Contingent Labour and Internal Controls Advisor

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You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers, The Contingent Labour and Internal Controls Advisor work will be focused on providing support and advice to management on issues that affect good governance.
There are various ways in which we achieve this including improving communication and education around what controls means and how the contingent labour process works. We lead on corporate policies such as expenses, contingent labour, and financial delegations.
We engage business groups and corporate service leads to identify how we can strengthen controls within the department and streamline the contingent labour process.
The successful post holder will be able to deliver at pace, whilst working together with other key members of the Departments within DESNZ/DSIT to ensure a smooth process across both internal controls and contingent labour.
A driven, collaborative colleague, with good attention to detail with also the experience of working to tight timelines and the ability alongside communication skills to build strong working relationships at all levels across DESNZ/DSIT.
This has the opportunity to be an expanding and changing role where it will incorporate some finance work across the wider team., Supporting the team in ensuring contingent labour controls and processes are compliant with cabinet office spend controls.
Liaising with hiring managers and responding to queries that come through the contingent labour and internal controls mailboxes.
Supporting the team with Freedom of information commissions and requests that come through.
Providing guidance to internal and external stakeholders on policy and process for contingent labour and internal controls queries.
Ensuring all guidance on Finance Hub is accurate and up to date.
Providing support with daily contingent labour case management.
Acting as a team player and helping colleagues through busy periods.
Build and maintain good working relationships with other key stakeholders in the core programme to enable effective results.
Identifying areas for improving systems and controls for contingent labour and internal controls.
Being able to manage a contingent labour business case from an end to end process., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Working Together
+ Making Effective Decisions, As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement, and three 250 word Behaviour questions. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 250 words) to detail your abilities to do the role.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behaviour statement 'Delivering at Pace'.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and strength based questions.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 11/11/2024
Interview dates: w/c 25/11/2024
Interview Location: MS Teams.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process., Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
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DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
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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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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.

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We would love to hear from you if you are a collaborate team player, with good attention to detail and the ability for communication skills to build good working relationships at all levels.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate capability and success against the following criteria.
Knowledge of contingent labour and internal controls or willingness to learn.
Experience of holding the line with stakeholders on controls, processes and policies for contingent labour and internal controls.
Ability to work well as part of a team and to motivate and inspire others.
Excellent Excel and Power BI skills are desirable for data analysis and interpretation skills of data.
Ability to work collaboratively within and across the wider team.
Ability to assess all types of information, evidence, and identify the impact on contingent labour and internal controls.
Finance experience is desirable but not essential.
Being able to effectively challenge stakeholders to optimise best practice upon contingent labour.
Able to provide support where needed on ICCA.
An understanding of IR35 HMRC regulations.

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.

Alongside your salary of £33,635, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £9,744 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
+ A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
+ Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
+ A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
+ An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
+ Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.