Senior HR Caseworker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential criteria - you will be assessed on the below (10) essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description

• A relevant professional qualification i.e, CIPD or willingness to work towards this and equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience of managing and providing HR advice on complex and sensitive employee relations cases
• Up to date knowledge of employment law
• Experience of working autonomously and managing a workload of multiple competing priorities
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and reporting information in an effective manner to recommend an appropriate course of action
• Experience of using HR information systems
• Experience in developing HR policies and procedures
• Ability to problem solve, think quickly and adapt and respond appropriately to a range of varied and immediate customer needs
• Able to interpret information from various sources i.e. policies, legislation, case law and provide sound HR advice or propose a policy or service change
• Effective verbal, written and presentation communication skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear messages accurately for a range of audiences

Selection Process Details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

Success profiles assessment.

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the above listed (10) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
• (1000) word Statement of Suitability.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Shortlisting:

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment

Please do not exceed1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)

You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.

Behaviours, will be tested at interview.

There will be a five minute Presentation.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be

• Delivering a quality service
• Communicating and influencing
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria - External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) or at one of our scientific campus sites (Colindale, Porton and Chilton).

If based at one of our scientific locations, you will be required to have a Counter Terrorism Check security vetting check as a minimum. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years as the role requires Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance. In exceptional circumstances UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice. Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Person Specification

Application form

Essential

• Application form and statement of suitability

Behaviour

Essential

• Delivering a quality service
• Communicating and influencing
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace

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).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Any core UKHSA Location

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)