HR Consultant - (Strategic Change) - (Inside IR35) | Ref: PIP0008493

Location

Darlington, County Durham | United Kingdom

Job description

HR Consultant - (Strategic Change) – (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 4 weeks

Contracting Authority: Student Loans Company (SLC)

Location: Glasgow or Darlington 2 days per week

This is an influential and highly visible role to define and lead all people plans and workstreams to support SLC wide strategic change programmes, ensuring the people aspect of the programmes meet the needs of the directorate and that they are delivered seamlessly to SLC colleagues.

As our HR Consultant –(Strategic Change)  your main responsibilities will be to;

• Provide strategic challenge, overview and scrutiny of the people impacts of change programme, ensuring alignment with SLC’s people strategy.
• Play a lead role in delivery of the people aspects of SLC wide strategic programmes, making decisions on capability requirements, delivery within risk appetite, adhering and contributing to the required programme governance.
• Work with the business / Programme Leads and manager to make sure that all people policies and legislation are recognised through programme delivery.
• Link in with internal & external SMEs as required to ensure viable people plans are input to key strategic programmes of work.
• Manage effective relationships with external partners to ensure all people components of the programme plans are informed, relevant and realistic.
• Manage the budget associated with the people aspects of key change programmes (severance, training etc)
• Manage the day-to-day activities within risk appetite – owning, managing and mitigating the programme people risks.
• Provide thought leadership on organisational developmental matters in relation to strategic programme delivery; required colleague up/re-skilling; restructuring and staff transfers within the SLC’s strategic people programmes.
• Play a lead role improving organisational effectiveness, embedding organisational values; facilitate organisational/cultural change.
• Working with the EDI Manager, agree a consolidated plan for implementing equality assessments across relevant projects and workstreams.
• Support the relationship with trade unions and take responsibility for the effective execution of consultation requirements in relation to people and org design changes linked to the strategic people programmes.
• As part of the People Directorate SMT, support the development and implementation of the People Strategy and People directorate business plan, ensuring alignment with both business and directorate objectives, whilst providing the appropriate balance of flexibility and consistency
• Identify opportunities to develop colleagues and grow the People talent pool
• Lead and contribute to People cross-functional working groups and projects as required.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders such as legal counsel.
• Proactively engage with People senior management colleagues to ensure appropriate governance and communication across the function and the wider organisation, as required.
• There may be times when you will also be expected to carry out other reasonable management instructions or requests to suit the business needs.

Essential

• Knowledge and experience of People Policies and Practices within the public sector
• Knowledge of the HR implications of large-scale organisational change and leading the people aspects of complex change programmes
• Strategic thinking and the ability to simplify complex and conflicting asks, identifying priorities, and provide advice and guidance at all levels on a wide range of complex matters.
• Knowledge of relevant legal policies, regulations, and risk management
• Ability to communicate credibly and influence senior leaders and stakeholders in sensitive and challenging situations.
• Well-organised, able to lead, manage and deliver on varying tasks and deadlines across multiple locations.
• Demonstrable evidence of leading discussions with and providing advice to Executive leaders
• Robust analytical and organisational skills, demonstrating ability to provide a systematic review of policy/process/practice and develop logical implementation plans which secure the buy in of key stakeholders.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with [email protected]

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, Student Loan Company guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on [email protected].

Armed Forces Covenant   

Student loans Company is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know

"In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."

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