HR Business Partner

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Nottingham is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to collaborate with senior leaders on strategic HR solutions that enhance performance and engagement. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HR, with skills in change management and stakeholder engagement. This role offers significant benefits, including generous annual leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in HR Business Partnering or similar role.
• Proven track record in delivering strategic HR solutions.
• Ability to engage with senior leaders and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor plans to deliver business objectives.
• Provide coaching and support to business managers.
• Analyse management information to provide insights.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Change management

Performance improvement

Coaching

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Overview

Can you build strong relationships with senior leaders to shape and implement strategic HR solutions?

Do you support and challenge leaders to drive performance, capability, and engagement across teams?

Have you delivered HR policies and led change initiatives that improve outcomes and add value for money?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

About DVSA

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

Benefits

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA.

Role Overview

Are you ready to shape the future of our workforce? As an HR Business Partner, you’ll work side by side with senior leaders to deliver impactful, strategic HR solutions. You’ll drive performance, boost engagement, and help create a culture where people thrive. From influencing policy to leading change, you’ll play a key role in delivering real value for colleagues and customers. If you're passionate about making a difference through people, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Working with partner managers to develop and monitor plans to deliver business objectives through their people, applying People Directorate models and plans where appropriate
• Developing innovative, timely and cost-effective solutions, and ensure that business requirements are incorporated into People Directorate initiatives
• Inform the business of key People Directorate messages, initiatives, and policies so that these are understood in a timely way, and managers ensure fair and consistent practice across their teams
• Coaching and supporting business managers to lead and facilitate change, enabling them to implement change using appropriate skills, models, tools, and techniques
• Working with senior leaders, to develop HR interventions and strategies to improve organisational performance, capability and skills and create a high-performance workplace
• Analyse, interpret, and monitor management information, providing senior managers with meaningful insight and advice to address business problems and provide recommendations that facilitate continuous improvement
• Building productive relationships and engaging with stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure strong partnerships, creating a high performing and well-respected Agency
• Working with colleagues across the People Directorate to provide a professional consultancy model to best support DVSA and our customers

Additional information

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.