HR Employee Relations Policy Lead
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,848 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 414660/1 |
Summary
Have you worked with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to influence and implement policy or procedural changes in a complex organisation?
Do you keep up to date with changes in employment and associated legislation, and understand how to apply these changes when advising on HR policy matters?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Directorate of Corporate Services is responsible for the effective delivery of Corporate Services to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Corporate Services includes Communications, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Assurance, Programme Management Office, and Property & Facilities.
Human Resources is a key enabling function responsible for the planning and delivery of the MCA's People Strategy and a full range of HR services including Organisational Design and Development, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Volunteer support, Reward and Resourcing, Planning and Governance.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport and its agencies: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
The role holder will support a programme of work to ensure fit for purpose policies and procedures for the His Majesty’s Coastguard Rescue Service (volunteers).
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Undertake a review of policies and procedures relating to the management of the Coastguard Rescue ServiceEffectively liaise and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externallyProvide regular and timely reports to senior management including the Executive TeamMaintain a detailed understanding and awareness on relevant changes to employment legislation and other associated legislationProvide HR advice and support as the subject matter expert on policy, providing technical and professional recommendations and guidance to senior management and internal and external stakeholders as required.For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Additional Information
This post is offered on a Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) basis to complete a finite piece of work.
Permanent Civil Servants will be appointed on an inward loan and subject to the terms of the agreed inward loan. You must have your home departments approval to return to them at the end of the loan before you apply. Internal candidates will return to their previous post at the end of the loan period, which will need to be agreed with your line manager in advance. If your home department cannot agree to release you on loan, there is the opportunity for you to move across to the department on a fixed term appointment. In this instance the Department for Transport would become your home department and if there is no role available for you at the end of this appointment, you would be subject to the redeployment and redundancy process.
If you're employed by a non-departmental public body (NDPB) by moving jobs this will involve a change of employer and you may break the statutory rules on continuity of employment.
There could be the potential of extension up to 2 years or permanency, subject to the role being available (and for those coming across on loan, your home departments agreement).
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