Birmingham, Bristol, London, Warrington

Job Summary

As Director General Capabilities, you’ll be responsible for leading the corporate and professional services functions of the NCA and for the organisation’s strategic planning as a whole. The role has responsibility for ensuring the NCA has effective support capabilities, providing high quality performance data and design and delivery of major transformational change; as well as the development of medium-term strategic plans and reporting on delivery of these plans to the Home Secretary.

The Post Will Have Specific Responsibility For

Transformation and Programme Delivery - Over the next business planning period significant programmes comprising operational, Digital Data and Technology, Estates Transformation and corporate services strands will deliver significant change in: how we work; our organisational culture; our IT infrastructure and applications; our estates and fleet; and the enabling corporate services required to support our operational activity. These are all essential to fixing our foundations and enabling us to make the step change we need to deal with crime online;
People Strategy - Our officers are at the heart of what we do and central to our mission, we are proud to protect. You will lead the people function that is responsible for over nearly 6000 people;
Finance - with responsibility for managing the agency’s £665.6 million resource budget plus a £118.2 million annual capital budget plus in excess of £230 million from external funding (Resource and Capital combined);
Legal – Supporting our legal team in advising on using the law to drive disruptions, enable operations and defend the Agency.

Job Description

Please see the Candidate Information Pack attached below for more information.

Please see the Candidate Information Pack attached below for more information.

Person specification

Please see the Candidate Information Pack attached below for more information.

Alongside your salary of £145,000, National Crime Agency contributes £42,006 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Selection process details

To apply, please complete the online application process accessed via the advertisement listed for this role. If you are unable to apply online please submit your application to sarah.vale@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

You will need to submit the following information by no later than 23:55 Sunday 9 February 2025;

Your CV, with educational and professional qualifications and full employment history, including an explanation of any gaps in your employment history, and details where possible of budgets and numbers of people
A short covering statement of no more than two A4 sized pages (1000 words) explaining why this appointment interests you and how you can evidence your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the ‘relevant experience’ section
A declaration of interest form

Please note that references and open-source due diligence checks (including into social media accounts) will be undertaken for all short-listed candidates.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For further information on whether you are eligible to apply under this scheme please see here.

In addition to this, the NCA is an accredited ‘Disability Confident Employer’ under the government's Disability Confident Scheme which denotes organisations that have a positive commitment towards disabled people. We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role, as outlined on page 6 of the 'Candidate Information Pack' attached below. If you wish to claim a guaranteed interview, you should declare so at the point you submit your application.

We expect the process for this role to be as follows:

The closing date for applications will be 23:55 on Sunday 9 February 2025
A shortlist of the applications will take place during the w/c 17 February 2025
Shortlisted candidates will then be asked to:
Participate in a staff engagement panel with a selection of people from across the National Crime Agency
Undergo an Individual Leadership Assessment (ILA)
Meet with Graeme Biggar for an informal conversation about the role
Inputs from all of those steps will then form the basis of a panel interview, chaired by Paul Kernaghan from the Civil Service Commission on 14 March 2025

Other panel members at the interview will include but may not be limited to Graeme Biggar, Director General, National Crime Agency, Anne McMeel, NCA Non-Executive Director and Chair of ARAC, Jaee Samant, DG of Business Group, Department for Business and Trade.

Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates and recognising that there are a number of steps in the process, we will do our best to arrange the sessions in a way that works for you. We hope that this process will be conducted in face-to-face sessions, but if you need any adjustments do let us know. Please let us know in your application letter if you are unable to come for an interview on the dates we’ve included here.

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.

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

Name : Sarah Vale
Email : sarah.vale@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : sarah.vale@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Sarah Vale in

the DG Workforce Team, Civil Service HR sarah.vale@cabinetoffice.gov.uk in the first instance.

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