HR Business Partner
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Salary: £45,900 to £45,900 a year
Hours: Full-time
Location: Birmingham
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 11 Nov 2026
Closing date: 22 Nov 2026
Summary
Can you build strong relationships with senior leaders to shape and implement strategic HR solutions?
Do you support and challenge leaders to drive performance, capability, and engagement across teams?
Have you delivered HR policies and led change initiatives that improve outcomes and add value for money?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We’re working hard to:
- Make roads safer
- Improve services for our customers
- Make road transport greener and healthier
- Harness the potential of technology and data
- Grow and level up the economy
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers.
Are you ready to shape the future of our workforce? As an HR Business Partner, you’ll work side by side with senior leaders to deliver impactful, strategic HR solutions. You’ll drive performance, boost engagement, and help create a culture where people thrive. From influencing policy to leading change, you’ll play a key role in delivering real value for colleagues and customers. If you're passionate about making a difference through people, we want to hear from you.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Working with partner managers to develop and monitor plans to deliver business objectives through their people, applying People and Places Directorate models and plans where appropriate
- Developing innovative, timely and cost-effective solutions, and ensure that business requirements are incorporated into People and Places Directorate initiatives
- Inform the business of key People and Places Directorate messages, initiatives, and policies so that these are understood in a timely way, and managers ensure fair and consistent practice across their teams
- Coaching and supporting business managers to lead and facilitate change, enabling them to implement change using appropriate skills, models, tools, and techniques
- Working with senior leaders, to develop HR interventions and strategies to improve organisational performance, capability and skills and create a high-performance workplace
- Analyse, interpret, and monitor management information, providing senior managers with meaningful insight and advice to address business problems and provide recommendations that facilitate continuous improvement
- Building productive relationships and engaging with stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure strong partnerships, creating a high performing and well-respected Agency
- Working with colleagues across the People and Places Directorate to provide a professional consultancy model to best support DVSA and our customers
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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HR Business Partner in Birmingham employer: Government Recruitment Service
The Ministry of Justice is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work environment where finance professionals can thrive. With a strong commitment to employee development, flexible working options, and a robust pension scheme, the MoJ fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation, ensuring that every team member has the opportunity to influence key financial strategies that impact the nation. Located nationally, this role provides the unique advantage of engaging with diverse stakeholders across the UK, making it a rewarding place for those seeking meaningful contributions to public service.
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