People Services Business Partner

1 month ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

**Salary**: £56,021 - £59,421, with progression to £64,914 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

**Closing Date**: 21 September 2023

The role

People Services is a strategic partner in delivering the University’s vision and strategy. We have a critically important role in shaping aspirational and innovative long-term people strategies that attract, develop, reward, and retain a highly motivated and diverse workforce. We are a community of aroound 100 people services professionals who strive for a positive and values led cultural working environment. We drive and influence change initiatives, define talent and development opportunities and deliver quality lifecycle services that support our academic and professional services colleagues to succeed. Our goal is for the People Services function to be the best they can be and leaders in strategic people initiatives in the Higher Education sector.

We are looking for a Business Partner with extensive HR experience to support our colleagues in the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty where we are home to an exceptionally broad range of disciplines. These sit across our ten academic schools, research institutes and centres. Reporting to and supported by our Head of People Business Partnering, you will be providing strategic people services leadership. Your key stakeholders are Academic, Technical and Professional Services leaders and managers in your area of responsibility, and you would be part of a wider People Services Partnering team. Seasoned in building strong working relationships and operating in a consultative way, you will be able to demonstrate outstanding professional credibility with a broad range of university colleagues and external networks.

To be successful in this role you will have experience of leading and/or developing initiatives that drive cultural change and will help deliver the vision and strategy of the organisation. You will be an accomplished leader who is passionate about achieving organisational outcomes operating as a strategic partner.

The role requires a high degree of self-motivation, initiative and drive, and the ability to demonstrate impeccable professional resilience and proactiveness in achieving results. It also requires the ability to collaborate with colleagues at a senior leadership level, understand challenges, determine responses using ingenuity and drive action to resolve them quickly whilst always considering stakeholder needs.

We are happy to have discussions around flexible working and are currently working with a hybrid approach to on campus and home working. However, this role is predominately place based in our beautiful Newcastle campus. We are able to provide relocation support to applicants from outside of the region.

Key Accountabilities

Horizon Scanning
Identifying, guiding, supporting, and advising on the effective people practices needed to achieve our strategic goals.
Ability to recommend innovative solutions and best practices and lead various initiatives as needed to enhance our organisational culture.
Plan effectively for the future, establishing policies to optimise and enable the University’s success.
Through Strategic workforce planning, contribute to our people plans to focus on recruitment, succession planning, engagement, leadership development, reward and retention.
Able to adapt to changing organisational requirements which will enhance the services we provide.
Operational Management
Operate as a highly visible leader, with accountability for a responsive and high-quality customer centric People Service function within the business area.
Contribute to Faculty planning and development of Faculty strategies as a key member of the Faculty senior management team.
Play a key role in the Faculty Senior leadership Team, supporting and planning strategic developments and advising/guiding on responses to complex people services related matters.
Advise colleagues on key People Services issues relating to strategic business plans and actively participate in Faculty Executive Board, Senior Officer’s Group, Faculty Steering Groups etc. as appropriate.
Manage the employee relations portfolio within the business area providing effective and timely management of case work including disciplinary, grievance, capability, dignity, and respect demonstrating impeccable objectivity, sensitivity, and sound judgement with all employee relations matters. Consulting with legal experts and employee relations colleagues where appropriate.
To monitor sickness absence levels and advise managers on appropriate courses of action. Guide Heads of Academic Units and other managers in the preparation of referrals to occupational health. To consult with Occupational health, colleagues and managers in resolving iss

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