Senior HR Project Officer in London

We are looking for a proactive and skilled Senior HR Projects Officer on a fixed term contract (April 26 - April 27, working 29.6 hours) to play a key role in delivering our People and Culture priorities. This is a national role within our HR/OD team, which predominantly works remotely, requiring an element of travel to meet business needs and in alignment with our in‑person connection principles (e.g., in‑person inductions, management development sessions, team events and our annual awards).

In this role, you will work closely with the wider OD team to support and shape our HR strategy. You’ll lead a portfolio of organisational development projects that directly align to our strategic plan, including:

• National Induction
• Reward and Recognition initiatives
• Our annual colleague survey and engagement
• Embedding our Together values and behaviour framework

We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way, providing the resources, equipment and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures. We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us. We are a diverse, inclusive organisation that is a safe space for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience, which helps ensure we provide a service which promotes the diversity and uniqueness of children and families from all backgrounds. We especially welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we work with.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong digital capability, especially MS Teams, PowerPoint and Excel for data gathering, analysis and presenting insights.
• Confidence and creativity in delivering HR/OD content, including presentations, workshops or training to a variety of audiences as part of learning and development.
• Ability to challenge constructively, offering evidence‑based solutions and supporting effective and informed decision‑making.
• Customer‑focused approach, proactively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and enhanced colleague experience.
• Experience planning, coordinating and delivering people‑related projects, such as induction improvements, recognition initiatives or colleague surveys.
• Understanding of key people frameworks, including reward and recognition, engagement approaches, leadership development and organisational culture.
• Strong data insight skills, interpreting complex data to diagnose issues, identify trends and shape longer‑term solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to build credibility and influence effectively at all levels.
• CIPD Level 3 is advantageous but not necessary; however, a willingness to work towards it is expected.

Benefits include 28 days holiday (including three for Christmas) rising to 33 days with five years continuous service; additional holiday can be purchased or sold. Excellent pension – 19.4% employer contribution to Local Government Pension scheme. Flexible working – most colleagues work in a hybrid way; flexible working requests accommodated. Exclusive discounts with a wide range of companies covering leisure, technology, travel, personal finance, fashion and supermarkets. Professional fees – Social work colleagues have annual Social Work England membership fees reimbursed. Car leasing schemes for business miles.

Wellbeing

Our wellbeing offers include four dedicated additional days per year to focus on health and wellbeing, a health and wellbeing cash plan, a dedicated support team, an external Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) providing free confidential support 24 hours a day, and training programs for Health and Wellbeing Champions and Mental Health Allies.

Diversity

We are a Diversity Confident Leader and provide safe spaces for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience, supported by ally networks. Our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we serve.