HR Manager (Ref: 10681)

Ministry of Justice; Full Sutton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department in Full Sutton is seeking an HR professional to support business leaders through effective HR practices. The role includes managing HR issues, analyzing data, and applying best practices. Ideal candidates will have previous HR experience and strong communication skills. This full-time position offers a salary of £35,335 with additional pension contributions and benefits.

Benefits

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Civil Service pension contribution

Qualifications

• Ability to confidently build and manage diverse relationships.
• Experience in supporting others to optimize performance.
• Strong analytical skills and data understanding.

Responsibilities

• Supporting business with HR issues and decisions.
• Interpreting HR advice and following up as needed.
• Analyzing HR data to decide on interventions.

Skills

Previous experience of an HR delivery role

Excellent communication skills

Ability to analyse data

Education

Chartered MCIPD or equivalent HR qualification

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.

Responsibilities, activities and duties

• 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.
• Required to 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)

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.

Should 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.

Interview

Please note that interviews will be held remotely. During the interview, we will be assessing you on the Behaviours listed above and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework.

Contact for further questions

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check. See our vetting charter. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

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 EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• 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 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.

The successful candidate will be required to travel between cluster sites.

Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Previous experience of an HR delivery role
• The ability to confidently build and manage a diverse range of relationships, including with senior stakeholders
• Supporting others to optimise performance of their People Management Skills
• Excellent communication skills, both in verbal and written formats
• Ability to analyse and understand data and apply analytics to business delivery

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 CIPD or equivalent or willingness to work towards a qualification
• You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards it

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.

• Access to learning and development
• A flexible working options to enhance work life balance
• An inclusive working culture
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

Additional information

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Nationality and security information is provided as part of the visa and vetting processes.