Lead People Partner

Job description

What you'll be doing

As the democratically elected House of the UK Parliament, the House of Commons is responsible for making laws and scrutinising the work of Government, working alongside the House of Lords. From shaping the future to making history, extraordinary things happen here.

Find out more about working at the House of Commons.

Lead People Partners are part of the People Management team within People and Culture. The team supports named business areas with a range of pragmatic HR solutions at both a strategic and tactical level.

This is an important time to join the People Management team, with a period of significant organisational change taking place across the House. Lead People Partners will play a key role in supporting business areas and colleagues through this change, while delivering a high-quality People Management service that enables business areas to achieve their people outcomes in support of the House Strategy, People Strategy and I&D Strategy.

Why Join us?

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

What we're looking for

If you have a keen interest in providing pragmatic HR solutions to senior leaders on complex business needs, including supporting teams through organisational change, and experience across the full range of HR subject areas, including casework and employee relations (TUS), this could be an ideal role for you.

As the House continues to work through a significant programme of organisational change, a key focus for Lead People Partners will be partnering with senior leaders through the full lifecycle of change, from organisational design and restructuring through to implementation and embedding new ways of working, ensuring change is approached thoughtfully and with due consideration for its impact on colleagues. Alongside this, the People Management teams support directors and managers with strategic HR advice and problem-solving, employee casework, workforce planning and development activities.

You should hold an HR professional qualification (minimum CIPD Level 7), a relevant degree or have equivalent experience.

How To Apply

Please make sure you're clear on the requirements of the role these can be found in the Job Description. To apply you will need to upload an anonymised copy of your CV demonstrating your experience and:

Provide written statements (maximum of 500 words) to outline your experience for Criterion 1 - 3 (Functional Knowledge & Skills, Planning and Project Management and Organisational Development). The Criteria can be found in the Person Specification on the Job Description.

Our application process is anonymous, please do not include any personal information on your CV that could identify you. This includes the filename.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.