Area Lead Human Resources Business Partner

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary 1
£66,314 - £75,810
Number of jobs available 1
1
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12 Months
Region 1
East of England, South East
City/Town 1
Ashford (Kent) , Brighton and Hove , Cambridge , Chelmsford , Ipswich , Norwich , Winchester
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ASHFORD EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL ASHFORD, TN23 1YB, CAMBRIDGE MAGISTRATES CAMBRIDGE, CB2 3AX, CHELMSFORD OSPREY HOUSE HR CHELMSFORD, CM2 5PF, JCC 11-13 Peninsular House Ipswich, IP4 1AQ, JCC Lancaster House Brighton, BN2 9QA, NMS Part 3rd Floor, Victoria House, CM1 1JR, NORWICH COMBINED NORWICH, NR3 1UR, WINCHESTER COMBINED WINCHESTER, SO23 9EL
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Grade 1
Grade 6
Organisation Grade for MoJ 1
Grade 6
Post Type 1
Permanent
Working Pattern 1
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Role Type 1
Human Resources
Job description 1

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.

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.
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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.

RESPONSIBILITIES, 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:
1. Strategic partnering: Contributing to the business conversation by supporting leaders to drive people strategies that enable the business to deliver their objectives.

Activities include:

• Working closely with the Executive Director and their Senior Leadership Team on developing People Strategies by effective use of data, analysis skills, and challenge.
• Oversight of the workforce plan and resourcing strategy at a regional level, to establish existing and future workforce numbers, skills requirements and organisation structures.
• Constructively challenging the status quo in organisational processes and workforce approaches where appropriate.
• Supporting the implementation of change within the business area, by advising on effective change management.

1. Solving: Provide strategic input on HR topics and help leaders develop effective people solutions.

Activities include:

• Engaging Senior Leadership Teams to ensure people issues and risks are considered at the appropriate time.
• Advising on talent management and succession planning - supporting building capability through talent reviews, performance validation and capability plans.
• Supporting identification of employee engagement interventions, using Civil Service People Survey data, that will drive increased capability and performance.
• Oversight of casework data and supporting the business to access the right interventions to address underlying causes and to drive action to manage cases effectively

1. Connecting: Help the organisation draw on appropriate People Group services and shared service support.

Activities include:

• Ensuring client groups understand and appropriately draw upon the total departmental People Group function (including shared services and employee assistance programmes).
• Working with HR colleagues to deliver a consistent and quality HR service, ensuring joined-up delivery and policy development/implementation.
• Holding relationships beyond the HR function – such as with Finance Business Partners and Trade Unions.

1. Coaching: Coach leaders on how to manage people issues and drive the people agenda effectively.

Activities include:

• Supporting leaders through regular coaching style conversations.
• Act as the trusted adviser to support the Executive Director to lead an SLT which role models exemplary leadership behaviour