Senior Manager - HR Strategic Projects
Job summary
Reporting to the Assistant Director – People Development, the Senior Manager – HR Projects post holder will work closely with the HR Senior Leadership Team and colleagues across the agency to lead, shape and deliver priority HR projects that support delivery of the People Strategy and HR delivery plan.
The role includes responsibility for managing a small team, providing clear direction, support and constructive challenge to ensure high quality outcomes and a positive team experience.
This role requires pace, grip and judgement. You will be expected to quickly understand context, assess priorities and drive progress across a portfolio of work, ensuring momentum is maintained and outcomes are delivered.
Job description
The role requires an agile approach, working across short, medium and long-term projects, often at pace and with competing priorities. You will be a self-starter, comfortable operating with minimal direction, able to quickly assess issues, set clear direction and drive delivery through to completion.
Working with key stakeholders across the agency and alongside a professional HR team, you will ensure the efficient, consistent and effective delivery of HR activity, while contributing to our ambition to create a great place to work.
There are several exciting and rewarding projects this role will lead on which include the development of our Leadership Standards and the integration of these behaviours throughout the entire employee lifecycle. This work will shape how we recruit, onboard colleagues, how we support development, and enable fair, effective and meaningful performance management.
The role will also play a key part in advancing our approach to careers and capability helping to create clear career pathways that support both organisational priorities and individual growth.
This role provides is an excellent opportunity to combine high quality day to day HR delivery with the design and implementation of innovative solutions that directly support the agency’s People and Culture Strategy.
Person specification
You have a strong track record of leading and delivering complex, organisation wide HR projects. You operate confidently at both a strategic and operational level, able to quickly understand organisational context, set clear direction and drive delivery at pace across a varied portfolio of priorities.
You bring strong generalist HR knowledge, with experience of working across the employee lifecycle, including areas such as onboarding, recruitment, engagement, talent and succession planning, careers, development and capability building. You use this expertise to design and implement a range of practical, people‑focused solutions that enhance organisational effectiveness and the employee experience.
You demonstrate excellent leadership and management behaviours, creating clarity, setting high standards and supporting others to perform at their best. You build strong, trusted relationships and lead with credibility, fostering a positive and high performing culture.
You are proactive and outcome focused, taking ownership and seeing activity through to completion.
Above all, you are motivated by making a meaningful impact. Helping to create a great place to work while supporting delivery of people priorities.
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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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
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
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).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
Job contact :
Recruitment team
Salary range
- £51,076 - £59,570 per year