HR Manager (Ref: 10658)

Ministry of Justice; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking an HR professional to support business leaders and manage HR challenges. The ideal candidate will have experience in HR delivery and a Chartered MCIPD or equivalent qualification. Responsibilities include stakeholder management and contributing to HR objectives. Competitive salary and pension contributions are offered.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with employer contribution

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Previous experience of an HR delivery role (assessed via CV).
• The ability to manage a diverse range of relationships, including with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Support business leaders with HR challenges and solutions.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and gather business intelligence.
• Contribute to operational organizational objectives.

Skills

Relationship management

Communication

Data analysis

HR delivery experience

Education

Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

The Ministry of Justice People and Capability (MoJ P&C) supports the organisation by enabling its people to be the best that they can be. We are continuously reviewing and enhancing the services that P&C provide across the MoJ to deliver high quality services for our customers. MoJ has a team of committed and capable professionals delivering people services across the Justice family. With a passion for people management and a desire to build an HR generalist foundation for a future career, the post holder will work with managers from within HMPPS to optimise the effective working relationship and ensure maximum impact of HR on business effectiveness. This is your opportunity to be part of the HR enabling prisons and probation to make society safer and help people turn live. The role involves a proactive approach to problem solving and enabling the business to find solutions to HR challenges. With a generalist knowledge of case management and essential functional HR experience, the role is key to enabling business leaders through interpretation of HR policy, application of case management advice and the delivery of key HR processes to maintain the links with essential systems; SSCL, Occupational Health, Civil Service Pensions etc. As a HR professional in either a regional role or a HQ delivery role to a sector of the business, the post holder will support business leaders, managers and specialists with more complex HR cases and provide a professional link to the central case management service, working together to achieve effective outcomes. As the first point of contact to the business, the post holder would be required to manage stakeholder expectations and gather business intelligence to provide specialist advice or deploy the appropriate service from within the team.

Responsibilities

• Supporting an area of the business with wide ranging impact, appraising, assessing and adapting to a wide range of issues on a day-to-day basis and developing options to maintain or improve performance.
• Role holder will have autonomy to make decisions within their discrete area of work to deploy appropriate resources using initiative and in communication with their established network of contacts across the wider HR community.
• Interpreting HR advice which may require follow up questions or discussion to understand the wider impact of the issue.
• Decisions might involve considerable discretion but will be constrained by policy and best practice.
• Analysing HR data and applying understanding to decide on an appropriate intervention or course of action.
• Considering sensitive or multiple opposing opinions to establish facts; establishing the best approach; determining appropriate methodologies; analysis to ensure quality and application of results.
• Exercise judgement and make decisions based on their own interpretation. Details may be unclear and require further investigation.
• Maintain relationships by supporting others, contribute to team decisions and use initiative to solve problems.
• Contribute directly to the achievement of operational organisational objectives by developing internal credibility and providing guidance and consultancy to managers on HR related issues, which include: Employment Tribunal, Grievance, Disciplinary Support, Attendance Management Support, Audit, Assurance & Compliance, Commissioner: Expert Services & Support (Internal & External).

Essential knowledge, experience and skills

• Previous experience of an HR delivery role (assessed via CV).
• The ability to confidently build and manage a diverse range of relationships, including with senior stakeholders (assessed via Communicating and Influencing behaviour).
• Supporting others to optimise performance of their People Management Skills (assessed via Leadership behaviour).
• Excellent communication skills, both in verbal and written formats (assessed via Communicating and Influencing behaviour).
• Ability to analyse and understand data and apply analytics to business delivery (assessed via Managing a Quality Service).
• Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent HR qualification) or willingness to work towards it and demonstrate Continuous Professional Development.

Desirable experience, knowledge and skills

• Previous experience of working in a HR team within the Civil Service and awareness of the wider Civil Service HR operating model.
• Experience of HR consultancy work or other service delivery based on a Customer Relationship Model.
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or willing to work towards a qualification as part of career development.
• You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards it.

Location

Location: HMP Hull, HMP Deerbolt, HMP Hatfield, HMP Wealstun. The successful candidate will be required to travel to other prison and probation sites within the relevant cluster (East and South Yorkshire, North East, or North & West Yorkshire).

Career pathway

This role can be linked to the HR Apprenticeship (Level 5) and may be appropriate as a route into CIPD qualification.

Application process

Sift Behaviours - please provide examples of how you have met each one of the behaviours listed below:

• Managing a Quality Service (Lead Behavior)
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Working together

Please submit an anonymous copy of your CV. Please refer to the essential knowledge, experience and skills section above which details how each essential criteria will be assessed. Technical Skills - You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification) or be willing to work towards it and actively demonstrate Continuous Professional Development.

Interview and selection

If we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of Managing a Quality Service. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths. Interviews will be held remotely. During the interview, we will assess the Behaviours listed above and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework. The vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Security and nationality

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements: This job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth nationals with the right to work in the UK, EU/EEA nationals with settled or pre-settled status under EUSS, and other listed categories with eligibility. Full details are provided in the original vacancy posting.

Salary and benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,335, MoJ contributes £10,236 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Benefits include access to learning and development, flexible working options, inclusive culture, Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%, annual leave, public holidays, and season ticket loan. For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances, please refer to the Candidate Information Page.