HR Manager (Ref: 11374)

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

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking an HR professional to manage stakeholder relationships, solve HR challenges, and support business effectiveness. The ideal candidate will have a Chartered MCIPD qualification or equivalent, with strong communication and data analysis skills. This role offers a salary of £35,335 plus pension benefits and requires travel between various locations.

Benefits

Civil Service pension contribution

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an HR delivery role is essential.
• Ability to build and manage diverse stakeholder relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Support managers with HR advice and interpretation of policies.
• Conduct data analysis to inform business decisions.
• Provide consultancy on HR-related issues.

Skills

Stakeholder management

HR case management

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Chartered MCIPD or equivalent HR qualification

Job description

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, 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, 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

[e-mail], We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Working Together, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) 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 European Union 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 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

• 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)

Desirable experience, knowledge and skills

Previous experience of working in a HR team within the Civil Service and an 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 equivalent or willing to work towards a qualification as part of career development.

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.

Locations

Derby: Derwent Centre, Derbyshire: Buxton Chesterfield House, Derbyshire: Markham House, Lincoln: 8 Corporation Street, Probation Office, Leicester Probation Office, Leicester: Mansfield House, Nottingham: Byron House, Nottingham: Nottingham One, Birmingham: Centre City Probation Office, Wolverhampton: Prue Earl House, Coventry Probation Office, Staffordshire: Melbourne House, HMP Stafford, HMP/YOI Stoke Heath, HMP/YOI Brinsford, HMP Featherstone, HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall, HMP Whatton, HMP Stocken, Travel will be required between cluster sites.

Salary and Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,335, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,236 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

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