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On behalf of Crown Commercial Services, we are looking for an Organisational Development / HR Business Partner  (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract working on a hybrid basis 2 days per week from one of the office locations listed (Birmingham/Liverpool/London). Occasional travel will be required.

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

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

• Postholders will influence and challenge the size, shape, capability and location of a workforce.
• Using Organisational Design and Development and Strategic Workforce Planning, they will ensure the business is set up to deliver.
• HRBPs will operate at a strategic level as HR Leaders and also form part of business leadership teams across Departments.
• HRBPs will provide an objective view and challenge, helping shape business direction and achieving business outcomes. On behalf of the business, they will act as an intelligent customer into the wider HR Function.
• HRBPs work as part of a wider HRBP team providing strategic partnering support, challenge and HR advice.
• They will act as a ‘critical friend’ and coach to an allocated Leadership team and their business area, and/or lead specific projects on HR topics.
• HRBPs may also take on a portfolio role across their HRBP team e.g. developing strategies to improve people engagement or resourcing.
• A Senior HRBP role will be similar to that of a HRBP but operating at a broader and more senior level shaping wider organisational strategies and transformational change. SHRBPs may manage a HRBP team and/or take on a portfolio role across their HRBP team.
• HRBPs and Senior HRBPs work closely with HR ‘centres of expertise’ sharing views and insight from their business areas.
• This insight will inform Departmental wide People strategies (such as informing the requirements for Leadership Development Programmes).

Essential:

• HRBP experience
• CIPD Level 5 as a minimum
• Experience of Organisational Development and design
• Reorganisation experience
• Experience of supporting large business change

Desirable:

• Public Sector Experience
• Google Suite / Workday experience

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

At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, CCS 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.

Armed Forces Covenant 

Crown Commercial Services 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 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".