Why this role matters
The Deputy Director for Workforce Strategy and Change is a pivotal senior leadership role within Home Office HR, accountable for shaping the departments future workforce and ensuring it has the capacity, capability and organisational agility required to deliver ministerial priorities and respond to an increasingly complex operating environment.
Reporting to the Director of People Transformation, you will lead the development and delivery of the departments workforce strategy, providing strategic oversight of workforce planning, organisational design, workforce analytics and workforce change. Working closely with the Executive Committee and senior leaders, you will ensure workforce decisions are aligned to departmental strategy, transformation ambitions and fiscal priorities.
This role is central to delivering the Home Office's ambitions through the Future Home Office transformation programme. You will drive a fundamental shift in how the department plans, deploys and evolves its workforce, translating organisational priorities into a clear, evidence-led workforce strategy that delivers sustainable organisational performance, improved productivity and long-term workforce resilience.
You will lead some of the department's most significant and high-profile workforce challenges, including strategic workforce planning, organisational redesign and workforce restructuring, influencing decisions with substantial operational, financial and reputational implications.
As a highly visible senior leader, you will operate confidently in an environment subject to significant Permanent Secretary and Executive Committee scrutiny. You will bring strategic judgement, political awareness and strong delivery grip, and balance competing priorities while leading complex change at pace across a large and operationally critical organisation.
