21059 - Senior HR Business Partner x2 (London and South West Region)
Senior HR Business Partner x2 (London and South West) – HMCTS
Locations:
- x1 to be based in London (102 Petty France)
- x1 to be based in the South West (we’re open to basing the successful candidate at any HMCTS site within the South West)
We’re looking for exceptional candidates to join our team in the role of Senior HR Business Partner, as part of the HMCTS Reform Programme.
The Reform Programme is a once in a generation opportunity to transform the entire HM Courts and Tribunals Service, enhancing the provision of a world-class justice system, in a manner that provides an improved user experience at reduced cost to the taxpayer. This will contribute to consolidating the UK’s position at the fore-front of an increasingly competitive international legal market as well as ensuring access to justice for all.
Approximately £1 billion is being invested in the Programme which is due to complete in 2023/24.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest change programmes in government, which is internationally recognised as the most ambitious reform of a Justice System ever undertaken.
The HMCTS HR function will have a pivotal role in supporting leaders and their teams through transformation by developing and deploying the right people strategies.
Strong leadership is critical and all senior managers in the organisation are required to operate in a culture of openness and honesty, demonstrating a commitment to change through involvement and empowerment, and by delivering results.
Main Purpose of the Role
Senior HR Business Partners are responsible for planning and facilitating the delivery of the People and Organisation Strategy, in support of the HMCTS Business Plan and goals.
As the business face of HMCTS you will need to work closely with the wider HMCTS HR team in Organisational Capability and the HR Directors office and wider MoJ and Civil Service HR to tailor appropriate interventions and insight to deliver a whole HR service
As a key member of the Senior Management Team for your area(s) of responsibility, you will provide the bridge between the business and HR and will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and their teams to determine all people requirements.
Providing expert strategic HR advice to Directors and Senior Management Teams, as a Senior HRBP you will coach senior leaders, and challenge where necessary, to enable highly effective change leadership and to create a compelling people proposition thereby improving individual, team and organisational performance and capability.
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following:
- Is able to role model highly effective Leadership
- Ability to shape strategic thinking and implement people strategy
- Highly credible and technically proficient HR professional with a strong client focus.
- Strong consultancy, partnership and relationship building skills.
- Strong programmatic approach to delivering solutions and complex change.
- Ability to coach and develop Senior Leaders
- Ability to facilitate effective decision making
- Ability to incite and activate change, often across diverse geographical locations and jurisdictions.
- Understanding of change management, whole systems thinking and organisational developments concepts.
- Ideally CIPD accredited or willing to work towards achieving accreditation
This is an exciting opportunity to work on a Programme that will genuinely have a fundamental impact on the way we undertake justice in our country.
Please download the full JD for further details.
Please note, the salary for London and National are set out below:
Inner London: £51,549 - £69,659
National: £42,879- £62,265
New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.
Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the pay band or with an increase of 10 percent on their existing base salary (restricted to the new pay band maximum), whichever is the higher.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
27/09/2018, 23:55 hours.
Closing Date: 27th September 2018 at 23:55 hours
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- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
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- An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
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Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
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Redeployment Interview Scheme
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MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
This Vacancy is closed to applications.