HR Director Corporate Services and Central Partnering Team
HM Revenue and Customs
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 30th September 2024
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Job summary
Our HR Business Partnering model is at the forefront of this transformation. You will lead the HR business partnering teams for 2 of our Business Groups - the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Solicitor’s Office and Legal Services (SOLS) Groups. You will have the opportunity to build strong and trusting relationships with senior leaders to help shape their people priorities and ensure they can lead effectively through change.
As the leader of our Central Partnering Team, you'll lead a new model for business partnering – providing a flexible resource of business partner capacity to support the broader BP team deliver key actions and interventions in support of the business.
This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, exciting and complex environment where you will be able to test your leadership skills. You will work with some incredible colleagues and take satisfaction that your team is having a real impact on the delivery of some of the most significant and challenging people programmes and helping HMRC to achieve its longer-term ambitions.
HMRC is committed to investing in our skills and capability. As one of the senior leaders in the directorate, you will be expected to actively support that aim.
For the right candidate, this is a broad, demanding and truly fascinating role.
Job description
- Ensuring delivery of a professional HR service to CFO, SOLS, currently c 4.5K employees in total.
- The shaping of CFO and SOLS, business priorities and people priorities, reflected in these Groups’ People Plan
- Influencing across the Chief People Officer Group to ensure the organisation’s people priorities reflect the business needs of both CFO and SOLS.
- Supporting CFO and SOLS business leaders and their Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs) collectively to build leadership capability, and to lead and manage change well.
- Continued development of the Central Partnering Team function to ensure high quality products.
- A current team of c 50 FTE and a budget of c £2 million
- Direct management of 3 Grade 6 staff
Key Accountabilities Include
- Delivery of actions, interventions and success measures outlined in the People Plans of both CFO and SOLS.
- Ensuring high levels of satisfaction with products and interventions developed by the CPT
Key Interactions
Partnering with senior business leaders in CFO and SOLS to ensure their Group People Plans reflect key business challenges, playing a full and active part in SLT in SOLS/CFO.
The role requires a close and strong working relationship with other HRDs to provide collective leadership to the HRBP function, as well as operating as a member of WT&P SLT.
It also requires building strong relationships across CPO and the wider HR function to ensure the function delivers support on key people priorities for CFO and SOLS, as well as strong partnership working the CPT.
Person specification
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate relevant experience and effective delivery of the following essential criteria:
- Minimum chartered CIPD with the committed to work towards FCIPD level.
- Experienced in leadership of large multi-level team creating strong career pathways, with diversity of capability and thought.
- The ability to influence others and secure the confidence of senior stakeholders; to quickly build credibility and operate at a strategic level, providing challenge, influencing and persuading senior leaders and board members.
- Demonstrable experience in using data and insight to facilitate business choices.
- Demonstrable experience in the execution of the people strategy/plan and delivery of core HR activity (e.g. resourcing, capability building, retention).
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
To apply for this post, you will need to complete an online application by submitting the following:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- A Statement of Suitability explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the criteria in the person specification.
Your CV and Statement of Suitability should reflect your most relevant and recent skills and experience in relation to the role. Therefore, we recommend that each document is no more than two A4 pages long.
The closing date for applications is 30 September 2024 and a shortlist decision is expected to be made by w/c 14 October 2024. All candidates will be notified of the outcome shortly afterwards.
Interview
You will be asked to attend an interview for a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence.
We will also ask you to prepare a 5-minute verbal presentation. Details will be issued in advance of your interview.
Interviews are expected to take place week virtually over Microsoft Teams, week commencing 21 October 2024. Full instructions will be issued prior to interview.
Regardless of the outcome, we will notify all candidates as soon as possible once all interviews have concluded.
All Criminal Record Checks applications are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Job contact :
- Name : Dale Robinson
- Email : scs.resourcing@hmrc.gov.uk
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- Email : scs.resourcing@hmrc.gov.uk
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