HRBP Thames Valley Network

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent
• Graduate CIPD member: relevant postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience
• Up to date knowledge of employment law and best practice
• An understanding of core employment policies and practices to enable the training and coaching of others
• Knowledge and appreciation of strategies to overcome resistance to change

Experience

Essential

• Significant generalist HR management experience in a large, complex and unionized organisation
• Demonstrable experience of independently managing highly complex and sensitive ER cases
• Demonstrable experience of supporting ER panels, including appeals
• Experience of policy consultation, development and implementation
• Demonstrable experience of being HR lead on employment tribunal cases
• Experience of acting as a change agent, working proactively to make departmental and organisational change happen
• Experience of designing, supporting and implementing HR interventions at a strategic level
• Experience of HR information systems and reporting, including ESR

Skills, Abilities & Knowlegde

Essential

• Proven project management skills
• Ability to build credibility by demonstrating the organisation's values, building trust with partners in the organisation and proactively contributing to organisational success
• Ability to effectively deliver training to a range of audiences using interactive approaches to aid learning
• Proven networking skills on different levels, employing use of tact, influence and persuasion as appropriate
• Good IT skills, including use of MS Excel and Word
• Highly numerate, with the ability to analyse and interpret numerical and/or statistical workforce data
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to work with all disciplines at all levels of an organisation
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver a number of objectives against tight schedules
• Ability to write coherent reports, policies and processes
• Good presentation skills
• An understanding of process and service improvement techniques
• Proactive, solution focused approach to implementation of HR interventions
• Able to work autonomously
• Able to deliver results through colleagues
• Line management experience
• A positive approach to working with others in a team environment
• Excellent communicator - using a range of media across different levels
• Strong influencer, able to contribute to shaping service strategies

Special Circumstances

Essential

• Ability to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
• Ability to travel to other sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).