People Business Partner - Central Government

Role: People Business Partner

Contract Length: 12 months

Location: Hybrid/West Burton – 3 days per week on site

IR35: Inside

Pay Rate to Intermediary: £350-£450 per day

Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a People Business Partner for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PEOPLE BUSINESS PARTNER

• People Plans: Support the development, implementation, and delivery of annual People Plan. Research external benchmarks and best practice to improve and enhance procedures for all people related activities, such as Performance Management, Attendance, Recognition and Reward, Talent Acquisition, Onboarding, Succession Planning and Career Development. Share insights as part of a community with other People team members.
• People Projects: Build and deliver people-related projects that support the business plans for client. Collaborate and work closely with the broader People Department and wider business to deliver on shared and individual objectives, leading and contributing to People related projects as appropriate.
• Management Information: Provide intelligent management information to deliver reports and people data as required to meet the needs of People projects, operational activities, and initiatives, including collating, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data.
• Organisational Development: Support the Deputy Head of People with embedding and defining the culture and behaviours of client and Programmes, contributing research on best practice and implementing initiatives. Contribute to the change management plans, supporting and effectively communicating while engaging with key stakeholders. Assist with internal People process improvements, and People policy development and implementation, taking account of external best practice and benchmarking. Lead the employee engagement and wellbeing surveys and follow up with action planning. Assist in facilitating focus groups and think tank sessions. Take ownership of the development, continuous improvement and implementation of onboarding programmes, supporting managers on what is expected of them, to ensure that all employees are welcomed, motivated, engaged and well-integrated. Partner with business to provide feedback, manage performance, develop talent, coach employees, and promptly address employee relations matters.
• Employee Relations: Manage informal employee relations cases, coaching managers and employees to achieve informal resolutions and prevent escalations of cases. Support with ER and Policies for adhoc employee relations cases by advising on the management of conduct issues, grievances and other ER issues within client. Gather data-informed insights and develop proactive solutions to reduce ER informal and formal casework.
• Talent, Learning & Development: Liaise with central wider business teams to support secondments, providing advice and support as required to colleagues before, during and post-placement. Contribute to the talent development agenda and its implementation through talent management initiatives such as developing career paths, succession planning, performance review processes, and the identification of development and training needs. Support the Deputy head of people with near and long-term workforce forecasting and demand planning, focusing on building the capability of the manager rather than just managing the issue. Work in collaboration with the Divisional Skills Manager to develop early career initiatives, interventions and programmes. Work in collaboration to determine both technical and non-technical competencies for each role to support career planning, development needs and L&D interventions. Support in the development and roll out of technical competency mapping.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE BUSINESS PARTNER

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience) with proven experience in an HR Advisor, Junior HR Business Partner or HR Business Partner role.
• Strong employee relations expertise with a sound understanding of UK employment law, HR policies and best practice.
• Experience delivering HR projects, organisational development initiatives and people-focused programmes within a complex or fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience producing HR metrics, management information and data-driven recommendations to support decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels.
• Strong organisational and project management capabilities, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and use Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.

If you are a People Business Partner, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell! We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.