About the job

Job summary

The Deputy Director, HR Business Partnering (Operations) will manage a team of geographically dispersed HR Business Partners across His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The role will involve working strategically with senior business leaders to develop and oversee the delivery of people strategies and interventions which focus on retention, building capability and capacity, leadership development, attraction, talent and inclusion, ensuring alignment with People Group and Outcome Delivery Plan (ODP) priorities. The role will work alongside the DD HR Business Partnering (CEO) ensuring collective priorities and coordination across HMPPS people plans.

The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of the team's business plan objectives, working closely with both the HMPPS People Intelligent Client Function and People Group colleagues to determine appropriate cross-HMPPS priorities and setting direction for the operational HR Business Partnering team.

The post holder will help to shape and support the successful transition and embedding of the new HR Business Partnering operating model, leading the change and building and maintaining team engagement. They will also help to embed a revised HRBP service offer across HMPPS, ensuring clear expectations are communicated in order to provide a professional service to our stakeholders. This will also include building HR capability and talent within the team.

The role holder will report to, and work closely with the Executive HR Director, responsible for this area, and operate as a key member of the People Group leadership team, working to lead the people function across MoJ.

This is a Nationally based role

Job description

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

Person specification

This role will include the following responsibilities

• Accountability for strategic leadership, partnering and business delivery, and being part of the senior leadership team; in addition to forming part of organisational leadership teams across MoJ.
• Setting the direction and driving a systematic, evidence-based approach across the department for workforce planning and future shaping activity that enables business areas to deliver effective outcomes in an often volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment.
• Strengthening all aspects of capability across the team, including working with other functional colleagues to develop business partner capability that will meet the demands of now, but also the future.
• Being a strong corporate leader who works collegiately across MoJ People Group to set direction, convey a future vision, motivate teams and develop, attract and retain diverse talent.
• Working in a programmatic, systematic way, comfortable using data and insight to guide work, inform activity and outcomes, ensuring there is robust HR analytics across the business to inform people related decision making.
• Communicating with credibility and using excellent interpersonal skills to command the trust and confidence of senior officials and stakeholders, and translating complex information into meaningful, easily understood narrative.
• Building strong and effective relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, at all levels, through collaboration, professional credibility and emotional intelligence.
• Working successfully with senior stakeholders to drive change and improve performance through influencing and coaching business leaders to drive outcomes and delivery across the department.
• Supporting cross-team working, development and wellbeing as a key member of the People Group Senior Leadership Team.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Additional Information 

Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Ministry of Justice contributes £20,925 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.

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

Security

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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.