About the job

Job summary

Why JNCC?

We’re small enough (c.300 staff) that your voice is heard by everyone including the CEO, but big enough that we have all the skills, resources and people you’ll need to get the job done. All our staff are passionate about conservation and making a difference to the world we live in. We have a very flexible, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. Our Executive Management provides employees with the freedom and tools you will need, and our friendly team will assist you in your role.  
 
JNCC is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities as well as an exciting job in a unique environment.  

Post background

The JNCC HR team is a small team responsible for carrying out the full range of HR roles and responsibilities. The Senior HR Manager role is a senior and influential post, supporting the business to deliver HR strategic objectives to support the delivery of JNCC’s Together for Nature Strategy.

Working closely with the Head of HR and two other HR Business Partners (BPs), this post will lead on providing workforce solutions with a view to enabling delivery of the organisational strategy and objectives. The postholder will lead on aspects of work associated with forward planning, modernisation, engagement, motivation and performance.

As a qualified HR professional, you will use a combination of generalist knowledge, personal skills and experience to support leaders to align people and business priorities.

Job description

Post Duties 

• Working in partnership with the other HR BPs and Head of HR to deliver HR strategic objectives to support delivery of JNCC’s Together for Nature Strategy.

• Strategic role in supporting JNCC to become a learning organisation, implementing initiatives such as Talent Management, succession planning and upskilling line managers to develop our people.

• Provide expertise and support to senior leaders on Strategic workforce planning and flexible resourcing.

• Ensure people survey results have appropriate action plans and that these are well supported within the organisation.

• Lead on the development and review of HR policies and procedures, in line with available Civil Service policies and procedures and organisational requirements

• Working collaboratively with external organisations such as Defra

• Support HRBPs when additional capacity is required for complex ER Case Management

• Line management of one team member.

• Any other duties required to support business objectives.

Person specification

Please demonstrate in your statement your suitability for the position.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,320, Joint Nature Conservation Committee contributes £10,346 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, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a statement of suitability. In your statement, refer to the Behaviours and experience section of this advert to show how you’re suitable for the role.

Please use the STARR technique

• Situation: Set the stage. 
• Task: Explain where you fit in. 
• Action: Describe each step. 
• Results: Impress with your achievements.
• Reflection: what have you learned 

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

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (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.