Description
Are you an experienced HR Business Partner looking to join a high performing HR department in a world leading organisation?
Join the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and play a key role in building the capacity, capability and commitment of our employees.
The CMA’s HR Business Partner team is a part of its high-performing People, Capability and Culture department and is at the forefront of all people-related activities, both operational and strategic. The Senior HR Business Partner role is an integral position that reports to an Assistant HR Director. The role has two primary functions:
- To act as a trusted strategic partner to leaders across a designated portfolio,using deep organisational understanding, people data and professional insight to diagnose priorities, shape workforce and people plans, and deliver evidence-based solutions that build leadership, talent, capability, engagement and sustainable performance.
- To lead the people dimensions of organisational change and transformation,working with leaders and specialist colleagues to design and embed changes to organisation, workforce, leadership, culture and ways of working, manage workforce impacts and risks, and ensure change delivers measurable, sustainable outcomes aligned with the CMA’s strategy and annual plans.
Delivering strategic solutions in partnership with CMA senior leaders, the Senior HR Business Partner is a client-facing, diagnostic and solution-focused role. It enables high performance of individuals, teams and the CMA through a coaching, influencing and facilitative approach.
This is an exciting time to join us. As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will be close to the CMA’s most important priorities, trusted to shape solutions with senior leaders and able to see the impact of your work across the organisation. If you are energised by purposeful work, ambitious change, and the chance to help build a brilliant organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Person specification
It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application:
- Significant HR Business Partner experience within a professional service and/or public sector organisation, evidencing a range of generalist HR experience.
- Experience in planning and delivering complex organisational change projects with stakeholders (including unions and staff representatives), including organisation design and culture change.
- Experience in supporting and coaching managers with complex employee relations matters, using strong employment law knowledge to mitigate risk and resolve cases.
- Chartered MCIPD qualification OR extensive general HR experience.
- Significant stakeholder management experience at a senior level, demonstrating confidence in handling challenging stakeholders and dealing with conflicting priorities.
- Excellent communication and written skills with the ability to provide clear advice, and present and write Board and Executive committee papers to a high standard, with strong IT skills in Microsoft office applications (Power point, Excel, Word, and Co-Pilot).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
- Developing Self and Others
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £61,300, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £17,758 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
You'll also get:
- 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the King’s birthday.
- Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations and eye tests.
- Access to the Civil Service Sports & Leisure, giving discounted gym membership, high street discounts, free access to UK wide attractions and a free Tastecard.
- A range of wellbeing benefits, including an employee assistance programme, flexible working options and family friendly policies, regular networking events and professional learning opportunities at work.