Job Description

Details

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Reference number

428360

Salary

74,745
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Other
Grade 5 & Digital

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Architecture and Data

Working pattern

Full-time

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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Brighton, South East England, BN1 6AF

About the job

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Job summary

As Futures Lead, you will play a critical role in shaping the long-term strategic direction of TPR by embedding futures thinking and insight-led innovation into policy development. Drawing on trend forecasting methodologies, you will lead the creation of a continuous discovery framework for innovation that enables regulatory and policy teams to anticipate change, surface emerging signals, and translate user insight into proactive strategic action.


You will guide cross-functional teams through horizon scanning, scenario development, and speculative design to explore complex policy challenges providing expert input helping teams to identify behavioural risk in the context of innovation evaluation, and the evolving pensions landscape towards ensuring TPR remains adaptive and future-fit.


To build institutional foresight, you will develop and curate the Future Pensions Archive a live repository of trends, insights, and provocations that inform thought leadership, strategic conversations and professional development across the organisation and with external stakeholders.


You will also cultivate strategic partnerships and foster collaboration across the pensions ecosystem, ensuring TPR's regulatory approaches are aligned with the changing needs of savers and the industry. Through storytelling, synthesis, and systems thinking, you will help embed a futures mindset across TPR, enabling teams to move from reactive to anticipatory policy design.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you'll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than 2trn of savings safe.


Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We're committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.


Find out more about us.

Job description

As Futures Lead, you will play a critical role in shaping the long-term strategic direction of TPR by embedding futures thinking and insight-led innovation into policy development. Drawing on trend forecasting methodologies, you will lead the creation of a continuous discovery framework for innovation that enables regulatory and policy teams to anticipate change, surface emerging signals, and translate user insight into proactive strategic action.


You will guide cross-functional teams through horizon scanning, scenario development, and speculative design to explore complex policy challenges providing expert input helping teams to identify behavioural risk in the context of innovation evaluation, and the evolving pensions landscape towards ensuring TPR remains adaptive and future-fit.


To build institutional foresight, you will develop and curate the Future Pensions Archive a live repository of trends, insights, and provocations that inform thought leadership, strategic conversations and professional development across the organisation and with external stakeholders.


You will also cultivate strategic partnerships and foster collaboration across the pensions ecosystem, ensuring TPR's regulatory approaches are aligned with the changing needs of savers and the industry. Through storytelling, synthesis, and systems thinking, you will help embed a futures mindset across TPR, enabling teams to move from reactive to anticipatory policy design.

The team

Our Digital, Data and Technology department is driving transformation at TPR to deliver positive outcome for savers across the UK. We're building a series of value stream-aligned Service Teams and supporting Platform Teams to deliver external and internal services. These Teams will work in a User Centred, Agile way to deliver better services, that are put into the hands of our users as soon as possible, while securing the sensitive data and maintaining stable services; this will be done by long-lived, happy teams.

Person specification

Proven ability to translate emerging cultural and technological shifts into tangible, storytelling and research outputs. Strong background in futures methods, user-centred design, design research, systems thinking, and behavioral insights. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects. Expertise in policy innovation and regulatory practices. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret and apply industry trends to strategic decisions. Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience in engaging senior leadership and stakeholders. Creative skillset and portfolio of strategic thinking in different environments. Proven ability to build and maintain strategic partnerships and industry collaborations. Experience in facilitating workshops and training sessions to build internal capabilities. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively and strategically. Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 74,745, Pensions Regulator contributes 21,653 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Reward and benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

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Selection process details

Applications

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.


Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.


We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we'll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.


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 criteria outlined in the 'what you will bring' section will be offered an interview.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.


We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees,


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.



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

Security

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

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

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.

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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