Members' People Partner

Job summary

Join the House of Commons as a Members’ People Partner (HR Advisor) and play a pivotal role in supporting Members of Parliament and their teams. Based within the Members’ HR team, you will deliver expert, high-volume case management across a wide range of complex HR matters, offering pragmatic, legally sound advice while navigating the unique parliamentary environment.

Job description

This is a dynamic and people-focused role where you’ll build strong relationships with Members and their staff, providing tailored guidance on employee relations, performance management, and employment law. You’ll coach and empower stakeholders to confidently manage their responsibilities as employers, while ensuring compliance with best practice and regulatory frameworks.

Working collaboratively across the wider People and Culture Team, you’ll also contribute to policy development, deliver training, and share insights to continuously improve services. This is a unique opportunity to apply your HR expertise at the heart of UK democracy, in a role that demands professionalism, discretion, and political impartiality.

Find out more about working at the House of Commons.

Person specification

• CIPD Level 5 qualified or have equivalent experience
• Up to date knowledge of employment legislation
• Experience of delivering excellent customer service, through excellent inter-personal skills, including the ability to build and maintain good working relationships
• Well-developed communication skills, both oral and written
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Experience of analysing data to identify trends and making recommendations for improvement

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,614, House of Commons contributes £12,634 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

CV & Application Form – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an application form against criteria 2, 3 and 6 in the Job Description.

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description.

As part of the interview process, you will be required to complete a task. Further information will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

You may be asked to prepare a presentation at the interview stage. Further information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

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Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

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 : Recruitment Team
• Email : Recruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@parliament.uk

Attachments

Members' People Partner - Job Description Opens in new window (docx, 942kB)