Deputy Director, HR
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £75,000 to £75,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 353579/1 |
Summary
Our team is regionally dispersed with around 40% of members located out of London and we are growing in Manchester. We are also proud of our high people engagement score - 79%. We run a lot of activities during the year to build our team culture.
The HR function follows the typical operating model of strategy, expert services, people development, business partnering, recruitment and operations. We collaborate closely with teams across the department to deliver our work.
If successful, in this new role you will co-lead the HR function and profession with the Director, Sarah. You will be responsible for an important change: merging two HR teams into one, bringing them together and empowering people to find the synergies and productivity that will result from closer collaboration and prioritisation.
You will lead projects and services to achieve the goals in our People Plan. Priorities this year include: building on our strong staff engagement, investing in line manager capability; being the most diverse and inclusive department, with a strategy to support those from underrepresented groups and backgrounds; relocating more roles to our Manchester hub, via outreach and recruitment; developing our strategic workforce planning 2030 to build departmental capability and productivity; and enabling work towards a shared HR system with other government departments.
This new role is based in Manchester and you will want to travel from time to time to develop relationships with team members, but much of our work can be done via hybrid working, once relationships are established.