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The successful candidate will have a contracted base of either Liverpool or Darlington. If you wish to discuss possible flexible working arrangements please contact the vacancy holder.
About the job
Job summary
The DBS Academy is the central point for all learning, development and talent activity in DBS.
An exciting temporary opportunity has arisen for someone to join our small team to support DBS in delivering and evolving our development offer for all colleagues.
The purpose of the role is to
- To support the HR&OD leadership team and Chief Executive Officer in delivering the DBS Strategy, with a particular focus on our workforce
- To provide a professional, proactive, and effective talent & learning service to all staff within the DBS
- To advise, support and guide managers & staff on a range of appropriate talent and learning activities to meet DBS strategic and business objectives
- To design, source, create or curate, deliver and evaluate talent and learning activities for the DBS through the full consultancy cycle drawing on deep subject knowledge or a specialist skillset
Job description
There are two Higher Executive Officer roles in the DBS Academy team covered by this job description. Each will have its own specific job profile that identifies which elements of this overall collection of responsibilities you will take the lead for.
Core Professional Competence:
- To maintain a working and evidence-based knowledge of modern talent & learning theory, practice, and trends.
- To maintain a knowledge and understanding of current and emerging digital tools and e-learning solutions including those available through DBS, Government Campus, and other suppliers.
- To share your knowledge on a regular basis with our local learning leader community.
High Quality Consultancy & Guidance:
- Lead on a portfolio of varied talent & learning projects, initiatives and products ensuring that implementation is achieved on time and in budget. Examples could include PDR guidance, succession planning, a digital product, a manager workshop, a policy launch or a hybrid course.
- To design, source, or create/curate, deliver and evaluate talent and learning activities for the DBS through the full consultancy cycle.
- To meet talent & learning objectives by liaising and negotiating with Government Campus and other groups and external suppliers, ensuring best value as appropriate.
- Provide advice and guidance to managers and staff about a range of talent & learning interventions to support delivery of Corporate & Directorate business plans.
- Work closely with HR Business Partners and other HR Services to provide data, feedback and evaluation information on learning and development activities.
- Act as a point of contact for business leaders, managers, and HR services in relation to the DBS Academy offer and talent & learning solutions – considering Government Campus, Civil Service Professionals and other credible external sources (e.g. Going Forward into Employment, Government Talent Schemes or other professional external learning providers).
An impactful Curriculum / Learning Offer:
- To continue to apply the consultancy cycle as required to live products to continuously improve the engagement with and impact of our talent and learning offer. Examples could include induction, essential learning, people manager programme, mentoring scheme or onboarding.
- To support the Head of DBS Academy on a regular basis to conduct needs analysis and identify the projects, initiatives and products required in our OD workplan.
Effective Delivery & Facilitation:
- To facilitate talent & learning workshops, presentations and courses as required by assigned portfolio of talent & learning projects and initiatives. Examples include learning pathways, apprenticeship framework, staff conference, open learning offer, development day or coaching.
- To facilitate meetings, focus groups and engagement activities to support design / development / evaluation / engagement with DBS Academy.
Delivering the Apprenticeship Framework:
- Manage the delivery of apprenticeship training and administrate the Levy account.
- Provide mentoring and support for apprentices, maximising supplier relationship.
Purposeful Administration & Reporting:
- Pro-actively collate feedback and evaluation of talent and learning activities.
- Manage and administer learning systems, records, and management information.
- Monitor and produce regular information on Talent & Learning engagement and opportunities.
Further information:
To view the DBS Recruitment and On-boarding Privacy Notice, please click the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-recruitment-and-on-boarding-privacy-notice
This privacy notice covers personal data collected during the recruitment, security clearance and on-boarding process.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Developing Self and Others
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £32,000, Disclosure & Barring Service contributes £9,270 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period)
- Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy
- 24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, the DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Sam Cruickshank
- Email : DBSPeopleSupportTeam@dbs.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSPeopleSupportTeam@dbs.gov.uk
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