Marine Management Organisation Hiring for HR Business Partner at North East Full Time

Details

Reference number

245045

Salary

£47,549 – £56,332

Job grade

Grade 7

Grade 7 (N)

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

2

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Benefits

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Location

North East England

About the job

Job summary

These positions are based at Lancaster House, Newcastle

Job description

Organisation Details

This is an exciting time to join the MMO as we become an independent coastal state, embedding new repatriated functions and services with an increased focus on the protection and enhancing of the marine environment.

We license, regulate and plan marine activities in the seas around England and Wales so that they’re carried out in a sustainable way. This helps the government achieve its vision for clean, healthy, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas.

Our MMO Story, sets out the vision for our seas both in England and globally.

The MMO values, of being Accountable, Innovative, Engaging and Inclusive guide the way we work and as a member of a small, agile HR team you will work to these values to lead on the delivery of the MMO People Plan. You will be the first point of contact for directors and managers in your business areas, contributing to the design of and delivery of a people and workforce strategy. You will ensure MMO has the most effective people profile to suit its business needs and champion the HR service offer, providing the right level of support to MMO business areas.

Key tasks, accountabilities and responsibilities

Personal performance

Contribute to the design of a fit for purpose MMO People Plan and strategy workforce plan (SWP)

Plan and manage own and others workload to ensure delivery of MMO People Plan and SWP

Work with Directors, guiding them on their people-related delegated authority and heading off employee relations issues before they escalate

Take responsibility for strategic and tactical plans for workforce development

Contribute to the development of L&D initiatives, delivering training where appropriate.

Work with Head of HR to shape the HR service offer so that it is fit for purpose.

Stakeholder Management

Work with MMO Directors to understand the business requirements

Develop and maintain business partner relationships with the organisation and directors

Provide subject matter expertise to ELT and the wider business

Ensure ELT are kept informed of the progress of all projects, including check in points

Work with Defra counterparts, Civil Service Community of Practice and HR Service Providers (such as SSCL or Government Recruitment Service etc) collaboratively.

Finance

Forecast budget requirements for own area and work with the Head of HR to ensure a business case for funding is created and submitted

Identify and utilise alternative funding streams to deliver the PP and SWP

Assist in the utilisation of L&D budget for organisational development.

People Management

Ensure all team member are equipped and skilled to be able to carry out their duties

Manage personal performance of your individual team member through scheduled performance reviews and regular 1:1s ensuring personal aspirations and discussed and supported as far as possible

Empower your team members to support their own teams’ performance

Work collaboratively with other senior case managers to share best practice and ensure consistent standards by providing feedback on case work quality checks

Ensure the organisational priorities are communicated and understood by your team and empower them to cascade this to their teams

Provide opportunities to develop resilience and support succession planning.

Continuous Improvement

Work closely with wider civil service to ensure best practise is applied to MMO HR products

Identify strengths, weaknesses and trends from people analytics to create and deliver tactical and strategic plans

Ensure that people related projects are landed effectively by using a strong comms plan

Day to Day

Achievement of personal targets and KPI’s

Ensure that the MMO values and code of conduct are embedded in your daily activity and you provide feedback to others

Comply with all MMO policies and procedures at all times

Develop customer and stakeholder relationships to enable mutually satisfactory results

Maximize opportunities to continually learn about your role and yourself

Support corporate initiatives as required

Positively promote the MMO “brand” outside of the organisation

Any other reasonable duty as defined by the organisation

Role Criteria

Essential

CIPD Qualified (or equivalent) or over 5 years’ recent experience of working in a generalist or HR Business Partner role, ideally gained in a variety of sectors.

Knowledge of up to date industry best practice in generalist HR practices

Knowledge of current and upcoming employment legislation

Excellent experience of managing employee relations casework

Experience of developing and delivering learning and development initiatives

Extensive experience of delivering in the organisational design space

Excellent communication and listening skills

Proven influencing and negotiating skills

Ability to join a senior leadership cohort and build and maintain relationships at senior, executive and board level

Experience of acting as a trusted advisor to executive teams

Proven technical HR skills

Desirable

Job Evaluation qualification and experience of applying JEGS in the workplace

Experience of line managing people

Civil Service or Public Service experience

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Qualifications

CIPD

Memberships

CIPD

Benefits

Learning and development tailored to your role

An environment with flexible working options

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Selection process details

Please refer to Job Description

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:
UK nationals

nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

nationals of the Republic of Ireland

nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service

relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service

certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :Name :
Clive Liggett

Email :
[email protected]

Recruitment team :Email :
[email protected]

Further information

https://networkrecruitment.tal.net/vx/appcentre-5/brand-10/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/6/opp/4644-4644-HR-Business-Partner/en-GB