Employee Relations Transformation Specialist

at  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

JOB SUMMARY

Are you someone with a working knowledge of HR employee relations policies and processes?
Do you have experience of requesting ministerial and/or other high level approvals?
Can you develop business cases?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Employee Relations Transformation Specialist, you will be the subject matter expert and provide specialist advice and delivery of many aspects of Employee Relations and HR policies. You will support DVSA’s strategic and business objectives, with a focus on transformational change activity for frontline terms and conditions review.
You will assist the Senior HR Projects Lead & Head of Employee Relations & Reward to deliver the Employee Reward & Recognition (ER&R) Strategy and helping Corporate Senior Leaders to deliver effective and efficient ways of working, enabling them to keep people safe on Britain’s roads.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

We are looking for someone who has experience of developing and implementing people policies and procedures to drive organisational change and improvement.
The successful candidate will have experience in working with ministerial process and/or developing business cases. As well as experience of reviewing and influencing changes to terms and conditions to meet operational needs.
It is essential that you have a working knowledge of employee relations policies and processes. Including experience of developing and implementing employee relations solutions and strategies for major organisational change initiatives in complex organisations.
You must understanding of how to analyse and interpret management information, trends, patterns and metrics in the organisation, and identify obstacles and risks, and translate them into human resources plans.
It is important you understanding of relevant current employment law especially; TULR(C)A, ERA, Equality Act and any proposed changes.
You must either hold or be willing to work towards your CIPD qualification to Associate level or above.

ABOUT US

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

• make roads safer
• improve services for our customers
• make road transport greener and healthier
• harness the potential of technology and data
• grow and level up the economy

To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a CV and Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please tailor your CV and Personal Statement to evidence the following:

• Experience of working with ministerial process and/or seeking other high level approvals and developing business cases.
• Experience of reviewing and influencing changes to terms and conditions to meet operational needs.
• Experience of developing and implementing employee relations solutions and strategies for major organisational change initiatives in complex organisations.
• Working knowledge of employee relations policies and processes.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

TYPE OF ROLE

Human Resources
Operational Delivery
Project Delivery

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• You will analyse a range of qualitative and quantitative information to provide evidence-based insight to help the organisation make informed decisions, address business problems, and add value to the organisation.
• Determine and plan requirements, including allocating resources and prioritising activities, over the short, medium and long term by fully understanding the business environment in which the team operates, the overall team objectives, ensuring their team fully understands and works to these requirements.
• Providing comprehensive and authoritative advice, drawing conclusions and explaining and defending the position in a convincing way. Breadth of knowledge and understanding of the issues is important in enabling the influencing of colleagues, senior leaders and external third-party providers.
• Showing political awareness when thinking through the impact of changes to the business.
• Maintaining positive Trade Union Side(TUS) engagement and interaction while helping thebusiness deliver a significant change agenda, including transformation of service delivery and efficiency savings.
  Please see the Candidate Pack attached to this job advert for more information about the role and responsibilities.