Joint Head of HR Policy

2 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom DEFRA Full time

Joint Head of HR Policy

Ref: 276829

**Salary**: £59,341 - £72,439

National: £59,341 - £67,055, London: £64,114 - £72,439 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.

Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Worcester, York

Closing date: 11:55pm on Tuesday 13 June 2023.

**Job summary**

In Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards.

Our operating environment has fundamentally changed over the last few years - we have left the EU and have a breadth of new regulatory responsibilities, there is a war in Europe, and we are all facing economic challenges. This places a premium on innovation, on flexibility and adaptability.

Within Defra HR we play a huge role in how our organisations adapt to our new operating context and prepare for the future, and how we enable our people to thrive. From organisation design to a reimagined People Performance framework and enhanced employee offer, we are at the heart of making Defra group a great place to work, and HR Policy is a vital function within the Defra HR team.

We collaborate across HR, our staff networks and with trade unions, with colleagues from across the business, Civil Service HR and beyond, to deliver a portfolio of policy activity that forms the heart of our employment relationship. HR policy is a fundamental building block of our employment offer, setting the employment context for our people.

We have an ambitious policy harmonisation and delivery agenda, building on the recent launch of our modernised and harmonised approach to performance management across Defra group - our new People Performance framework.

At this exciting and critical time for HR Policy, we are looking for an experienced and ambitious HR professional to drive the HR Policy and Practice team.

Leading the team to deliver a professional, business focussed, and delivery focussed service to Defra group, you will play a key strategic role in the design and delivery of our long-term approach to policy development to meet the diverse needs of Defra group organisations. This role presents a great opportunity for you to help set a clear vision for the shape of HR Policy within Defra, ensuring that forward-thinking, integrated, and modern People Policies are at the heart of how our organisations work.

**Job description**

You will play a key leadership role within the HR function, with accountability for the strategy, planning and delivery of the policy function across 6 organisations, namely Defra, Environment Agency, Rural Payments Agency (RPA), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Natural England and Forestry Commission, ensuring alignment with their business needs, and wider HR strategy and delivery. There are two Heads of HR Policy and Practice who jointly lead the team. Each has a responsibility to lead on different portfolios and corporate accountabilities, with a strong requirement to present as an effective leadership partnership. This post is an exciting and challenging role, where strong leadership, excellent relationship building, and the focus and tenacity to create an agreed and prioritised HR policy workplan are key.

**Location**

This means that Defra new joiners will be located alongside existing colleagues in offices a short distance away from Nobel House in our other office at 2 Marsham St, London.

To work from 2 Marsham Street, you will require the higher level of CTC clearance. Therefore, confirmation of appointment to the advertised post will be dependent upon successful CTC clearance being confirmed as part of pre-employment checks.

Travel and subsistence will not be paid for travel to a base office location.

**Salary**

**Visa Sponsorship Statement**

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

**Reasonable Adjustment**

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

**Criminal Record Check**

If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check maybe carried out.

**Internal Fraud Database Check**

**Higher Security Clearance**

**Childcare Vouchers**

**Security**

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

**Working for the Civil Service**

The Civil Service Codesets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles

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