Job Description

Details

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Reference number

414992

Salary

130,000
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 3

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Homeland Security

Type of role

Senior leadership

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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London, with travel expected to other HO sites and overseas

About the job

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Job summary

The Role

Homeland Security Group (HSG) sits at the heart of the Home Office and works to reduce homeland security risks to the UK's people, prosperity and freedoms. Established in 2021, HSG leads on reducing risks from terrorism, state threats, economic crime and cyber-crime. We provide systems leadership across government and deliver strategic initiatives, working closely with operational partners, the Intelligence Agencies, and other external organisations to protect the UK.


As the Director General (DG) of HSG you will set the strategic direction across the Group to lead and deliver homeland security strategy and to strengthen capabilities in these areas. As Director General, you will be a senior adviser to the Home Secretary and other Ministers on strategic national security. In fulfilling this role, you will need to work closely with colleagues across government and in the police services, and security and intelligence agencies, drawing on their expertise and skills.


The Director General will report to the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office and will also play an integral role in the strategic leadership of the Department as a member of the Home Office Executive Committee.




You will be responsible for approximately 1200 staff and a budget of c. 1.5 billion. Current line management responsibilities include 6 Directors and the DG's private office. You will also be responsible for leading the Counter Terrorism system in a cross-government capacity.

Job description

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Providing system leadership for counter-terrorism efforts across Government, the domestic response to state threats, economic crime and cybercrime. Legal and policy frameworks: Maintaining and delivering the legal and policy frameworks for national security, including investigatory powers. Operational response: overseeing the co-ordination of the operational response to domestic national security incidents, including authorizing military assets during ongoing terrorist incidents. Enabling and supporting Ministers in their oversight of operational partners. Reducing national security risk through oversight of the delivery of core capabilities such as protective security programmes. Resource allocation: Ensuring that resources are effectively allocated to meet the diverse and evolving threats to national security Providing cross Home Office leadership as part of the departmental Exco and through different champion roles. Driving financial and operational excellence through effective stewardship of a 1.5 billion budget, ensuring resources are aligned with strategic priorities and deliver maximum value for money. This includes integrating Homeland Security planning with wider Home Office objectives, across borders, migration, policing, and crime. Providing authoritative evidence and insight to Parliamentary Committees such as the Home Affairs Select Committee, Public Accounts Committee, and the Intelligence and Security Committee.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their knowledge, experience, capability and behavioural approach to a high standard against the following key criteria:

Excellent people skills with the leadership/management capability to ensure modern and flexible working practices and to lead a diverse workforce into a cohesive and committed team. The vision, credibility and ability to lead a broad and diverse system and to develop strategies and capabilities and the programme management and delivery skills to ensure that strategy is converted into effective implementation based on evidence. The flexibility and personal resilience to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances in an environment of regular scrutiny by the media, public and others. The confidence, authority and interpersonal skills to secure and retain the confidence of the Home Secretary, other Ministers, and senior officials and to maintain effective working relationships with heads of the security and intelligence agencies, counter-terrorism policing, as well as non-government organisations, industry and counterparts across government - both domestically and internationally. Demonstrable ability to work successfully with the security and intelligence agencies, and able to navigate successfully the Whitehall government machinery. Proven track record in managing substantial budgets. Hold or be prepared to obtain Developed Vetted (DV) clearance.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 130,000, Home Office contributes 37,661 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

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CV -

setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years;


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Statement of Suitability -

(limited to 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.





Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Ruby Rodd Email : ruby.rodd1@homeoffice.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : scsrecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk