Ukri - HR Workstream Manager Wsm

3 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom UK Research and Innovation Full time

UKRI - HR Workstream Manager (WSM)

**Salary**: £31,931
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed Term - until June 2024
Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Closing date: 22nd February 2023

As an ambassador for the SHARP Programme, this role will be pivotal in; facilitating business change, driving process harmonisation, solving problems in the interest of both UKRI and the programme, answering queries/alleviating fears, and facilitating workshopsand training within the HR functional areas.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Work with HR business and programme colleagues across all UKRI organisations in the development of best practice HR procedures and supporting HR process harmonisation.
- Build and maintain strong relationships across the HR community through effective engagement.
- Provide specialist advice in developing new ways of working to facilitate process harmonisation and standardisation of processes.
- Working with Workstream Leads, Business Analysts, Business Process Owners, the Business Change Manager and 3rd party Suppliers/Partners to identify gaps and fully document business processes and requirements.
- Coordinate and facilitate/lead a range of activities which will involve information gathering, convening workshops, and liaising with a wide range of HR collaborators, including documenting outputs of these activities.
- Identifying difficulties that employees face in their daily HR operations.
- Be a key contributor to the programme Blueprint Design documentation (mapping and documenting end to end "As-IS" processes and defining "To-Be" design principles and high-level processes).
- Support cross-programme activities e.g. data migration and its associated activities, and business change.
- Leading large groups of users to design, showcase and implement the solution, with its associated business process harmonisation and people change.
- Facilitating change management within HR and answering queries/alleviating fears.
- Identifying potential threats and hurdles, informing their Workstream Lead, Functional Delivery Lead and/or the Business Change Manager in a timely manner.
- Contribute to the successful implementation of SHARP within HR.
- Provide local expertise and support post go-live to support local users and embed best practice locally.
- Adopt a continuous improvement approach in all activity.

**Attributes**
- Should be positive about bringing about change to HR
- Attention to detail with the ability to understand impact along a chain reaction
- A logical, solution focused thinker
- Ability to listen and convert feedback into actions
- Delivery and outcome focused
- Team player, able to work cohesively to build a variety of in programme and out of programme relationships
- Strong communication skills
- Able to develop and manage a network of stakeholders
- Have an influential personality to be able to build bridges across all parts of UKRI and its Councils.
- Should be a problem solver, not only looking after the interests of SHARP and UKRI, but also the users in their areas
- Must be able to articulate the concerns and grievances raised by users in response to changes in processes and the system
- Should understand how the change will affect HR, and how to introduce the change so that it will be received in the most positive way
- Should be a good coach with strong interpersonal skills.

Particularly interested in those with backgrounds in Learning, Reward and performance capabilities including a focus on process improvement and delivering change.



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