Civil Service Internships – Director Resilience And Recovery In Leeds, UK

Overview

Position Title: Director Resilience And Recovery

Company: UK Civil Service

Location: Leeds, UK

Job Description:

As Director of Resilience and Recovery will provide strategic leadership to the Directorate as a whole. You will build relationships across MHCLG, Government and with local partners, playing a part in the HMG resilience community.

The Director has direct responsibility for three divisions who between them: lead relationships with Local Resilience Forums as they prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and incidents; develop our local situational awareness, building on a new data and digital capability created during the pandemic; develop strategy and policy on strengthening local resilience and recovery, as part of a whole society approach.

The Directorate and its teams have gone through considerable change over the last 18 months as we built capability and innovative approaches through the pandemic. A real strength of the Directorate is the way in which teams work collaboratively and in an agile way to deliver outcomes. There is an opportunity for the Director to build on this, setting clear direction for the Directorate and shaping local resilience in the period ahead.

Leaders in MHCLG are also expected to role model our principles and values which complement the wider Civil Service Leadership Statement; you can see these on slide 12.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this role will evolve in response to changing circumstances and Ministerial priorities, though are likely to include:

• Strategic leadership and oversight of the Directorate’s functions, ensuring RED operates in a way that maximises value for money through effective governance, continuous improvement and using digital and agile approaches.
• Working with Cabinet Office to drive development and delivery of the national resilience strategy, ensuring that ministerial priorities for strengthening local resilience and recovery are taken forward.
• Director level oversight of response and recovery as required. This may include representing the Department at Cobr; chairing cross-government recovery groups (e.g. flood recovery) and/ or supporting ministers.
• Strategic leadership and oversight of the Directorate’s outcome delivery plans, ensuring an evidence based approach to outcome development and delivery.
• Ownership of workforce and business planning, taking responsibility for developing capability in-line with the directorate needs and accurate forecasting.

Requirements:

• Experience of working in resilience or crisis communications.
• An inspiring, confident and empowering leader, who can set strategic direction, lead effectively through ambiguity and get the best out of a diverse workforce through promoting an inclusive, high performance culture.
• A team player with the ability to promote collaborative working across the Directorate and across Government, valuing a range of professional skills and experience.
• The ability to work in partnership and deliver through others both across Government and with local partners, and make connections within the department with others who work with places.
• Strong personal resilience and the ability to lead effectively under pressure.
• A powerful communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders which may include Ministers, Local Authority Chief Executives and senior civil servants across Government, and respond to demands at pace.