Do you hold a Level 7 CIPD qualification?
Do you have experience in building and maintaining good working relationships with internal stakeholders in a unionised organisation and experience in ensuring that HR processes are equitable and inclusive?
People Policy and Projects Partner
Location - London with Hybrid working
Salary - £47,745 - £53,934 DOE (and London weighting) pro rata
Full-Time
Fixed Term till the end of December 2024
Our client is a union with a membership of over half a million healthcare professionals and students. They support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. They exist to make a positive difference - to the working lives of their members and ultimately to standards in patient care.
Responsibilities for the role of People Policy and Projects Partner
- Actively review, develop, implement and evaluate a range of employment policies and procedures ensuring best practice
- Act as an organisational resource about employment policy and practice, ensuring the organisation is kept up to date and responds to changes in employment legislation and practice
- Undertake appropriate research to ensure that employment policies and procedures are benchmarked against other organisations to ensure appropriate standards are maintained; where possible, develop employment policies and practices that are innovative and ground-breaking to which other organisations can aspire
- Where appropriate and working with L&OD colleagues where relevant, develop and deliver training materials, tools and templates to support managers and staff in using and engaging with people policies, practices and initiatives
- Map, analyse, review and streamline end-to-end processes to drive continuous improvement towards excellence in service delivery, improving customer satisfaction, response times and cost-effectiveness
- Aid in the development and undertaking of people projects
- Design, develop and implement people solutions that address actions emanating from insights, either to mitigate critical risk or capitalise on opportunity using a broad awareness of organisational knowledge
- Proactively assess and review the impact of people solutions developed (including equity analysis) staying alert to changes in context and making appropriate corrections
- Work in conjunction with People and OD colleagues to translate any learning from complaints into service developments
- Work closely with People & OD colleagues to deliver departmental objectives and deploy their skills for the benefit of the team
- Attend, contribute to and support team meetings as required and where relevant to contribute to the development of the wider People & OD team
- Treat colleagues, members, customers and others with respect in line with our values and Our Respect Charter
- Champion equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights and be responsible for contributing to achieving the commitments set out in the company equality, diversity and inclusion statement
- Comply with the company Data Protection Policy, Retention Schedule and department procedures to ensure personal data is protected at all times
- Maximise all opportunities available to encourage member recruitment and promote the benefits of joining the company
- Promote the company as the organisation that represents nurses and nursing, and that promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies
- Undertake any other duties as requested in line with the job role
Skills for the role of People Policy and Projects Partner
- In-depth knowledge of contemporary HR practices, processes and policies and detailed working knowledge of employment legislation
- Will hold project management certification or training (e.g. Project Management Professional - PMP/APM) during the implementation phase
- Must have an excellent working knowledge of data protection legislation concerning employee, worker and job applicant data
- Ideally be a CIPD member with a level 7 HR Qualification
- The ability to travel, with occasional overnight stays as required
- Be an HR generalist at an advisory level or above, including advising on employment relations cases
- Experience in communicating HR practice and policy information to managers and staff
- Experience in carrying out thorough equality impact assessments
- Effective management of stakeholders
- Experience of working within the HR function of a unionised, multi-site organisation
- Experience in delivering reward-related policies and activities
- Build and maintain productive working relationships both internally and externally, able to negotiate, influence, challenge and give constructive feedback
- Proactively identify new ways of working to increase efficiency and/or improve the employee experience
- Have an understanding of and commitment to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion
- Experience in implementing HR and Finance systems or similar
- Experience in conducting thorough change management impact assessments to understand how the new system will affect various aspects of the Group
To find out more about the position, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
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