AMS PSR

On behalf of Department for Education, we are looking for an HR Business Partner - (Inside IR35) for a 5 month contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of 3 days per week in your closest office – London / Coventry / Darlington / Manchester / Sheffield. Remote working may be considered dependent upon your location and circumstances

HR BPs undertake their work through bringing people-related expertise to an understanding of the organisation, its strategy and customers, and the people challenges it faces.

Your role:

• Strategic Partnering
• Through strong working relationships with DGs and their SLTs, drive people strategies and practices that support shared goals and the objectives of the Department.
• Guide senior leaders through best practice end-to-end change management, supporting them to identify and mitigate risks, and understand the people impacts.
• Support the development of senior leadership capability in people matters.

Solving

As a member of the Group’s senior leadership team, bring insight together with data, HR expertise, policy and practice.

Operate with curiosity to identify trends, inform decision making, solve problems, and develop effective people solutions, organisation strategy and strategic workforce plans, while minimising risks.

Connecting

Facilitate connections between the organisation and appropriate HR expertise, supporting implementation of the HR Service Model

Input business views to inform development of HR policies and strategies and enable two-way feedback on HR services, to improve outcomes within the agreed service model.

As an HR Business Partner - (Inside IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Credible HR Professional: Substantial experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver people strategy.
• Relationship Building: Excellent stakeholder management skills, understanding internal and external conditions affecting culture, delivery, and performance.
• Data Advocacy: Identifying trends, using metrics to drive initiatives, and improving work processes.
• Organizational Skills: Handling multiple priorities, leading programs, and seeing the bigger picture.
• Coaching and Support: Using coaching techniques with senior leaders to improve team capability and capacity, and ensuring leaders understand employee engagement drivers.
• Strategic Development: Supporting the organization in workforce planning, organizational design, resourcing, talent management, and leadership development.

Essential:

• Strategic Partnering and HR Experience: Substantial experience in HR, delivering in a Civil Service Business Partner role, and supporting the organisation to develop people strategies.
• Collaborative and Communication Skills: Successfully building impactful relationships with senior stakeholders, demonstrating communication skills to challenge assumptions and influence direction.
• Organisational and Analytical Expertise: Excellent organizational and prioritization skills, problem-solving through coaching and workforce data analysis, and working collaboratively across HR teams to connect activities.

Desirable:

• Hold CIPD Level 5 Intermediate / Level 7 Advanced Diploma in HRM or equivalent experience
• Public Sector experience
• Organisation Design and Development experience

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Department for Education guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

DE&I Commitment

Department for Education guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant 

Department for Education guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Trevor Wilson at Trevor.Wilson@weareams.com