Area Lead Human Resources Business Partner

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
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£66,314 - £75,810
Number of jobs available
1
1
Detail of reserve list
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12 Months
Region
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South West
City/Town
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Bristol , Plymouth , Truro , Weston-super-Mare , Weymouth , Winchester
Building/Site
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JSO Magistrates Court, Bristol, BS1 3NU, NPS PLYMOUTH MAGISTRATES COURT PLYMOUTH, PL1 2DP, NPS QUEENSWAY HOUSE WESTON-SUPER-MARE, BS22 7BB, TRURO MAGISTRATES TRURO, TR1 1HZ, WEYMOUTH MAGISTRATES WEYMOUTH, DT4 8SU, WINCHESTER COMBINED WINCHESTER, SO23 9EL
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Grade
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Grade 6
Organisation Grade for MoJ
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Grade 6
Post Type
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Permanent
Working Pattern
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Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Role Type
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Human Resources
Job description
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Job Description
Job Title: Area Lead Human Resources Business Partner
Grade 6
Team/Directorate: People Group HRBP – HMPPS

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Essential
Excellent communication and networking skills with the ability to persuade and influence others, establishing collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including permanent secretary and ministers.
Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to work effectively across a range of tasks and under pressure.
Sound judgement and the ability to think strategically and creatively, recognising where improvements can be made and implementing them.
Ability to think and act strategically under pressure and having the confidence to provide advice, guidance and constructive challenge when necessary, and provide regular reporting up to board level.
Ability to find solutions to complex and often sensitive issues.
Qualifications
You must have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification), and actively demonstrate Continuous Professional Development
Personal Attributes & Skills
Strong experience of leadership in a HR team, with experience of leading on HR strategy or previous experience as a HR Business Partner
The ability to demonstrate creative thinking to provide valuable solutions.
The ability to deliver at pace and under pressure and whilst multitasking and delivering to short deadlines.
Proven ability of operating with confidentiality, integrity, reliability and role model leadership principals;
You will have a high level of attention to detail and drive yourself to deliver work to a high standard.
Security clearance required: Baseline

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is responsible for everything that goes into running the UK’s criminal and civil justice systems, creating the foundations for a safe, fair and prosperous society. We are one of the largest government departments with over 88,000 staff based across England and Wales. We are responsible for 500 courts and tribunals, 122 prisons, the policies underpinning the system and much more.
People Group supports the organisation by enabling its people to be the best that they can be. We are continuously reviewing and enhancing the services we provide to ensure the delivery of high-quality services for our customers. MoJ People Group has over 1,400 committed and capable professionals delivering people services across the Justice family. At the heart of delivering these services are our people.
This role sits within the HMPPS HR Business Partner Team and will provide direct partnering support to Executive Directors within HMPPS.
The role includes oversight and management of an HRBP team and you will report to a Deputy Director of the HMPPS HRBP Team. Your team will be deployed to partner Directors and Deputy Directors within HQ, Prison Probation and Specialist Sites, and alongside Governors and Heads of Probation Delivery Units and Functions to partner in the implementation of people strategies within your business area.
You will be responsible for forging productive relationships with senior leadership teams, enabling translation of business priorities and strategy into a coherent people agenda with targeted interventions. Working alongside Executive Directors and their Senior Leadership Teams to design and deliver tailored HR interventions to drive improvements in effective leadership, people management, organisational design and development, change management and workforce strategy.
Key to this role is the need to be a credible HR professional with the ability to establish quality relationships. Working across the HMPPS HRBP team, this role is the primary link between the top two tiers of senior leadership within HMPPS and their success is reliant upon the strength and support of the rest of the HMPPS HR and People Group via Expert Services.
Summary
Leading the strategic business conversation on people priorities at an Executive Director level
Coaching leaders on the implementation and timely and efficient delivery of planned and unplanned Human Resources programmes.
Partnering the business to manage the people impacts of reform and change across HMPPS and the wider Civil Service, continuously evaluating the impact of internal and external influences on the workforce.
Representing the HRBP function and/or the People Group across key programmes and national portfolios, ensuring business insights and operational considerations are represented.
Leading and developing an HR Business Partner Team, managing the implementation of a new operating model and ensuring they have the capability and capacity to deliver an ambitious people agenda.
Sharing learning and evidence-based practice from across the Ministry of Justice, the wider Civil Service function and wider public and private sectors comparators.
Managing the impact of large-scale HR interventions from HR Centres of Expertise, ensuring there is appropriate join up and collaboration to deliver an effective service
Playing a key role in driving up the standard of leadership and people management, with a particular focus on building line manage capability facilitating access to learning.

R ESPONSIBILITIES, ACTIVITIES & DUTIES:

The post holder will be required to bring together the people priorities for both prison and probation at an Area Executive Director and Executive Director level. Partnering between one and two Executive Directors and their senior leadership teams dependent on the complexity of the customer group.
The role will be critical as a change agent to support the change programme that is ‘One HMPPS’, with a need to have complete oversight of the region or business supporting senior leaders. The postholder will work collaboratively with Executive Directors and their teams to develop effective strategies in terms of delivery and approach that delivers against the MoJ and HMPPS People Strategy through:
Strategic partnering: Contributing to the business conversation by supporting leaders to drive people strategies that enable the business to deliver their objectives.