HR Business Partner – Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

National Fire Chiefs Council Limited.; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional fire service in Exeter seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to join their People Services team on a fixed-term contract. You'll provide support to response groups and professional services, working towards delivering the People Strategy. Responsibilities include managing employee relations, leading policy development, and supporting workforce planning. A proactive and strategic approach is essential to enhance employee experience. Competitive salary offered.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Employee wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Proactive approach to enhancing people services.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic HR partnership to allocated Response Groups.
• Build and maintain relations with line managers.
• Lead on policy development for annual reviews.
• Manage Employee Relations caseload.
• Support workforce and succession planning.

Skills

Strategic HR partnership

Employee relations

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Workforce planning

Job description

HR Business Partner – Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to enhance our People Services team. You will join us on a 12 month fixed term contract working 37 hours per week, in return you will receive a competitive salary of £42,839 – £46,142 (gross) per annum. You will be providing support to our Somerset Response Groups as well as some of our Professional Support Services. The role will be hybrid, with the expectation of spending some time in your Response Group area as well as working from our Service Headquarters in Exeter.

The HR Business Partner role will contribute to the delivery of the People Strategy by partnering with all areas of the Service, providing an effective and efficient people service, acting as strategic partner and critical friend, providing expert HR advice and support to managers and staff on a variety of people related matters.

Key responsibilities of our HR Business Partner:

• Provide strategic HR partnership to your allocated Response Groups and Professional Support Services.
• Build and maintain strong relations with line managers, offering professional advice as a critical friend.
• Lead on policy development supporting the Assistant HRBP team with our annual policy reviews.
• Act as the conduit between the Service and People Services, linking stakeholders with appropriate support for recruitment, employee wellbeing, pay and pensions advice.
• Employee Relations Case Management – manage your own ER caseload and be available to support other HRBPs with theirs.
• Ensure fair and consistent application of the capability process, performance and terminations of employment.
• Support Response Groups and Professional Services with workforce planning, succession planning and talent management.

We’re looking for someone to take a proactive approach and always look for opportunities for People Services to add value to the service, empower our managers, and cultivate a positive employee experience.

Looking after our staff and making sure they are happy at work is important to us. As well as a career where you are making a different – there are a range of benefits such as a generous annual leave allowance that come with working for us.

For more information, or for an informal discussion about the role, please contact our Senior HR Business Partner Renee Naughton at [e-mail] or Deputy Head of People Services Angela Boyd via [e-mail] .

You will be required to complete an application form and submit a document detailing how you meet the following essential criteria taken from the Job Description and Person Specification.

The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.