Interim HR Policy Support – HR Policy & Projects

Reference no: Southwark 5224843

Pay rate: £281.12 per day PAYE

Role Length:  This opening assignment is for 6 months

Hybrid role

An experienced HR Policy Support Practitioner is required to lead and complete the delivery of the following three policy projects: Hybrid working, recruitment & vetting and compliance checks.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop a new Hybrid Working policy and guidance which will strike the right balance between workforce aspirations and the needs of the business.
• Starting point for the Hybrid Working policy needs to be focused on service needs, reasonable, commercially viable, and grounded in trust to enable the best performance, engagement and commitment from our workers. In developing this policy, it will be necessary to explore a range of options and assess competing views about the council’s policy position.
• Develop a new recruitment policy and guidance. While the primary focus will be on embedding inclusive recruitment practice into approach, this is an opportunity to take stock of all aspects of our recruitment policy and practice.
• Review the way the team currently practice positive action across the council and provide guidance to all participating in our processes (including stakeholder panels and feasibility of tie-breaker scenarios). Link how to train and guide hiring managers, making clear how to increase diverse candidate pools fairly, to appoint, promote and retain more diverse talent in the council, especially amongst senior leaders.
• Explore how recruitment practices sit with other relevant interrelated policies, such as organisational change and secondment principles.
• Closely associated with the review of recruitment, consider existing policy and approach to vetting and compliance checks, including whether they are compliant with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements and the development of a detailed action plan to deliver any necessary improvements.
• Responsible for the project management of the above work – developing plans and proposals, benchmarking, conducting equality impact analyses (EIA), and shaping governance and reporting arrangements. Fully delivering and rolling out each policy – directly engaging with line managers and stakeholders, negotiating with TU representatives where appropriate and working with corporate communications, following brand style and taking into account hard-to-reach areas.

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:

Experience:

• Extensive experience of writing and implementing policies, having worked with TU representatives and other stakeholders in different sectors, including public/3rd sector.
• Experience of having been a 'practitioner', i.e. on the ground implementing policies e.g. in capacity of HR Adviser/BP; able to demonstrate practical application of policy principles and procedures.
• Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.

Knowledge:

• An understanding of Local Government terms and conditions.
• Sufficiently updated in employment legislation, strong understanding of equality, diversity inclusion and anti-racism, and developments in HR/industry practice.

Skills:

• Proven ability to write in plain English to a wide range of audiences, pitched to appropriate tone and style for the Council.
• Strong project management and data analytical skills.
• Self-sufficient, able to manage own portfolio and ability to deliver high quality suitable policies and guidance without intensive hands-on supervision.
• Strong IT skills using Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

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