Ministry of Justice UK
Human Resources Advisor (South West), Judicial Office (Ref: 21626)
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Job Summary
Please refer to Job Description.
Job Description
Role title: Human Resources Advisor (South West)
Team/Directorate: Judicial HR Business Partner and Organisational Design & Development Team (HRBP and OD&D team)
Overview Of The Role
With a passion for people/operational management, and a desire to build an HR generalist foundation for a future career, the post holder will work with the HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to optimise effective working relationships and HR support for the judiciary.
Judicial Office HR (JO HR) places judicial office holders at the centre of our service, ensuring we are visible, proactive as well as responsive, and that we collaborate with colleagues across the Judicial Office, and beyond to ensure we provide judicial office holders with excellent HR support and professional expertise.
JO HR supports the senior judiciary, judicial leaders, and works in partnership with Her Majesties Courts & Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to ensure the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals have a properly resourced, visible and accessible HR service based on the needs of the judiciary.
Summary
Reporting to a HRBP, the post holder will need to be agile, forward looking and ready to adapt to the evolving priorities of the judiciary.
The mission of the HRBP and OD&D team is to provide professional and quality support, advice and guidance to judicial office holders and by adding this value we further the delivery of justice. Our collaboration with wider Judicial HR, Judicial Office and HMCTS colleagues is key to support a common purpose to provide a seamless service to all judicial office holders. We are proud to make a difference to judicial office holders through the service we provide.
The role involves a proactive approach to problem solving and finding solutions to HR challenges. With a detailed understanding of the judiciary and their unique position as office holders the role is key to enabling accurate interpretation of HR policy, and the delivery of HR processes to maintain sufficient support to the judiciary.
The post holder will contribute to the link between the judiciary and the HR Centres of Expertise and Operations teams working collaboratively to achieve effective outcomes.
As a key point of contact to the judiciary, the post holder will be required to manage judicial expectations and gather intelligence to provide specialist advice or deploy the appropriate service from within the Judicial Office. This is an ambiguous environment, and the post holder must be comfortable working autonomously and proactively, garnering credible information from a range of sources to provide accurate advice.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
- Appraising, assessing and adapting to a range of issues on a day-to-day basis and offering options to assist the judiciary in discharging their pastoral responsibilities.
- Building relationships and personal credibility with the judiciary, including regular travel to the courts and tribunals across the South West region.
- Supporting the HR triage service to judicial office holders. This requires a keen attention to detail, and the ability to ensure information and advice provided is timely, and accurate.
- The post holder will have autonomy to make decisions within their area of work, to deploy appropriate resources using initiative and in communication with their established network of contacts across the wider HR community.
- Consider sensitive or multiple opposing opinions to establish facts; establishing the best approach; determining appropriate methodologies; analysis to ensure quality and application of results.
- Exercise judgement, knowing when to seek advice and guidance from their management team as appropriate.
- Interpreting HR advice may require follow up questions, discussion or further investigation to understand the wider impact of the issue.
- Decisions might involve considerable discretion but will be constrained by policy and informed practice.
- Operating as an integral member of the HRBP/OD&D Team, scanning for emerging trends and acting as an intelligent customer into the wider HR Team on behalf of judiciary located in the Regions.
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Key Tasks
- Working closely with the HRBPs to support delivery of a strategic field-based HR service.
- Analysing HR data and applying understanding to decide on an appropriate intervention or course of action and making recommendations to the HRBPs.
- Sickness absence monitoring and escalating any concerns or trends to the HRBP.
- Provide advice to enable judicial leaders to take proactive steps to deal with or pre-empt issues relating to judicial health, welfare and to provide high quality timely advice on specific or generalised HR problems.
- Formulation of reports which can be fed back into key areas of the organisation.
- Oversight of all record keeping, ensuring compliance with GDPR and data retention policies.
- Liaison with HMCTS on complex workplace adjustment cases.
- Collation of Judicial Office Holder appeal information, and drafting of briefing notes.
- Supporting the HR triage system, ensuring the advice and signposting is accurate and timely.
- Signposting complex queries to the correct part of JO HR.
- Responding to queries which require review of numerous policies and T&Cs in order to provide accurate advice.
- Providing HR support to the judiciary, taking minutes in appropriate meetings which require HR to be present.
- Forming a collaborative relationship with stakeholders namely regional support units to garner insights on regional performance.
- Demonstrate commitment to continuous development, professional expertise and skill.
Behaviours & Strengths (for Recruitment/Success Profiles)
Behaviours
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Making effective decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Required
At the application stage, candidates are required to submit a CV, a statement of suitability (maximum 500 words) demonstrating how they meet the essential criteria, and a 250 word statement for each of the following behaviours:
Communicating and Influencing and Managing a Quality Service.
The interview will assess the four behaviours outlined above and will also include two strength based questions.
Essential Knowledge, Experience And Skills
- An ability to forge strong working relationships; being recognised as a trusted Advisor.
- Able to work well under pressure.
- Experience of managing change.
- Excellent communication skills, both in verbal and written formats, including the confidence to speak with authority when operating at a senior level.
- Experience of working in an operational delivery environment and/or knowledge and experience of HR, or as a manager working with complex problems.
- Experience of working with data and Microsoft Office applications.
- Confidence working autonomously and in an ambiguous environment.
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Desirable Knowledge, Experience And Skills
- Understanding of the judiciary.
- Previous experience of working in a HR team/environment.
Technical Skills/Qualifications
- Credible HR/operational experience.
- Level 3 CIPD qualified or willing to work towards.
Hybrid Working Requirement
This is standardised wording and cannot be amended.
This position is eligible for hybrid working (current minimum requirement for time spent at base location is 60%, which is subject to business requirements).
Security Clearance Required
Security clearance will include a requirement of CTC and DBS.
Please Note
Central Government policy dictates that applicants for National Security Clearance must be a resident in the UK for these minimum periods:
CTC - 3 years
SC - 5 years
DV - 10 years
Role title: Human Resources Advisor (South West)
Team/Directorate: Judicial HR Business Partner and Organisational Design & Development Team (HRBP and OD&D team)
Central Government Policy Dictates That Applicants For National Security Clearance Must Be a Resident In The UK For These Minimum Periods
CTC - 3 years
SC - 5 years
DV - 10 years
Person specification
Please Refer To Job Description
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
Alongside your salary of £35,335, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,236 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be
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