HR Business Partner
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £57,946 to £68,205 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2026 |
| Location: | Sheffield |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 454169/2 |
Summary
SPPS are a team of around 300 dedicated HR professionals, working across a wide range of directorates which include Policy and Professional Services, Jobs & Careers Service, Services & Fraud, People & Capability, Corporate Transformation, Digital and Transformation and Strategic Finance. As you can imagine, this is a very broad and dynamic portfolio with over 85,000 employees and the People and Capability Group is placed at the heart of shaping and driving the people agenda across the department.
HR Business Partners have a unique role to play as a strategic partner to our most senior leaders and decision makers in the Department. HR Business Partners are visible, confident, and empowering leaders within both the People and Capability Group and the SPPS community.
The role being advertised will be working with our senior leaders and their leadership teams, underpinning the business strategy with people plans aligned with our DWP People Strategy. You will act as an expert in all people matters as well as a coach to the senior leadership team on the design and delivery of the people plan. You will also be working with fellow HR Business Partners as well as our Centres of Excellence to ensure your client group leverages the full value of the People and Capability provision.
HR Business Partners play a critical role within People and Capability (PandC) Group. They drive organisational transformation as experienced HR professionals and strategic partners to the most senior decision makers and their leadership teams across DWP.
They enable and utilise evidence-based decision making in the business they partner using data, insight and analytics to identify key people issues and support the implementation of solutions. They provide constructive challenge to enable the best possible people-focused outcomes whilst delivering a highly professional service.
They enable successful alignment between PandC and DWP organisational objectives, providing positive current and future business outcomes in line with best practice, policy, and legal frameworks.
This role places particular emphasis on:
- An ability to build trust-based relationships with a wide range of demanding and diverse senior stakeholders;
- An ability to bring flexibility, curiosity and diverse perspectives into your work to achieve successful business outcomes.
- An understanding of the business you partner, and how to communicate critical people issues with stakeholders;
- An ability to drive organisation change and transformation initiatives with evidence of the impact on the business through the analysis of appropriate metrics and insights.
If you are eager to broaden your current HR Business Partnering experience in a large and complex organisation this is the perfect opportunity for you!
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