HR Programme Delivery Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 307881**Salary**:

- £35,400 - £39,200- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CO - Government Communications**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
- Human Resources
- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**The team**

The GCS People and membership team is at the very heart of delivering the Great People pillar of the GCS Strategy. This is a customer focused team, working across internal and external stakeholders to develop a talented, diverse comms profession, providing excellent engagement with the government comms community to deliver the strategy. The team focuses on the following areas:

- ** Attracting, recruiting and retaining talented communicators**:our vision is for GCS to be recognised as a destination of choice for communications professionals and a place where people want to work.
- ** Building brilliant leaders**:we will focus on building a strong, collective leadership community with the capability to inspire others, lead their teams and be champions for the GCS profession.
- ** Creating a diverse and inclusive GCS**:we are focusing on delivering the GCS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, to achieve our ambition to grow a diverse, inclusive GCS which communicates brilliantly with our audiences.
- ** Creating careers across all four corners of the UK**:in the GCS Locations Strategy, we have set out plans to build strong communications communities and increase roles outside of the UK, so that everyone in GCS can have a great career.

**Building a strong GCS membership brand**:responsible for managing GCS communications channels and developing the membership strategy for GCS, to ensure that every member of GCS knows the benefits of being part of the profession.**

The Programme Delivery officer will be responsible for the day to day delivery and evaluation of the People and Membership Team’s programmes, e.g. the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, Locations Strategy, talent & apprenticeship, leadership, and workforce strategy. As the Programme Delivery Officer you will be responsible for portfolio management and reporting; cost and benefit management; stakeholder management; programme and project planning including milestone management; and risk and issue management of programmes that you work on. Whilst you will have core responsibilities related to at least one of the areas above, you will be expected to operate flexibly across the portfolio of the People and Membership team based on priorities. This will involve leading on cross-cutting work across the team, for example, management and secretariat for the People Board and Talent Forums.

**Job description**:
Responsible for leading and managing the GCS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, a cross-government action focused group with representatives from 20 organisations.

Building good relationships with a range of stakeholders - including SCS Directors of Communications, GCS Private Office and Government Recruitment Service (GRS) - to deliver the People Team’s programmes across government boundaries.

Working with colleagues to create clear guidance on inclusive recruitment, to ensure we are enabling those from all backgrounds and locations to join GCS.

Using data to create and present evidence-based insight, evaluating the effectiveness of actions to ensure they are delivering maximum impact.

Working with the member strategy and services team to develop appropriate comms and engagement plans, and materials for GCS programmes.

Management and secretariat for key boards and committees (e.g. People Board/Talent Forums/Resourcing network).

Support on the corporate induction programme to ensure new starts in GCS are invited to appropriate sessions and are aware of the GCS offering.

Play an active role in a flexible team of programme delivery officers to support peak periods across the People team e.g events and programmes where required.

Maintain awareness of GCS strategy commitments, trends, and best practice to ensure the delivery of effective and required learning and talent programmes.

**Person specification**:

- Proven project management skills to manage, high profile, large scale projects; high standard of planning and prioritising to ensure deadlines are met Ability to forge strong working relationships across teams and communicate effectively and confidently with stakeholders Ability to adapt communication style and channels to ensure the widest audience and understanding Influencing, negotiation and communication skills Ability to understand wider trends in the future of Communications both ac