HR Business Partner - Resourcing

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner (Resourcing) to join our dynamic people team on a fixed term basis for 18 months. This is a pivotal role responsible for the delivery of a high-profile recruitment campaign delivering experienced financial and investment talent into the organisation.

Acting as the specialist Business Partner for resourcing, the post holder will represent the HR function within the change and resourcing spaces. Responsible for providing a customer focused HR service, they will work closely with HR senior leaders, change colleagues and the Business Partnering and Resourcing teams to drive a programme of resourcing and associated people changes that includes processes for attraction, assessment and selection.

This role will also lead and direct a small team providing specialist advice and guidance across the Agency on a full range of specialist resourcing and associated people issues, mitigating risks by ensuring adherence to Homes England’s HR policies and procedures.

Job description

The successful candidate will be a chartered member of the CIPD or have a relevant degree/NVQ level 7 equivalent in Human Resource Management or similar. They will have significant experience in end-to-end resourcing, demonstrable experience of successfully delivering specialist resourcing campaigns and financial and investment sector recruitment experience.

Experienced in effective business partnering, they will also be a skilled networker with strong relationship building skills.

Person specification

Knowledge and experience

• Chartered member of the CIPD or a relevant degree/NVQ level 7 equivalent in Human Resource Management or similar
• Significant experience of resourcing; demonstrable experience of successfully delivering specialist resourcing campaigns
• Experienced in financial and investment recruitment
• Experienced in effective business partnering
• Effective networker with strong relationship building skills
• Experience of guiding leaders, managers and colleagues through organisational change

Skills

• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management capability, demonstrated at all levels
• Ability to apply pragmatism whilst adhering to policy and statutory requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication and influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to confidently make risk-based decisions and sound judgements under pressure
• Analytical with an attention to detail and the ability to think critically
• Ability to communicate complex information and translate this for a non-expert audience

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

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

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk