Medical Retirement Pensions HR Business Partner

Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide an expert, professional HR advisory service on a range of complex and sensitive issues that may arise during the employee life cycle by providing advice, guidance and support to all managers and staff in order to provide a consistent, professional HR advisory service to the force.
• Provide professional advice and guidance to the Chief Constables of Kent & Essex (the Scheme Managers) and the delegated scheme managers in respect of the provision of medical retirement Pension Policy, procedural advice, guidance and governance to enable them to discharge their statutory responsibilities under the relevant regulations and schemes ensuring compliance with the new Police Pensions Scheme regulations.
• Manage complex case work involving issues such as compliance with pension regulations, medical appeals, the application of discretionary pension benefits, pension forfeiture claims, IDRP pension complaints, early release of benefits for ill-health retirement, deferred ill-health retirement, promoting the application of approved and effective policies, practices and working procedures.
• Act as the force representative for Essex and Kent Pension Authority in respect of medical appeals, work with and act as a key contact for the pension administrators regarding medical retirement and investigate medical retirement pension complaints appertaining to the Police Pension Scheme.
• Act as an advocate and influencer of change by developing and supporting communication methods with staff, participating in joint consultation and negotiation procedures with staff associations and trade unions.
• Attend and advise the Pension Board for Kent and Essex Forces acting as the key contact point for medical retirement pension information, producing reports and papers.
• Develop, analyse, and interpret medical retirement related data, management information and employee feedback to identify trends and issues to shape people and pensions interventions across both forces.
• Liaise with the head of Payroll and Pensions to support in any information provision or interpretation for medical retirement pensions for the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Pensions Information.
• Liaise with the Head of Payroll and Pensions, and other internal and external stakeholders, to lead any change as required by legislation.
• To undertake the statutory review of those in receipt of medical retirement pension allowances on behalf of the Scheme Manager and to provide reporting on progress and outcomes.
• Manage and review corporate HR areas of responsibility, including the design, development and revision of medical retirement policies, processes and conditions of service.
• Manage the work of an HR & Pension Adviser, allocating work and balancing workloads, managing performance and quality assuring service provision.

Necessary Experience:

• The HR Partner will be a fully qualified Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (Level 7) and will hold an equivalent level HR qualification.
• This will be backed with a proven track record of around 5 years in generalist human resources work experience, which includes advising middle/senior managers, policy interpretation and resolving complex people-related problems.
• The post holder will provide expert advisory support to senior managers, ensuring the provision of a professional, efficient, and cost-effective service.
• The post holder will own and deliver an HR caseload and ensure that a business focused and fit for purpose approach is always delivered.
• The post holder will advise and impact over a broad range of HR activities, particularly employee relations, reward, recruitment, selection, talent management and policy and procedure.
• It is essential that the post holder has a good working knowledge of current employment legislation, Police HR policies, processes, police regulations, staff terms and conditions of service and practical experience of advising on HR issues.
• The post holder must be innovative, flexible, self-motivated, organised, have the capacity to manage a substantial and varied workload, and be able to meet challenging business targets.
• Good organisational skills are essential for the effective performance of this role.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, both verbal and written, applied robustly and sympathetically whilst handling a variety of situations involving sensitive personal issues.
• The post holder must possess good general project management skills and the ability to undertake basic research and analysis work.
• The post holder must be fully conversant with a range of Microsoft Office products and have previous experience of a computerised management information system.
• The post holder will be required to travel to locations within both Essex and Kent.
• This post is deemed to be a designated post. Vetting clearance is a pre-requisite of employment in designated posts and the post holder will be subject to management vetting assessment every 7 years.