Please note, if you are successful in the recruitment process, you will be added to the merit list for the campaign. We will then appoint candidates as Senior Project Sponsor (Project Delivery) posts become available. This will be based on merit order. Please be advised, that being successful in the recruitment process and being placed on the merit list does not guarantee an offer of employment.

Overview

The MoJ Property Directorate is a customer focused organisation that exists to enable our customers to perform to their very best. We do this by providing high quality, easy to use services, and working environments that our customers want to work in, which support them to deliver their individual outputs efficiently. Our job is to manage one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government – hosted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). As of 2 April 2021, the Prisons Maintenance Group (or PMG) joined MoJ Estates Directorate and the team receives a new title, MoJ Property Directorate. This change aligns us with our Profession – the Property Profession - and brings together a property portfolio including Prisons, Probation, and MoJ HQ and Arms Length Bodies. We also provide property services on behalf of the Home Office.

MoJ Property provides specialist services including facilities management, health and safety, fire safety and security, technical design expertise, and sustainability. We also have business management teams who support the entire Directorate and each of our partners is supported by account management teams. We are responsible for a great deal - our portfolio consists of properties valued at £8.5bn for the MoJ alone. We are part of the Government Property Profession (GPP) and through active membership and engagement we will work with the Office of Government Property to develop the maturity of the profession and also encourage our people to join the GPP. We continue to build our capability through training and recruitment, aspiring to be the best that we can be as individuals and as a directorate.
We continue to deliver new ways of working across our portfolio – leading on the scale and pace of activity for central government – proposing ways to achieve, and then providing more dynamic and flexible workspace, while driving down the cost of the estate.

Team Overview

The post holder is accountable to the Head of Programme Delivery for the successful, timely and quality delivery of all a portfolio construction/fitout projects across the MoJ family: prisons, investment, reform and Capital maintenance; probation investment, reform, Capital maintenance; court investment, reform; sustainable development; Home Office change and
maintenance, considering the sustainable, social and economic and environmental policies. The number projects in a Senior project sponsors portfolio can vary, but is normally in the region of 40 projects at various Royal Institute of British Architect (RIBA) stages. The post holder delivers their work through an outsourced frameworks of professional service providers and constructors.

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Working with a range of end users, judiciary, prison governors, probation, HMPPS leads to develop and facilities management to develop project proposals at mandate through to timely completion, within budget envelops; evidencing value for money solutions and benefits realisation.
• Working with Directorate Account Management teams in delivering successful
• Timely drafting and submission of individual project option appraisals, feasibility reports, business cases and board papers; driving design innovation.
• Working with commercial teams to procure supply chain resources, by providing the appropriate project briefs.
• Managing the performance of supply chain partners, through providing clear instructions; and collating and reporting on key performance measures
• Identifying risks and issues and making sure mitigation plans are in place; submitting early warning notices when contractual remedies are thought to be required.
• Embedding wider efficiency targets set by the Cabinet Office and IPA, such as the implementation of building information modelling, government soft landings by the inclusion of FM professionals; and collaborative procurement, particularly early contractor engagement and project bank accounts.
• Regularly holding to account and supporting team members who support the Senior Project Sponsors.
• Line management and leadership of a team, providing strong professional
• Making sure critical paths are in place for all projects and Project Performance Indicators (PPIs) are in place and the resulting data is used to keep project to time and quality.
• Making sure project detail sheets are submitted on time, having first challenged and assured the data and information being supplied is accurate.
• Manage the end to end requisition to pay process, making sure prompt and fair payment is made.
• Ensuring lessons learned are carried out as best practice and findings are collected and distributed across stakeholder groups, including technical services, FM, commercial, and post project evaluations are conducted and recorded; report benefits in line with those set out in the business case(s)
• Frequent travel will be required across England and Wales and on occasions, Scotland

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

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Diversity & Inclusion

The team embraces colleagues with a wide of previous experience, including from the private sector, within the justice system and across government. We want to maintain a diversity of background and experience to help us deliver the best results.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce, and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

Job Description overview

We are recruiting for five exciting roles in the Strategy and Innovation Directorate, in each of the following teams:

• Priority Projects Unit (two roles)
• Strategy Unit (one role)
• Implementation Unit (one role)
• Innovation Team (one role)

We are looking for motivated, resilient, and adaptable individuals who can get to grips with new subject areas quickly to support the delivery of high-quality, high-priority work across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Senior Advisors play a central role in leading and supporting teams. You will need to get to grips with new subject areas quickly, have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and be able to communicate complex ideas clearly. You will need to be confident working independently and as part of project teams. You will need to be comfortable working with ambiguity, when supporting the delivery of complex and challenging work across MoJ’s policy and strategy.

Each role will give you the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders, frontline staff, other government departments, ministers, and Senior Civil Servants.

Every member of our directorate plays a key role in shaping the team and driving forward our priorities. You will contribute regularly to team meetings, including occasionally chairing, and bring ideas for how we can continuously improve and make the team a great place to work. You will also be expected to lead or support corporate projects that contribute to shaping the culture and development of the team, such as wellbeing, diversity & inclusion, recruitment, or learning and development.

You will have access to many training opportunities on a range of topics, for example: leadership and coaching, effective writing, stakeholder engagement and partnership working.

Role 1: Priority Projects Team: Senior Policy Advisor

The Priority Projects Team (PPT) is a high-profile, friendly, and supportive team working at the heart of MoJ’s policy making function. We act as an in-house consultancy, working on projects of a few weeks to 6 months, to deliver on the department’s top policy priorities. We typically work in small project teams of up 5 people.

Each project is unique, fast-paced, and exciting. Recently our projects have covered policy areas including on victims, youth justice, legal aid, and prisons.

About the roles

As a Senior Policy Advisor in the Priority Projects Team, you will:

• Lead or support the delivery of a range of high-priority policy projects which align with the Department’s priorities.
• Work collaboratively with PPT colleagues, policy professionals, analysts, lawyers, and operational colleagues to understand complex issues quickly to develop robust and evidence-based policy proposals.
• Produce high-quality written and oral briefings for senior officials and Ministers, distilling complex ideas into clear and concise advice. 
• Some roles will also involve line management responsibility for more junior staff members.

Typical daily tasks may include:

• Leading meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders
• Drafting key policy products, such as slides or briefings for ministers
• Leading desk-based research and policy analysis
• Planning out a workstrand for a project, setting clear milestones with senior colleagues

Role 2: Strategy Unit: Senior Strategy Advisor

About the Strategy Unit (SU)

The Strategy Unit are a small team which sits at the centre of MoJ. It is our role to develop the department’s strategy and provide the best possible advice to ministers on a range of important policy and delivery issues. We help the Department make better and more coordinated decisions, plan for the long-term, and achieve its aims across Whitehall.

The Strategy Unit helps to shape the future vision justice system by developing thinking in the Department’s longer-term plans.

Welcome to a team of caring and passionate people who work each day to meet the needs of our members and clients. At Luminare Health (a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation), you will be part of an organization committed to offering custom services to self-funded health benefits plans that manage costs – without compromising benefits – by offering innovative solutions, flexibility, transparency and customer support. This is an exciting time to join our team and enhance our culture that emphasizes caring, diversity and inclusion, mutual respect, collaboration and service to our communities. 

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this role is focused on the HB stop loss offering, inclusive of developing the appropriate stop loss carrier network for applicable markets and clients. Owning relationships with preferred vendors, while nurturing non-preferred vendor relationships is a critical component of the position. This position will be the stop loss sales lead, especially for complex cases, and driving overall collaboration with sales to grow stop loss business and with client management to retain and convert to HB stop loss placements.

Internally this position works closely with client management, sales, healthcare management, managed care, proposal team, and claims. This position also provides support to Underwriting team. Externally this position interacts with stop loss carriers, brokers, and potentially key accounts.

The role will also lead a monthly cadence to review cases and assess for sales pipeline opportunities to continuously grow the stop loss business. Developing the stop loss offering to have a program that matches capabilities with as a source for new growth. Nuances for different markets will require engagement with stop loss carriers to determine the appropriate offering. (ER TPA, DTE, Tribal, etc)

The Director of Underwriting & Stop Loss will be the SME to the business and leadership and may advise regarding program incentives and fee structures that will lead to stop loss program growth.

A key responsibility of this position is to provide underwriting support for overall new business prospects and renewal self-funded clients. This position focuses on pricing strategy to win new business and retain clients. Works collaboratively with stop loss carriers to maximize account retention and new business sales by obtaining the best possible rates for the client or prospect. In addition, this position leads, manages, audits a team of Sr Managers of Underwriting, Senior Underwriters, and Underwriting Executives.

• Acting as the stop loss sales lead, especially related to complex cases.
• Focusing on managing with Sales team all new Opportunity Stop Loss placement and assisting Client Management on complex renewal cases and presentation of case to carrier(s)
• Focusing on determining alternative paths to getting data that Stop Loss carriers require to quote new opportunity.
• Acting as a resource for Sales and Client Management in moving Broker placed Stop Loss to Health Benefits direct placement.
• Leading monthly cadence and strategizes with client management, sales, and leadership to meet growth and retention goals. 
  • Prioritizing cases that should be targeted to move Stop Loss from Broker placed to Health Benefits placed.  Create action plan for each case to approach Broker to sell placement by Health Benefits.
  • Prioritizing cases that should be consolidated to preferred Stop Loss carriers to improve override revenue and improve Health Benefits position within carrier panel.   Identify which carriers each case should be discussed with and strategy for placement.
  • Reviewing list of cases that are not placed by Health Benefits and do not have integration fee to ensure that the waiving of integration fee is appropriate action.   Determine if the integration fee set for non-preferred carriers is set at the appropriate level.   Any waiver of integration fees needs to be approved by the U/W – Stop Loss Director
  • Ensuring Client Management has broader access to the Stop Loss claims team to discuss potential Stop Loss issues prior to them reaching escalation point.
• Ensuring that any pricing changes as the renewal moves from UW to Client Services is approved and documented across the enterprise.  Recommend not to allow client services to change pricing once it has passed through the Underwriting / pricing process.  If change is required it must be reviewed and approved by Client Management, Finance, and U/W – Stop Loss Director.   Documentation must occur regarding change in pricing.
• Identifying cases that may have high probability of significant rate increases or other stop loss carrier action and create action plan and proactive data plan to manage Stop Loss renewal.  Engage Stop Loss New Business / Complex Case Lead to assist in managing case with carriers.
• Analyzing monthly reports of stop loss carriers and collaborates with client management, sales executives, and brokers to create customized solutions.  
• Developing, building, and maintaining strong relationships with key stop loss carriers to negotiate the best possible terms for new business prospects and clients to maximize new business sales and client retention.
• Acting as an SME to internal customers.
• Maintaining solid knowledge of existing and new products, services, networks, vendors, and partners. 
• Providing support to internal stakeholders and leadership as necessary. 
• Analyzing concerns and pain points and creates compelling pricing options.
• Preparing and maintains stop loss data and historical carrier information for business analysis. Works with leadership and stakeholders to ensure that stop loss carrier changes are communicated and implemented as appropriate. 
• Coordinating with RFP team to maintain and update uniform pricing language to be used in RFP responses.
• Providing management and leadership to direct reports, which includes:
  • Daily workflow
  • Career development
  • Coaching
  • Performance management
  • Development opportunities
• Managing Sr Managers of Underwriting and helping provide direction for medium complexity clients/prospects.
• Ensuring consistency amongst regions in processes to complete renewal activities including downloading and running reports, completing LCM grid and forwarding the grid to healthcare management for completion, compiling complete package for stop loss carrier including SPDs and SBCs, and submitting the package to the applicable carriers. 
• Creating processes to support effective and efficient activities of the Underwriting team.  (Standardized and consistent approaches to spreadsheeting stop loss competition/options, make appropriate carrier selection recommendations on medium complexity cases, development of proposals and guidance to sales/CM teams).
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• College degree or equivalent
• 7-10 years’ experience in underwriting/stop loss.
• 3-5 years’ experience leading/managing employees.
• Experience with MS Suite including strong excel skills.
• Effective time management and organization skills
• Ability to prioritize effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented
• Proven ability to build rapport with both internal and external customers.
• Ability to work effectively at all levels in the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to provide quality work under tight timelines while managing multiple requests.
• Demonstrated negotiating skills

Preferred

• Experience working in RFP/proposal software.
• Salesforce experience
• Adobe Professional software experience
• Prior leadership experience
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred

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EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, veteran, or disability.

Pay Transparency Statement:

At Luminare Health, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our associates to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, a minimum of 15 days’ of paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, new parent paid leave, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for full-time associates.

 

The salary offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plan.

Min to Max Range:

$85,600.00 - $160,700.00

Job Family:

Finance & Accounting Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 50%

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

Guidehouse is engineering revenue cycle on a platform that can power the future of health services reimbursements. Complexity, friction and duplicity impede healthcare transactions. Our Finance group is focused on ensuring healthcare providers align contracts with the right reimbursement strategies/operations and engineer revenue cycle operations, simplify consumer experience and minimize administrative cost. Our approach is to strategically and operationally elevate the entire healthcare experience for patients leveraging our full scope of reimbursement capabilities along with cutting-edge technology in machine learning, automation and financial technology to reimagine revenue cycle.

You will be responsible for manage client relationships and account projects. This position requires outstanding client management, problem-solving, and communication skills; experience leading complex contract strategy and financial reengineering and operations spanning multiple teams and stakeholders; and managing C-suite relationships and communications. In this role, you will drive internal strategic and operational initiatives.

What You Will Do:

• Support the growth of the team: help hire, develop, and mentor team members; plan for the future by identifying and addressing bottlenecks, gaps, and risks
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships that provide leverage for decision-making and effective change management
• You will refine Guidehouse Finance Area with an emphasis on managed care strategy, price transparency, physician enterprise strategy, digital health transformation, revenue portfolio rebalancing, access, enterprise strategy, M&A, payer-provider partnerships, and reimbursement frameworks
• You will help shape our consulting team and deliverables to identify and analyze the root cause of user and system issues, and strategize and help operationalize efficient workflows, and implement technology solutions within the financial operating systems.
• Contribute to the design, documentation, and execution of repeatable and scalable client financial frameworks and client deliverables. 
• You will provide account management strategies that deliver an industry leading client experience
• Work cross-functionally within Guidehouse  finance /revenue cycle teams as well as our broader portfolio of healthcare services to bring integrated sustainable solutions to healthcare clients
• Proactively contribute to the strategic direction and priorities for the finance contract strategy and Finance Operations team

What You Will Need:

• 10+ yrs. working in health system complex contract and pricing strategy and finance operations with a heavy focus leading managed care strategy, price transparency, physician enterprise strategy, digital health transformation, revenue portfolio rebalancing, access, enterprise strategy, M&A, payer-provider partnership and their design and implementation. 
• Demonstrated success in complex problem solving and root cause analysis and structured solutioning to better engineer financial objectives and the operations /reimbursement for the consumer, business and clinician to measurably improve satisfaction and impact. 
• 3+ yrs. experience independently owning senior level stakeholder relationships/communication and accountability for delivering successful cross-functional project outcomes
• Management consulting experience or consulting like experience managing client and internal teams responsible for managed care strategy, price transparency, physician enterprise strategy, revenue portfolio rebalancing, access and/or enterprise strategy
• 3+ yrs. applying financial rigor that resulted in demonstrative financial turn around in struggling Health entities
• Proficient understanding of EMR applications (Epic and Cerner)
• 10+ yrs. strategizing, interpreting and designing process, data, and metadata to synthesize and execute strategies and process change and improvement that deliver defined financial results
• You have the ability to quickly synthesize information and data and present to senior level stakeholders 
• Ability to create standardized processes with strong organization, time management and project management skills
• Bachelors degree in accredited college. MBA Preferred
• Travel up to 50% of the time to client site(s)

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• 3+ yrs. selling $2M+ credited annually of consulting or professional services (heavily preferred)
• 3+ yrs. of management consulting experience in healthcare strategy (managed care contracts preferred)
• You have demonstrated ability to carry a collaborative culture and management style to interactions with other Stakeholders, including those at Guidehouse and the client
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience in value-based payment arrangements such as Medicare Advantage/Managed Care, risk contracting, shared savings arrangements, and/or post acute care consulting.

The annual salary range for this position is $190,900.00-$286,300.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kainos provides a market leading, full life-cycle portfolio of bespoke digital solutions to Public Sector as a long-established supplier to the UK Government, providing innovation and best in class customer focused, value add delivery to solve complex client problems.

Whether working with our clients’ legacy or more modern systems, we apply innovation and expertise to modernise their processes through digital transformation and innovation by our Cloud, Data & AI, Low Code and Digital Advisory practices.

Recent Industry leading and award-winning projects our Public Sector team have delivered include:

DVSA -
• Best Public Sector IT Project of the Year, UK IT Industry Awards for DVSA’s digital transformation of the future driver theory test.
• Award winner for DVSA’s pioneering predictive analytics tool to detect fraudulent activity and digitally transforming the driver examination process.

DSTL -
• The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is a UK government agency of the Ministry of Defence. Dstl provides world-class expertise and delivers cutting-edge science and technology for the benefit of the UK and allies. Kainos delivered cloud native modernisation for the DSTL to reduce costs and drive innovation, delivered 6 weeks ahead of schedule.

Other life-changing projects Kainos has delivered in the Public Sector include:

• HM Passport Office – digital passport application and renewal process, a £20m+ project
• Register to Vote service, a £3m+ project
• MOT service, a £15m+ project
• Defra EU Exit and Trade services, a £20m+ project

The team

We are delighted to offer an exciting growth opportunity to be part of our Public Sector Business Development team at Kainos.

Currently a team of 14 people, our BD team is located across the UK (Belfast, London, Birmingham) leading growth and revenue generation with Public Sector clients across UK&I, EMEA and North America. The team has an enviable reputation in the market having supported clients through some of the most complex digital transformations ever delivered in the UK Public Sector.
With continued success and a strong trajectory of opportunity, we have established a devolved sectoral structure of client groups to support Public Sector clients:

• Central & Devolved Government
• Public Safety and National Security
• Transport
• Tax, Trade and Welfare (including Defra, HMRC, DWP)

Each client group has a leadership team responsible for delivering and growing our business with customers in the group and supports a devolved reporting model across the business.

As a Business Development Director (Principal) in Kainos, you will take a lead role in the Business Development team, operating as an individual contributor in the Transport or the Tax Trade and Welfare Client Group, being responsible for growing our customer base and delivering our business development strategy.

Having expertise in one of these client group sectors is advantageous for this role.

You will generate opportunity in your sector by developing an extensive network of industry contacts including senior civil servants within the UK Government and Public Sector space.

Through your existing network, existing Kainos stakeholder relationships within our client base and leveraging connections through our Kainos Workday Practice, you will lead strategic Business Development, ensuring cross-selling opportunities are maximised. You will work collaboratively with other members of the Business Development team as well as colleagues from other areas of the business including delivery, commercial, marketing and operations, owning opportunity management from first conversation to contract.

Your key responsibilities will include: 

• Developing Kainos as a business – you will build and maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities across your sector/region that will enable you to forecast accurately across future quarters, achieve agreed sales targets and maintain predictability of future revenue. 
• Providing Business Development leadership – utilising best industry practice and processes you will develop sector/region specific prospect and account plans and lead pursuit teams to develop pipeline and deliver revenue.
• Being a trusted advisor for our customers – you will apply a consultative selling approach based on taking time to properly understand our customers, their challenges and opportunities, exercising empathy, active listening, responsiveness and creativity. 
• Putting deals together – deals will need to meet sales, revenue and profitability objectives, and ensure that the work contracted is compatible with Kainos’ strategy and goals. 
• Building and developing strategic partnerships – you will build and maintain successful partnerships with other businesses in our ecosystem to enable Kainos to be positioned as a go-to partner that is trusted and continually adds value. 
• Negotiating & managing senior stakeholders - You will be an expert negotiator and excel in in senior stakeholder relationship management, with experience of presenting and refining proposals to achieve win/win outcomes for Kainos and our customers. 
• Be an external Kainos ambassador - with an external customer focus, you must ensure that you embrace and promote the culture, values and behaviours that make Kainos unique. 
• Working as part of a team - You will work closely with colleagues from other business units as well as industry partners to ensure that cross-selling opportunities are maximised. 
• Putting people first & developing others – You will mentor, coach, and develop colleagues within your client group and the wider Public Sector team, developing their business development skills and potential, supporting their career development.

Essential requirements: 

• Experience in leading Business Development with Public Sector client accounts in excess of £5m per annum, selling complex digital solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of digital service concepts and our markets, with the ability to articulate the distinct aspects of products and services and position them against competitors.
• Expert in business development processes, deal commercials and constructing complex commercial offers.
• Ability to create business development strategies and account plans that ensure success in winning multiple multi-million-pound deals and deliver against quarterly and annual targets.
• An appreciation and knowledge of technology delivery, agile methodologies, etc.
• Broad technology experience and a sound awareness of technology trends and their potential impact for customers.
• Ability to operate in a highly competitive and pressurised environment, making sensible decisions that do not compromise Kainos.
• Ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the customer organisation, including executive and C-level.
• Expert networking skills and the ability to build strong and appropriate relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to plan and meet deadlines in accordance with business requirements.
• Excellent negotiation skills, both from a commercial and contract perspective as well as resolving escalations and diffusing issues.
• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrable ability in mentoring and coaching members of your team and wider community.

Desirable: 

• Demonstrable experience working closely with global partners to build successful co-sell relationships and generate revenue.
• A genuine passion in solving complex customer problems with technology.
• Experience of growing a market sector and developing new offerings.

 

 

The Deputy Director, HR Business Partnering (Operations) will manage a team of geographically dispersed HR Business Partners across His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The role will involve working strategically with senior business leaders to develop and oversee the delivery of people strategies and interventions which focus on retention, building capability and capacity, leadership development, attraction, talent and inclusion, ensuring alignment with People Group and Outcome Delivery Plan (ODP) priorities. The role will work alongside the DD HR Business Partnering (CEO) ensuring collective priorities and coordination across HMPPS people plans.

The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of the team's business plan objectives, working closely with both the HMPPS People Intelligent Client Function and People Group colleagues to determine appropriate cross-HMPPS priorities and setting direction for the operational HR Business Partnering team.

The post holder will help to shape and support the successful transition and embedding of the new HR Business Partnering operating model, leading the change and building and maintaining team engagement. They will also help to embed a revised HRBP service offer across HMPPS, ensuring clear expectations are communicated in order to provide a professional service to our stakeholders. This will also include building HR capability and talent within the team.

The role holder will report to, and work closely with the Executive HR Director, responsible for this area, and operate as a key member of the People Group leadership team, working to lead the people function across MoJ.

Responsibilities

This role will include the following responsibilities

• Accountability for strategic leadership, partnering and business delivery, and being part of the senior leadership team; in addition to forming part of organisational leadership teams across MoJ.
• Setting the direction and driving a systematic, evidence-based approach across the department for workforce planning and future shaping activity that enables business areas to deliver effective outcomes in an often volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment.
• Strengthening all aspects of capability across the team, including working with other functional colleagues to develop business partner capability that will meet the demands of now, but also the future.
• Being a strong corporate leader who works collegiately across MoJ People Group to set direction, convey a future vision, motivate teams and develop, attract and retain diverse talent.
• Working in a programmatic, systematic way, comfortable using data and insight to guide work, inform activity and outcomes, ensuring there is robust HR analytics across the business to inform people related decision making.
• Communicating with credibility and using excellent interpersonal skills to command the trust and confidence of senior officials and stakeholders, and translating complex information into meaningful, easily understood narrative.
• Building strong and effective relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, at all levels, through collaboration, professional credibility and emotional intelligence.
• Working successfully with senior stakeholders to drive change and improve performance through influencing and coaching business leaders to drive outcomes and delivery across the department.
• Supporting cross-team working, development and wellbeing as a key member of the People Group Senior Leadership Team.