Senior HR Business Advisor

Job Title: Senior HR Business Advisor

Salary: The starting salary is £57,301, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £54,460 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £66,356.  Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: This role is embedded with local leadership teams, at locations within the London Metropolitan Area with an emphasis on on-site support. However there is some scope for hybrid working. We have vacancies based in Central, East, West, & South London

More trust. Less crime. High standards – that’s our two-year mission plan. To turn it into reality, we’ve created the People Performance Improvement Team (PPIT). In this newly formed unit, you’ll have the chance to make a serious impact as a Senior HR Business Advisor. Join us – and give our team the support they need to give their best for London.  

In this newly created role, you’ll have the chance to deliver high quality, localised HR service to the Metropolitan Police Service (MSP). Working in collaboration with Senior Leadership Teams, you’ll identify and recommend HR solutions to improve operational performance, while guiding Operational Commands Units (OCUs) on areas such as attendance, performance, grievance management and employment tribunals.

You’ll ensure that your plans support our mission and that the customer is at the heart of your work. To help you achieve your aims, you’ll have central HR and senior and third-party stakeholders on hand. With this support, you’ll drive people performance across the OCUs, resolving challenges and making a difference to our workforce.

To join us, you’ll need significant experience as an HR Practitioner and a record of leading change. It’s vital that you understand HR practices, policies, and compliance requirements of diversity, equality, health and safety and other HR-related legislation if you want to make your mark. We’re also looking for knowledge of the unique challenges and dynamics that come with a police service environment. The ability to guide and make informed decisions in complex HR situations will be essential.

Above all, you must be capable of guiding teams and individuals with your strong communication skills. To excel, you’ll need to encourage a positive work environment, promote professional growth, and manage resources adroitly.

Why join us? Besides the rewarding nature of the job itself, a competitive salary and a Civil Service pension, you'll benefit from excellent career and professional development. 

Job Purpose

• To work with Senior Leadership Teams in identifying and recommending HR solutions to improve operational performance and to ensure more effective use of resources.
• To provide direction to OCUs on how to improve performance in key HR areas, such as attendance, performance, grievance management and employment tribunals.
• To ensure that the HR service directly supports the MPS Turnaround Plan and the Mission of More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards.
• To ensure that the customer and the organisation is at the heart of the HR Provision.
• Be the HR expert locally, drawing on assistance from central HR.
• Collaborating with senior and third party stakeholders, both internally and externally, to drive people performance across the OCUs and resolve associated challenges.
• To prioritise the needs of the customer making them central to HR service provision.

Communication and Working Relationships

• Close working relationship with the HR Business Advisor locally, to communicate objectives, actions required, feedback and to provide development opportunities
• Developing and engaging with HR colleagues directly and remotely across the organisation: Providing support to deliver overall service objective, to exchange of ideas, knowledge and best practice.
• To work together with colleagues outside of HR, i.e. DPS and Learning and Development (on issues including probation).
• Working in partnership with customers to resolve issues to benefit operational policing and the MPS.
• Feeding back to other parts of HR, where service needs to be reviewed.
• Feeding back to other HR colleagues in the development of the role.
• Building trust and good working relationships with external partners (e.g. SSCL and Optima).

Key Result Areas

• You will put the customer at the heart of everything you do, understand their Business area and what their greatest challenges are.
• You will work with OCUs to ensure that more officers are operationally deployable and the support for front line colleagues enhanced.
• You will keep oversight of HR performance tools, such as PDRs, grievances, UPP and UAP. You will review areas where there is non- compliance or lack of action and provide recommendations and support to line managers. You will escalate risks in these areas to SLTs.
• You will have oversight of officers on adjusted duties and staff on recuperative duties. You will lead with HR expertise with SLTs, to ensure OCUs are using their resources in the most effective way.
• You will analyse data across key HR areas, establishing trends across each and identifying hot spots and risk areas. You will use this data to inform your recommendations.
• You will have a holistic view on HR areas across an OCU, you will determine where there is correlation between each.
• You will be a part of and represent HR local SLTs highlighting risk areas and vulnerabilities and implement strategies for mitigating these risks and where appropriate present an action plan.
• You will collaborate with key stakeholders to proactively identify and advise on areas in which HR will add value to the Business area and improve organisational performance.
• You will have an understanding of the OCU’s workforce profile and vacancy factor and the impact that these may have on key HR performance areas.
• You will link into SLTs to ensure the corporate guidance in terms of workforce planning processes is understood and implemented.
• You will ensure that line managers are provided with robust HR support to enable them to fulfil their operational duties.
• You will work with SLT members to ensure that that line managers are aware of their responsibilities in terms of HR processes and are held accountable.
• You will provide extra support to line managers who are dealing with complex cases which need specialised HR advice, equipping them with the skills needed to ensure such cases are dealt with swiftly and in line with the correct policy and procedure.
• You will work collaboratively with colleagues from across HR (and external HR/OH providers) to ensure that the customer receives an informed, comprehensive HR service.
• You will be responsible for disseminating and communicating key HR policies and strategies to the Business area, monitoring understanding and feeding this back to HR colleagues.
• You will contribute to periodic review of local HR services and develop action plan to address issues identified.

Scope for Impact

• You will directly support the MPS Turnaround Plan with the aim to making better use of our resources.
• Freedom to decide where HR expertise is most needed and the advice given to managers as you will need to use your own experience and knowledge to identify key risks.
• You will need to use resources effectively, directing other HR colleagues to areas where further HR support is needed.
• You will provide robust support to line managers to ensure that complex cases are progressed in line with HR Policy and dealt with swiftly.
• You will forward recommendations to change HR Policy, (where needed) - having listened to feedback from other colleagues.
• You will need to have determination and resilience in driving through this significant change to the current HR service.
• You will need to hold other colleagues to account (both from within the Business and other parts of HR).
• You will need to manage the expectations of other colleagues and be very clear when setting out the responsibilities of your role and the role of other HR colleagues.

Dimensions

Responsible for between 1-3 staff. Ensuring that they undertake work that delivers the HR strategy.

Aligned to a specific area of the business with responsibility to ensure the HR needs are met.

Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 16th April 2024.

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