Job Description

• Setting performance objectives for staff, linking objectives to local and divisional targets and expectations.
• Undertaking effective staff appraisal to review performance against objectives, identify and review staff development needs, and proactively manage any performance issues.
• Monitor staff sick absence in your team, taking appropriate actions as per the attendance management policy.
• Monitor team’s performance, identify issues and address them as needed. Maintain a broad knowledge of how this links across IES Directorate.
• Participate in local management activities, including business planning, risk management, and recruitment as required.
• Ensure audits are completed as per the local audit plans, providing feedback on findings to both management and staff as appropriate.
• Contribute to the wider Insolvency Service, through attendance at B1 forums, and other ad-hoc events as appropriate.
• Quickly develop an understanding of the IT systems used by the Agency.
• Undertake DSE and Health and Safety assessments for IES Investigation teams based in Manchester

Benefits

• Full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service.
• In addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day for the Queen’s Birthday.
• Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.
• We also recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and offer flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
• Staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life.

Pension

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package where the employer makes a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. Your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken. This means, if you pay tax, your take-home pay will not be reduced by the full amount of your contribution; and your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Be able to manage people and resources in order to maximise performance
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Have a flexible and positive approach
• Be able to establish relationships with a diverse range of people to achieve collaboration and develop common goals
• Be positive and inspirational in leading and supporting others through change
• Be able to work on your own initiative, as work well as part of a team
• The role of the team is wide ranging and varied.
• The successful candidate will be expected to undertake or manage ad hoc tasks often at short notice as requested by the Senior Management Team
• The successful candidate must evidence the following in their Personal Statement:
• Effective management skills.
• Demonstrate an ability to manage a team remotely across various locations
• An ability to manage own and team workload to address peaks and troughs whilst meeting deadlines and maintaining outputs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to work confidently across all grades.
• A good all round knowledge of IT and a willingness to learn about Insolvency Service systems.