Security Services records
We encourage all candidates to thoroughly review the candidate pack which explains the role further before submitting an application.
If you have any specific queries about the role that are not covered by the candidate pack, please contact:
ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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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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).
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