Workplace Transformation Senior HR Business Partner

at  Department for Work and Pensions

JOB SUMMARY

The Workplace Transformation People Impacts Team is the people strand of a major transformation programme which in turn, is positioned within the Corporate Transformation Directorate and works closely with Programme and Estates colleagues on people impacts related to estate driven changes.
This is a critical role within the senior leadership team within the programme and you will play a vital role in shaping team, directorate, departmental, cross Civil Service HR priorities and cross cutting department activities.
You will provide leadership, coaching and support to a highly functioning professional team providing an objective view and challenge from a people impact perspective.

This role places particular emphasis on:

• A successful track record of working in an HR function or a complex People Management/ organisational change position in a relevant senior capacity dealing with complex people management and/or development issues at pace and scale.
• A solutions-focused approach that takes account of the bigger strategic picture and people-related impacts and enables organisational change and improvement across a broad and complex portfolio.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Successful candidates can expect to be involved in a range of the following:

• As an integral member of the WTP People Impacts Leadership team, you will operate at a senior and strategic level, providing an objective view, challenging and acting as an intelligent customer into the wider Programme SLT.
• In the context of the Programme’s Strategic Priorities, you will lead on the human aspects of landing change well, ensuring the people elements are at the forefront of design; planning, delivery and interventions. Identifying challenges and mitigations through prioritised activity.
• Leading a team of HR professionals, ensuring high levels of engagement and performance are achieved, using coaching and influencing to ensure prioritisation and high-value delivery are maintained.
• Using data, metrics and feedback to identify and address continuous improvement; ensuring business leaders and decision makers understand the drivers of employee engagement and their relationship with business performance and that services are joined up and aligned with the strategic direction of WTP.
• Building relationships with internal/external practitioners and networks, scanning for emerging trends, innovations, best practice and understanding the external HR sector. Providing expert advice to align with P&C policy and strategy.
• Working flexibly, collaboratively and at pace across the whole of DWP, ensuring effective planning and deployment of HR resource/expertise fully support the strategic approach and implementation of cultural change.
• Fully engaging with own development, career planning and performance.

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

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This role places particular emphasis on:

• A successful track record of working in an HR function or a complex People Management/ organisational change position in a relevant senior capacity dealing with complex people management and/or development issues at pace and scale.
• A solutions-focused approach that takes account of the bigger strategic picture and people-related impacts and enables organisational change and improvement across a broad and complex portfolio

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. DWP is recognised as a Disability Confident Leader, demonstrating the departmental commitment to attracting, recruiting and retaining disabled people and supporting them in achieving their full potential. We run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the advertised role. To be considered for an interview, you must have:

• A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities; or a long-term health condition.
• Demonstrated that you meet all the minimum qualifying criteria set out in the advertisement for the post at the application and testing stages