Job Title: Solutions Design Lead (Policy)

Reports to: Solutions Design Director      

Business Unit: Adecco Workforce Solutions; Outsourcing, Armed Forces Recruitment Services 

Location of role: Home based, with travel to South and South West England as required

Date: January / February 2026 commencement (12 month FTC)

Summary

The Solutions Design Lead (dedicated to Policy Management) will play a critical role in ensuring that recruitment related policy across the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force is fully understood, aligned, and embedded within the AFRS operating model. This role will act as the key link between tri-service policy owners, the AFRS Solution Design team, and project management team, ensuring all policies are interpreted, integrated, and governed effectively within the future solution

• Lead the identification, analysis, and alignment of recruitment related policies across the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force
• Collaborate with MOD policy owners and Adecco delivery teams to interpret and translate policy into operational and digital solution design requirements
• Support the AFRS Solution Design Director in embedding policy governance within the Target Operating Model (TOM)
• Act as a subject matter expert on policy changes affecting recruitment processes, compliance, data governance, and candidate experience and ensuring this is fed back to Solution owners
• Develop and maintain a central policy register to track ownership, updates, risks, and dependencies
• Provide assurance that policy requirements are consistently applied across all AFRS workstreams and delivery partners
• Work closely with Project Managers and Solution Leads to translate policy impacts into project actions, deliverables, and test criteria

• Proven experience in recruitment, HR policy, or compliance solution design
• Strong understanding of policy frameworks and governance structures (ideally within Defence, Government, or large-scale regulated environments)
• Ability to analyse, interpret, and operationalise complex policy into clear business and system requirements
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple organisations and levels
• Experience delivering or assuring complex solutions in multi stakeholder environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of producing clear reports and policy summaries
• Commercial and operational awareness, with the ability to balance compliance, efficiency, and service outcomes
• Highly organised, capable of prioritising and delivering across multiple workstreams
• Collaborative approach, able to build trusted relationships across MOD, Adecco, and consortium partners

Personal Attributes

• Creative and an innovative thinker.
• Organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborative, able to work effectively with various teams and stakeholders to implement solutions.
• Customer centric.

The role offers a great opportunity to work on a high profile, large RPO contract. AFRS provides you with the chance to help implement a service which directly contributes to the defence of our nation. If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact Lia McKenzie (lia.mckenzie@adecco.co.uk). 

Posting date: 18-11-2025