UK Research and Innovation Hiring for HR Workstream Manager at Swindon Full Time

Reference number

182472

Salary

£31,931

Grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Fixed Term

Length of employment

June 2024

Business area

UKRI – Human Resources

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

Flexible working

Number of posts

1

Location

Swindon

About the job

Summary

UKRI is a vast and complex organisation, so implementing a new ERP is no easy task! If you like a challenge, working with multiple cross organisational partners and getting stuck into the detail then this could be for you.

Job description

The SHARP programme team is looking for an individual from a HR generalist background with a wealth of experience across employee lifecycle process and supporting change. Working within a compact team you will be a HR subject matter expert understanding the inner workings of specialised functions and gaining insights into operational difficulties that employees face across the organisation. As well as supporting the SHARP HR Workstream Leads on delivering and managing clear programme objectives, you will work closely with the business to document, develop and identify HR processes, understanding all interactions across these activities and champion the adoption of a new system. As an ambassador this role will be pivotal in, facilitating business change, driving process harmonisation, solving problems in, answering queries/alleviating fears, and facilitating workshops and training within the HR functional areas.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Work with HR business and programme colleagues across all UKRI organisation in the development of best practice HR procedures and supporting HR harmonisation
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the HR community through effective engagement
• Provide specialist advice in developing new ways of working to facilitate process harmonisation and standardisation of processes
• Working with Workstream Leads, Business Analysts, Business Process Owners, the Business Change Manager, and 3rd party Suppliers/Partners to identify gaps and fully document business processes and requirement
• Coordinate and facilitate/lead a range of activities which will involve information gathering, convening workshops, and liaising with a wide range of HR collaborators, including documenting outputs of these activities
• Transformational project environment, have Oracle/Workday or other HR system experience, enjoy bringing together a network and can cooperate within a close and fast paced team, then please get in touch.

This is a fixed term contract (secondment if internal) until the end of project implementation, scheduled for June 2024. Predominately, UKRI supports home working and expects this to continue, however you will be expected to attend the Swindon office when required as we move towards a hybrid model.

Benefits

Choosing to work at UKRI, means you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.