Director, Collective Rights and Enforcement Position Available In Jefferson, Alabama

The Employment Rights Directorate (ERD) is part of the Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (CMRR) Group in DBT. Leading delivery of the Plan to Make Work Pay, ERD is at the heart of the Government’s work to drive economic growth in a way that benefits businesses, workers, and communities across the country. The plan will help more people to stay in work, improve job security and boost living standards and represents the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights in a generation.​ ​ You will be joining ERD at a pivotal time, with the Directorate having undergone significant expansion over recent months to deliver on this high profile agenda. Alongside the Director for Employment Rights, you will lead cross-Directorate work to navigate the Employment Rights Bill through Parliament and ensure it is implemented effectively. You will do this in a highly collaborative way, prioritising engagement across Whitehall and with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), business, trade unions and other key stakeholders to inform approaches. You will together over oversee a Directorate that has the resources, capability, expertise and relationships to deliver a very ambitious programme of work, and have responsibility for high-profile policy, legislative and operational outputs.​ ​You will be an excellent leader, able to draw the best out of a team which prides itself on its evidence-based, outward-facing and collaborative approach; and in which policy and analyst colleagues work together hand in glove. You will care passionately about making the directorate a fun, diverse and inclusive environment in which individuals flourish and can contribute their best. As the Director for Collective Rights and Enforcement you will be responsible for:​ Leading and developing a high performing team of just under 300 people (alongside your co-Director) and contribute to the leadership of Competitions Markets and Regulatory Reform and across DBT;​ Managing an overall budget of £145m and leading the Directorate’s response to the Spending Review;​ Delivering personally and through your teams high standards of support to Ministers; ​ Leading implementation of key areas of the Plan to Make Work Pay including the reform of trade union policy, collective rights (e.g. collective redundancy), fire and rehire, whistleblowing, AI and surveillance technology; ​ Overseeing labour market enforcement, including both direct, state enforcement through the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and HMRC, and sponsorship of Acas and DBT’s interest in Employment Tribunals;​ Acting as SRO for the establishment of the Fair Work Agency, which will make a positive impact for working people, creating a strong, recognisable single brand so individuals know where to go for help and leading to a more effective use of resource;​ Leading ERD’s international work, including both working with DBT colleagues on labour chapters of trade negotiations, and advancing the UK’s employment rights agenda in forums like the International Labour Organisation;​ Driving collaboration with a wide range of OGDs on the wider labour market strategy, particularly in relation to skills and migration and supporting delivery of the Small Business Strategy, trade Strategy and Industrial Strategy