Chief People Officer

Competition and Markets Authority(CMA)

Chief PeopleOfficer

Location : Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London orManchester

Hours : Full time,part time, flexible, jobshare

Contract : Permanent

Salary : From £98,000up to £149,999 per annum

Closing datefor completed applications : 23 : 55 on Monday27

January 2025

The CMAis the UK’s principal competition and consumer protectionauthority. We help people, businesses, and the UK economy bypromoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Ourambition is to promote an environment where people can be confidentthey are getting great choices and fair deals, competitive,fair-dealing businesses can innovate and thrive, and the whole UKeconomy can grow productively andsustainably.

The CMA is an ambitious organisationwith a progressive and innovative vision. This is a uniqueopportunity to join our senior executive team at a time when theCMA is taking on new powers and responsibilities and deliveringmajor transformational change internally.

Ourpeople are our biggest asset, and we are focused on developing andmaintaining resilient organisational capacity and capability whiledriving performance and delivery across a range of professionaldisciplines. We have grown in scale, expanded across the UK, anddiversified our talent pool in recent years, but there is stillwork to be done, including the delivery of a digital-first peopletransformation programme to support and develop our talentedcolleagues. As a values-led organisation, we foster a culture ofinclusive leadership, innovation, and professionalism amongcolleagues at all levels, striving to make the CMA a great place towork. Championing this is a key focus for our new Chief PeopleOfficer, and you will play a vital part in shaping our culture andenabling us to deliver our purpose-drivenmission.

With a relevant professionalqualification (Chartered Fellow / fully qualified member of theCIPD), you will be an accomplished leader with a track record ofleading the HR or people function within a similarly complexorganisation. You will demonstrate the ability to shape policy andstrategy, manage and develop high-performing teams, and bring asuccessful track record of leading significant people-focusedchange programmes and using digital transformation to driveimprovements in the provision of people-related advice andservices. You will possess outstanding interpersonal andinfluencing skills, be politically astute with excellentrelationship-building and communication skills, and demonstrate thestrategic vision and determination to get things done in thisuniquely interesting and demanding role.

The CMAis a hugely rewarding, diverse, and stimulating place to work – weoffer an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch anddevelop yourself in doing so. All CMA staff enjoy generousbenefits, including an excellent pension scheme, at least 25 daysleave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generousmaternity / paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage ofinterest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, andfavourable consideration of flexibleworking.

To find out more about thisopportunity and about working for the CMA, click on the Applybutton.

The CMA is anaccredited Disability Confident Employer, and we are an equalopportunities employer, welcoming suitably qualified applicantsfrom all backgrounds. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair andopen competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission'srecruitment principles.

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