HR Adviser – Maternity Cover Remote
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Job summary
This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.
About us:
We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
Job description
We look forward to reading your application for the role of HR Adviser.
The selected candidate will provide HR Generalist and project support to the Senior HR Business Partner team to ensure that all College HR policy is legally compliant, adopts best practice, and is implemented to ensure consistency. You will Provide line managers and employees with first level, accurate and quality advice and support on people and organisational development matters for College staff to enable the HR team to deliver a high degree of professional HR customer service.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Developing strong customer-focused relationships with line managers, employees and HR colleagues and work with them to address and resolve issues in line with College policies and protocols.
- Provide effective individual and/or team-based coaching, support, advice and guidance to staff and managers on the application of College policies and procedures in learning and professional development, performance management, employee support and assessment of development needs, to raise College performance and capability.
- Engage with line managers, employees and HR Business Partners to specify and devise appropriate solutions to meet individual, team or organisational development needs, preparing comprehensive plans to support implementation and/or delivery.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
- Level 4 qualification (e.g. CIPD accredited, Certificate in Training Practice), or significant relevant experience in related area.
- Demonstrable experience in HR organisational development and People polices with a track record of providing accurate advice, support and solutions to a consistently high standard.
- Demonstrable experience of interpreting, developing and updating HR policies and procedures, devising and delivering training and coaching around these.
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience in HR organisational development and People polices with a track record of providing accurate advice, support and solutions to a consistently high standard.
- Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and removing unnecessary barriers to service delivery.
Benefits
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing
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Selection process details
Eligibility:
Vacancy reference: ENS6243
This role is available to as a fixed term appointment to all applicants or as a secondment opportunity until 31 December 2023 to:
- colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application. Temporary promotion is available.
- serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Sergeant who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to [email protected].
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
Whilst this fixed term contract is offered on the understanding that it will only last as long as the stated contract length, there could be a possibility that it could be extended or made permanent should circumstances allow.
How to apply and contact information:
For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.
What it's like working at the College of Policing
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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).
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