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Second Permanent Secretary from the Company
Department of Health and Social Care, this latest
Second Permanent Secretary job vacancy is located in the city
London located in the country
United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate
GCSE . Job Vacancies in this
Second field have been opened and published up to the specified time.
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Reference number
366524
Salary
£152,000 - £170,000 A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
SCS Pay Band 4
Contract type
Permanent
Type of role
Senior leadership
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
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Location
Leeds, London
About the job
Job summary
- The Second Permanent Secretary acts as the broad deputy for the Head of Department on all departmental matters. As such, they are the lead adviser to the Secretary of State on cross-cutting issues, delivery of key manifesto commitments, strategic finance/performance in the NHS, and the effective functioning and governance of the Department and its Arm's Length Bodies.
- Alongside the Permanent Secretary, they represent the Department of Health & Social Care at the highest level. They lead on the engagement with stakeholders, which include senior leaders across the NHS and wider health and social care sectors; Ministers; and Senior Civil Servants across government. The postholder will be expected to develop and maintain these relationships in order to persuade and influence everyone to achieve the Government's priorities on health and social care.
- They provide strong leadership to the department by translating Ministers' ambitions into a clear vision to staff, setting a direction for that vision and ensuring the department is organised, resourced and motivated to support Ministers effectively - including delivery of their key priorities. As part of the Executive Committee, the postholder will manage, motivate and engage staff to develop their capability and be a role model for the values of the Civil Service, reinforcing and supporting a culture of continuous improvement, high performance and excellent delivery.
The postholder is a member of DHSC's Departmental Board and Executive Committee and is the lead Permanent Secretary on the Audit & Risk Committee. They chair the departmental Performance & Risk and People Committees and will be expected to take the primary leadership role in embedding the department's new ‘Great Place to Work' programme. They will also be part of the leadership of the wider Civil Service (for instance, the current postholder sits on the Civil Service People Board and Digital & Data Board).
The current postholder carries specific responsibility for all strategy, finance and people issues as well as the operation of the Department and its enabling functions, although there may be some flexibility in how this group is organised depending on the particular skills and experience of the successful individual.The postholder has significant Accounting Officer responsibilities, with joint responsibility for overseeing around £192 billion DEL budgets - (this includes c£180bn RDEL and £12bn CDEL).
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Person specification
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Benefits
Alongside your salary of £152,000, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £41,040 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Please see attached candidate brief
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Selection process details
Please see attached candidate brief 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 (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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) (opens in a new window)
- 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
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window). 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name : Joe Hitchcock Email : Joseph.Hitchcock@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email : russell.turner@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Keywords : London jobs
Closed Date : 2024-12-04
