HR Policy Manager in Leeds

Department: HR Policy & Delivery

Division: Operations

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) £57,200–£81,000; London £62,900–£89,000 (salary offered based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as: Manager, Corporate

About The FCA And Team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services. We are recruiting an HR Policy Manager to join the HR Policy & Delivery team within Operations. Operations play a central role in enabling the FCA to attract, develop and retain the people it needs to regulate effectively, supporting colleagues across the organisation and helping to deliver the FCA’s strategic priorities. The HR Policy & Delivery team sits at the centre of the FCA’s people agenda, working with senior leaders, colleagues and external stakeholders to develop and maintain a clear, coherent people policy framework. The team leads a high-profile portfolio of complex, organisation-wide policy work that directly shapes how the FCA operates. It is a well-established and respected team, offering the opportunity to be part of a collaborative, expert function that supports the FCA’s mission to make financial markets work well.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of HR policies that support FCA’s business strategy, people priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure policies stay current with legislation, best practice and organisational needs, delivering practical guidance that works for colleagues and leaders.
• Act as the HR policy expert on UK employment law, collaborating with legal advisors to manage compliance and minimise risk.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, including industry-facing colleagues, to ensure policies are consistent, effective and integrated into the end-to-end colleague experience.
• Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to maintain robust HR policy governance, ensuring policies are applied safely and in line with the FCA risk framework.
• Oversee, guide and assist a team of HR policy specialists, supporting talent development while delivering organisational priorities.
• Act as a key member of the HR management team, developing strategy, leading cross-functional initiatives and driving measurable outcomes that support the FCA’s wider organisational goals.

Minimum Skills

• A broad experience of the implications of employment law on practical people management.
• Experience of having delivered policy development and implementation projects.
• Experience of stakeholder management, including at senior levels.

Essential

• Experience engaging with senior leaders to integrate policy into strategic decision-making processes.
• Effective, inclusive people management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop people as well as manage performance.
• Capability to prioritise and manage a variety of competing demands and issues.
• Aptitude for working on technical and specialist matters with a high level of attention to detail.
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualifications or equivalent.
• Proficiency and experience of HR policy development and implementation within a professional workplace and the links to risk management frameworks.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model with a minimum of 40% in the office each month (20% in some leadership contexts); changes announced to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors).
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation. If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Timeline

• Advert Closes: Sunday 25th January (please apply by 11:59pm).
• CV Shortlist: Wednesday 28th January.
• First Interviews: w/c 2nd - 9th February.
• Manager Assessment: w/c 16th February.
• Final Interviews: 26th - 27th February.

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role; please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.