About the job

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our supportive HR Business Partner team.  

Within this role you will provide strategic HR partnering, working as a ‘critical friend’ and coach to key stakeholders across various Directorates and projects.  You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a range of colleagues and stakeholders to deliver appropriate, timely and effective people interventions and initiatives, supporting organisational change in line with our strategies and cultural aspirations.

Job description

In this role you will report into the Senior HR Business Partner and provide strategic partnering and HR support. 

As HR Business Partner you will build successful business relationships with leaders and managers to identify risks / issues and translate business requirements into prioritised people activities.

You will provide insight based on people analytics and advice to business managers on people related activity, such as restructuring, job design and evaluation, and resourcing activity.

You will work with managers to deliver the People Strategy, ensuring appropriate consultation and engagement with Trade Union colleagues.

In this varied role, you will work collaboratively with all teams in HR to provide a joined up, co-ordinated service to our HM Land Registry customers.

Please see the attached candidate pack for further details.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will have either Level 5 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or have equivalent experience, including experience of advising and supporting senior managers on a wide range of HR matters.

You will have the ability to make strong and influential relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, influencing business outcomes and decisions.  You will be able to evidence experience of successfully facilitating change management techniques, championing the importance of engaging people in the change and be adept at analysing and interpreting data to create and present evidence-based insight and recommendations.

You will have proven experience of identifying and applying actions to proactively mitigate people related risks around decision making or implementation, and of working in partnership with Trade Union representatives on people initiatives – experience of consultation and engagement.

You will have a practised range of communication styles and approaches which you can adapt to different situations and audiences.  You will have up to date knowledge of employment legislative frameworks and their application to a broad range of scenarios

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £50,372, HM Land Registry contributes £13,600 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Please copy and paste your CV onto the online application form, detailing your qualifications and work history.

You will then be asked to complete a 250-word technical box which should be used to demonstrate how you meet the essential technical criteria as follows:

• Either Level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent experience
• Existing experience advising and supporting senior managers on a wide range of HR matters

In the event of high volume of applications, the technical criteria may be used as the lead sift criteria.

The Personal Statement section (in no more than 750 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below.  Please section your statement with headings to match the criteria:

• Ability to make strong and influential relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, influencing business outcomes and decisions
• Successful facilitation of change management techniques, championing the importance of engaging people in the change
• Analysing and interpreting data to create and present evidence-based insight and recommendations

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview and a pre-prepared presentation. The interview may take place virtually or face to face, and we will confirm that for those who are shortlisted for interview. 

The blended interview will test the experience and behaviours listed in the attached Candidate Pack, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested.

(Please note, as this is a SEO+ role, the behaviours will be assessed during the interview at Level 4 - Grade 7 and 6 or equivalent.)

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

You should ensure you read the attached Candidate Pack fully before submitting an application.

Please note, the Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the entire recruitment process are of your own experience. HM Land Registry take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Any detected instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating, including the use of artificial intelligence, will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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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Working for 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.