HR Business Partners play a critical role within People and Capability (PandC) Group. They drive organisational transformation as experienced HR professionals and strategic partners to the most senior decision makers and their leadership teams across DWP.

They enable and utilise evidence-based decision making in the business they partner using data, insight and analytics to identify key people issues and support the implementation of solutions. They provide constructive challenge to enable the best possible people-focused outcomes whilst delivering a highly professional service.

They enable successful alignment between PandC and DWP organisational objectives, providing positive current and future business outcomes in line with best practice, policy, and legal frameworks.

This role places particular emphasis on:

• An ability to build trust-based relationships with a wide range of demanding and diverse senior stakeholders;
• An ability to bring flexibility, curiosity and diverse perspectives into your work to achieve successful business outcomes.
• An understanding of the business you partner, and how to communicate critical people issues with stakeholders;
• An ability to drive organisation change and transformation initiatives with evidence of the impact on the business through the analysis of appropriate metrics and insights.

If you are eager to broaden your current HR Business Partnering experience in a large and complex organisation this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Essential Criteria:

• Leadership: A proven track record as a credible HR leader, demonstrating resilience and adaptability to successfully lead organisations through complex and challenging periods of change. (LEAD CRITERIA)
• Stakeholder Management: HR Business Partnering experience of building strong, trust-based relationships with a range of diverse and demanding senior stakeholders in relation to people management issues in an environment of substantial organisational change.
• Driving Change and Transformation: An ability to develop and implement strategic people-related change initiatives, understanding the people impacts of change and evidencing its positive impact on the business through the analysis of appropriate business and people metrics and insights.
• Effective Communication: Strong communication skills to engage and influence senior officials, acting as a coach and trusted confidante, successfully implementing people interventions and changes in complex business areas.
• Fast-Paced Environment: An ability to quickly gain an understanding of the client business, identify people issues in a proactive way and communicate confidently and persuasively about solutions in the language of the business, constructively challenging and providing appropriate feedback with tenacity and ethical integrity.
• Professional Credibility: Displays personal credibility in your commitment to continuous personal and professional development, inspiring others to invest in their own personal and professional development.

Qualifications:

• You must have achieved CIPD Chartered membership or be willing to work towards this upon commencement of your role.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture