Community Lead

Description:

We’re looking for someone who’s excited about the Home Office’s role in creating cutting-edge digital services and the opportunity to support the people who build them.

As a Community Lead, you will be responsible for understanding and meeting the needs of our Data community of practice. Working closely with the SCS (Senior Civil Service) Sponsor for Data and Head of Role, you will foster and promote the community, developing and empowering members through knowledge-sharing, training and events. You will also help set and realise the standards and behaviours we all want to see.

You will manage the channels where members share ideas and discuss best practice. You will also organise and run a range of meetings and activities, sometimes working with colleagues in other departments to arrange or facilitate cross-government events.

You will help ensure new staff receive an induction and are aware of community-related resources and activities. You will also identify, develop and oversee training and development opportunities in order to build skills and capability across the department.

You will need to work with senior managers to understand resourcing requirements and support efforts to attract, recruit and retain the people we need. This means you will need to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders across communities and functions to support them with issues relating to workforce planning, recruitment, pay and reward, people and capability development and the sharing of best practice.

Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home in line with the Home Office Hybrid Working policy. A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow for this role. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions on what this entails.

Person specification

Day to day, you will:

• Work closely with heads within the Data profession to understand and meet the changing needs of the Data community of practice.
• Organise and run meetings and events around the country for Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Data Scientists in the Home Office and across government.
• Actively manage the channels where community members share ideas and discuss best practice, proactively helping members to support and engage with each other.
• Support the Head of Role for Data in managing consistent job descriptions and career paths for Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Data Scientists in the Home Office.
• Support the creation and maintenance of learning and development paths for Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Data Scientists.
• Oversee the development and delivery of training modules, and manage the delivery of appropriate training and learning opportunities by in-house and external trainers.
• Maintain accurate workforce planning data, and provide analysis that will inform decision-making and support business planning.
• Provide support for recruitment, recruitment and retention allowance (RRA) processes and capability assessments. Also on-boarding/off-boarding and induction activities (including data on tools and software).
• Support work to research, define and embed appropriate standards and behaviours across the Data community of practice.
• Build relationships with senior management, stakeholders and staff groups to promote a better understanding of the Data community.

Essential skills

You will have great interpersonal skills and experience of:

• Developing, supporting and managing communities of practice
• The working practices of Data Analysts, Data Engineers and/or Data Scientists
• Planning, facilitating and running meetings and events
• Developing and managing development plans and training modules
• Supporting teams to develop recruitment and retention strategies
• Working autonomously while managing tight deadlines under pressure

Desirable skills

Ideally, you will also have:

• Experience of working with agile teams
• A strong grasp of digital community tools, technologies, trends and strategies
• Experience of working with stakeholders to understand the wider implications and long-term impact of business issues and activities