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On behalf of the Bank of England, we are looking for a Strategic HR Business Partner - (INSIDE IR35) for a 6-month contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of 3 days attendance in the London or Leeds office

The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people.

The Bank of England is a diverse organisation. Each of its 4,000 people are committed to public service and dedicated to promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.

This is a critical programme role responsible for the design, coherence and integrity of the Bank wide Skills Framework

You will act as the design authority for skills, working closely with the Skills Workstream Lead, Professions, Talent, Leadership & Management, and Technology partners to ensure skills are usable, consistent, inclusive and decision ready, not just conceptually sound

As a Strategic HR Business Partner - (INSIDE IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Skills framework ownership: Lead the design, evolution and quality assurance of a bank wide Skills Framework that is clear, human centred, scalable and fit for purpose.
• Clarity & usability: Translate complex organisational and professional capability into simple, consistent skill language, balancing enterprise coherence with professional specificity and avoiding duplication with job architecture.
• Integration & sequencing: Ensure skills integrate coherently with professions, talent pathways, leadership capability and workforce planning, informing direction rather than competing with parallel workstreams.
• Standards & governance: Define and uphold design standards, guardrails and decision principles, providing clear options, trade offs and recommendations to governance forums.
• Quality, inclusion & assurance: Ensure skills artefacts meet bank standards for inclusion, equity, ethics, data quality and auditability.
• Technology enablement: Work with Business Analysts, Technology and Oracle partners to ensure skills design is technically implementable and supports Dynamic Skills enablement and real world use.
• Stakeholder credibility & sustainability: Act as a trusted SME with senior leaders, clearly explain skills concepts, and build lasting capability through documentation, knowledge transfer and BAU readiness.

Essential:

• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance
• HR & Talent Expertise: Skilled HR leader with broad experience across HR, talent, and L&D, underpinned by a strong understanding of how businesses operate.
• Skills-Based Organisations: Proven expertise in designing and delivering large-scale skills frameworks that support skills-based organisation models.
• Strategy Delivery: Hands-on experience building and implementing skills strategies that evolve with organisational needs.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong ability to assess complex requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and design evidence-based solutions.
• Simplifying Complexity: Exceptional at translating complex concepts into clear, human-centred skill language and compelling narratives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Experienced in engaging senior stakeholders and governance forums, clearly presenting options, risks, and recommendations to drive understanding and adoption

Desirable:

• Experience integrating skills with talent management, workforce planning, professional or leadership frameworks, ideally within large, complex organisations.
• Familiarity with HR technology enablement, including skills data, Oracle or Dynamic Skills–based talent systems.
• Experience applying equity based, bias aware design principles to people frameworks, ideally in public sector, regulatory or similarly complex environments.

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

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Bank of England 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 

The Bank of England 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".