Job ref: 195276
TPR grade: Grade 8 - Specialist
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
The TPR Organisation Design (OD) Practitioner role will be working within the People Directorate, to support the transformation agenda at TPR. This is an exciting time to join TPR as we work through a dynamic and rewarding programme of transformation.
There are 2 x 12 FTC roles available, and the focus of the role will be to connect across the organization, getting into the details whilst supporting senior leaders and their teams to assess the current state and create a future state that aligns to strategic priorities to which underpin the organisation to become agile and responsive.
The OD Practitioners will lead design activities, ensuring all materials are managed correctly and be involved in the day-to-day design work with a focus across the whole organisation. You will also ensure the consistent application of organisation design principles and methodologies, in addition to supporting workforce planning and the building of robust operating models.
This role will provide the opportunity for you to move from the research and design phases into recommendations, implementation, and delivery within the next 12 months. You will work closely with the People Business Partners, Learning and Development Manager and team, Chief Transformation Officer, OD Consultant and Change team colleagues.
A truly fantastic opportunity to join an organisation at a pivotal time and make a positive impact to our evolution.
Responsibilities
You will:
- engage and facilitate with leadership, stakeholders, and key process owners to evaluate current structures, processes, and ways of working, seeking input from cross organisational leadership and functional specialists
- assess complexities, duplication, gaps, and inefficiencies
- work with organisation design specialists and change leaders in the organisation to identify Learning and Development interdependence and develop plans to address these
- propose and assess recommendations for design, seeking input from stakeholders and working with Finance and People colleagues to outline the design and the impacts, so proposals can be fully assessed, and any changes are fully understood and reflected in project plans
- create and manage design documents, decision logs and all other relevant documentation
Essential and desirable criteria
- In-depth knowledge and experience of the end-to-end organisation design process, whether this be as a dedicated organisation design professional or a HR expert who has led similar projects successfully. A good example of this, is a HR Business Partner who has successfully led organisation design and operating modelling projects.
- Proven ability to apply organisation design and change management approaches and methodologies.
- Expertise in workforce planning with a future focused view.
- Knowledge of effective operating models and systems.
- Demonstrable understanding of effectively working with the connections between people, processes, and systems in driving organisational effectiveness.
- Deep knowledge of different design tools and how to apply these effectively.
- Proven experience of delivering a holistic, whole-system approach to organisation design and managing such programmes in a large and complex organisation.
Person specification
- Proactive and resilient.
- Advanced Microsoft Office packages including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong communication skills both written and oral.
- Prioritising and decision-making.
- Building good working relationships.
- Time management and delivery.
- Attention to detail.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary from £41,383 per annum dependent upon skills and experience, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 195276 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.