Workforce Structure and Position Management Analyst

On behalf of Defra, we are looking for a Workforce Structure and Position Management Analyst (InsideIR35) for a 8 month contract based hybrid in either Leeds, York, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham or Bristol. This role is a SEO level.

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

Our objectives are:

• To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.
• To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.

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• To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Department for Environment, Food \& Rural Affairs [1] www.gov.uk.

25 Year Environment Plan - GOV.UK [2] www.gov.uk[3] .

Role:

To support the Position Management pre-implementation phase of the Synergy programme. This role will play a key part in ensuring workforce structures, position data and organisational design information are accurately captured, validated and aligned to the future Oracle Fusion ERP platform.

Working within a complex transformation environment, you will coordinate activity across HR, Finance, Commercial, Digital and Data teams, ensuring stakeholders remain aligned, actions are tracked and project deliverables are completed to a high standard.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills, HR systems experience and the ability to work with large datasets while engaging a wide range of stakeholders.

As a Workforce Structure and Position Management Analyst, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Support delivery of Position Management pre-implementation activities within the Synergy programme.
• Gather, review, validate and quality assure workforce structure and position management data.
• Support the development of enterprise structures including organisational hierarchies, departments, jobs, positions, locations and reporting structures.
• Ensure workforce and organisational data aligns with Synergy design principles and future-state ERP requirements.
• Coordinate and track actions, dependencies, risks and issues across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, assumptions, actions and project outputs.
• Review data submissions and identify gaps, inconsistencies or areas requiring further clarification.
• Work closely with HR subject matter experts, business representatives, Finance, Commercial, Digital and Data teams to obtain and validate information.
• Support governance forums, working groups and design sessions by documenting actions and following up on agreed outcomes.
• Triage and respond to stakeholder queries, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Produce progress updates and support readiness activities for future implementation phases.

Essential:

• Experience supporting HR system implementations, ERP programmes or organisational data initiatives.
• Strong understanding of workforce structures, organisational hierarchies, jobs and position management principles.
• Experience gathering, validating and analysing complex datasets from multiple stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across different functions.
• Experience coordinating activities, managing dependencies and tracking actions within a project environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable:

• Experience with Oracle Fusion HCM or another cloud-based ERP/HCM platform (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors, Workday).
• Knowledge of Position Management frameworks and governance processes.
• Experience working within the Public Sector or large, complex organisations.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Defra guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Defra guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".

References

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1. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

2. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25-year-environment-plan

3. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25-year-environment-plan