HR Business Partner

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Description & Requirements

On behalf of The Department for Transport, we are looking for a HR Business Partner (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based in Bristol 3 days per week - other Nationwide Hubs will be considered

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As a HR Business Partner your main responsibilities will be:

Workforce Planning and Resourcing Support

• Support short-term workforce planning activity to maintain service continuity
• Provide data-driven insight to inform recruitment prioritisation
• Work with hiring managers to support ongoing recruitment campaigns and resourcing decisions
• Monitor contingent labour usage and support actions to reduce dependency where appropriate

HR Business Partnering

• Provide pragmatic HR advice to senior managers on priority people issues
• Support performance management and employee relations activity where required
• Act as a credible interface between HR and the business during a period of change

Continuity and Risk Management

• Maintain delivery of key HR reporting and compliance activity during team gaps
• Ensure critical deadlines (data returns, reporting cycles) are met
• Provide resilience across the HR function, flexing support where risks emerge

Data, Reporting and Unity Delivery

• Lead on HR data collation, validation, and submission to support Unity programme milestones
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of workforce data across systems
• Extract, cleanse and transform HR and payroll data to meet project requirements
• Work closely with DfT and internal project leads to meet deadlines and resolve data issues quickly
• Identify and escalate risks early where data quality or timelines are at risk

Essential:

• Proven HR Business Partner experience within a complex organisation
• Strong data capability – experience of extracting, cleansing, validating and analysing HR data
• Experience supporting HR system implementation or data migration projects
• Ability to work at pace, manage competing priorities and hit tight deadlines
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders
• Experience working in an ambiguous or changing environment

Desirable:

• Experience supporting shared service or transformation programmes (e.g. Unity-type projects)
• Knowledge of Civil Service HR systems, processes, and governance
• Experience working with workforce data in a multi-system environment

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DfT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DfT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".