Senior Capability Manager

Office for National Statistics; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A government statistical agency in Newport is seeking a candidate to focus on building capability within the Operational Delivery Profession. This role emphasizes leading change initiatives and enhancing skills and development pathways, utilizing a flexible working model including hybrid options. The position offers generous benefits such as a market-leading pension scheme, flexible working patterns, and substantial leave. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to contribute to professional growth and operational excellence within a prestigious organization.

Benefits

Market leading pension scheme

Flexible working and flexi-time

Generous holiday allowance

Opportunities to learn new technology & skills

Employee Assistance Programmes

Diversity Network Groups

Mental Health Allies

Civil Service Sports and Social club

Responsibilities

• Lead key change initiatives across the organisation in partnership with various departmental areas.
• Embed and evolve standards for the ODP Professional Skills Framework.
• Enhance the ODP Learning Curriculum with a Departmental Role specific lens.

Job description

Location

The locations for this role are Newport and Titchfield (Fareham).

We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations and working between office and remote throughout the week. As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

Working Patterns

All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Job Share.

Closing Date

Apply before 11:55pm on Tuesday 13th January 2026.

This role will focus on building capability within the Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) and will sit in The ODP Hub. The Operational Delivery Profession is the largest profession in the Civil Service and within the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and the ODP hub is a dedicated team focused on investing in our operational people, capability, and skills. This team collaborates across the organisation and government to create, deliver, and embed ODP products and services.

You will work as part of a small team in the ODP hub, leading key change initiatives across the organisation in partnership with various other departmental areas.

The role will deliver with a Departmental lens against the Professions’ Strategic Pillars (including, but not limited to):

Developing Future Skills

• Embedding and evolving the standards for the ODP Professional Skills Framework
• Enhancing the ODP Learning Curriculum with a Departmental Role specific lens
• Expanding Development Opportunities across all grades including (but not limited to):
• Creating and enhancing Development Pathways as an organisational priority
• Departmental focus on Field Communities and Business Surveys Pathways to support investment in Surveys capability
• Building a stronger Talent Pipeline through Apprenticeships
• Leveraging AI and Digital Transformation for Operational Delivery Roles

Building the Centre of Excellence

• Collaborating with Departmental operational colleagues and Subject Matter Experts to develop content and build communities
• Promoting and embedding across the Department
• Working in partnership with Strategic Resourcing and Organisation Design and Development teams as part of delivering an expanded ODP Flexible Resourcing approach, with a focus on the right ODP roles, skills and capability to deliver organisational priorities
• Work with L&D teams and senior leaders to embed ODP into wider learning strategies and workforce development plans

For a full job description and details of the skills & experience we are looking for, please click the APPLY button to see our full advert on Civil Service Jobs.

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working and flexi-time so you can work around your life, not the other way around!

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 29%

✔ A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please hit APPLY to be taken to Civil Service Jobs.