Deputy Director, Resilience Co-ordination

2 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom UK Civil Service Full time

Job summary

The post-holder will lead the Resilience Co-ordination Division as part of a job share with the existing Deputy Director, Jo Gillespie. This is a high-profile division that helps the department fulfil its role in preparing for and�responding to emergencies and other major events. The successful candidate will be required to co-lead three teams tasked with overseeing and coordinating response activity across the department, leading on resilience policy including on recovery, and servicing RED's particular corporate requirements.

Job description

The responsibilities of the role will include:

Preparing RED and the department for different types of crises, looking across the department�s policy responsibilities�and working with Cabinet Office and other government departments.Developing resilience policy, especially around recovery where there is significant Parliamentary and ministerial interest in how the department should support local areas to recover from incidents.Ensure that appropriate contingency plans are in place for specific risks, including those where the department is "Lead Government Department".�Leading the Directorate�s corporate and business planning function.

During a crisis response, the responsibilities of the Division will include:

Advising the Executive Team on when to stand up/stand down a departmental response.Discharging the department�s command, control and communication (C3) arrangements and concept of operations including staff resource requirements and mobilisation .Providing a dedicated briefing and engagement function for Ministers and the Executive Team throughout the emergency.Coordinating activity across different multi-disciplinary teams in the departmentLeading Departmental recovery activity�

As well as co-leading RCD, the job holder will act as a core member of the Resilience and Recovery Directorate�s wider Senior Leadership Team. This will include performing the role of Response Director on a rota basis - often outside of normal working hours - to provide operational leadership in an emergency. Responsibilities may change to reflect business need

This is a jobshare role of hours per week. There is flexibility on the exact working pattern although Monday-Wednesday would be preferred.� Jo would be happy to discuss the role and job-share arrangements.

Key accountabilities

Setting strategic direction � lead and shape the Division to perform its role in coordinating work across the departmentin responding to and preparing for crises and major events and set the direction for the department.Internal and external engagement and partnership � build effective relationships and networks with Ministers and senior colleagues across own and other teams/organisations including other government departments especially Cabinet Office. Horizon scanning � identify and respond to emerging issues and their potential impacts; systematically investigating evidence about current and future trends to assess whether RED and thedepartmentare�adequately prepared.Written and verbal briefings � provide clear, calm and composed briefings to Ministers and senior officials, often under pressure in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.Coordination and governance � coordinating multiple work strands across different teams within the department to ensure that actions are captured, understood and followed up, effective plans are in place, and risks well managed.� Act as secretariat to the Resilience Board outside crisis response and the GOLD group in crisis response.
Acting as a Response Director � provide overall strategic direction for the response to and recovery from an incident, often outside normal business hours. This will include representing the department at high-level cross-Whitehall meetings such as COBR Officials meetings.

Person specification

You will be an empowering and visible leader with the skills to motivate and coach the RCD: giving them a clear understanding of the RCD's role, the confidence to engage effectively with stakeholders, and the judgement to know what to prioritise, given the ever-changing operational context and the pace of work.�

You will be a strategic, analytical thinker and a confident decision maker� � able to make clear, evidenced, sound judgements and prioritisation decisions both in anticipating and preparing for different eventualities, and in determining the right responses to unfolding events. You will need to be able to make decisions at pace, with an ability to respond nimbly, confidently and decisively to changing circumstances. You will also be a confident communicator who can translate complex information and data into clear and usable insights for ministers and other decision makers that will drive planning and operational responses.

Strong relationship skills are key � you will build an effective network of relationships within and outside the department and use these to deliver a challenging programme of work with a busy team.

You will need to have strong personal resilience to be able to think and act quickly and calmly under pressure, even during a crisis, and to look out for the wellbeing of your team.�

You will give priority to developing your own knowledge of the risk and resilience landscape, so that you are seen as an authoritative source of advice by ministers, senior officials and colleagues elsewhere in government.� However, prior experience of working on resilience, whilst helpful, is not essential.

You must be DV cleared or willing to go through the DV clearance process.

We particularly encourage applications from those of an ethnic minority background and those with disabilities, as well as those based in locations outside of London, who are underrepresented at this level in DLUHC.

As one of the Department�s senior leaders, you will also be a visible role model for the Civil Service leadership behaviours. These can be found in the Civil Service Leadership Statement which is available at:

Essential criteria

It is important in your application that you provide evidence and examples of proven experience in each of the following:

Exceptional leadership skills � an inspiring, confident and empowering leader with experience of building, leading and transforming high performing teams and setting clear strategic direction. Adept at delivering through others� being able to influence, and motivate others at pace, often in a pressurised environment, to deliver what is required of them.� Strong�co-ordination skills with�experience of providing clear and effective mechanisms for�coordinating�multiple�work strands�across different teams to�ensure that�effective plans are in place, and risks well�managed.�Strategic thinking � experience of: horizon scanning and big picture thinking to anticipate and prepare for different eventualities; designing effective systems and operating models across different teams; and developing and delivering tactical and strategic solutions at pace to �grip and fix� issues in a fast-moving environment under pressure.Using information, data and evidence to make decisions and recommendations � experience of analysing complex problems and interpreting complex information including data and human intelligence to create and present evidence based situational awareness, insight, decisions and recommendations both in writing and orally.�Building and managing relationships and partnerships � experience in effective relationship building, with proven ability to engage persuasively and confidently, influencing effectively at all levels.�Ability to develop knowledge of new areas of work at pace and willingness to invest in an effective�job share�partnership.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �75,000, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities contributes �19,710 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. � Learning and development tailored to your role
� An environment with flexible working options
� A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
� A Civil Service pension

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