Vacancy Information
Division / Department - People Services
Grade - Grade H
Status - Full Time and Part Time Available
Contract Type - Fixed Term Contract
Salary Grade Range - £31,780 - £37,969
Working Hours - 36.0 Hours per Week
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
There is an opportunity within the Surrey Police Human Resources Consultancy Team for a Secondment or 12 month Fixed Term Contract into the role of People Services Consultant H Grade. Starting salary £31,780. Range from £31,780 to £37,969.
Applicants must display the ability to provide HR support, expert advice and guidance across a broad range of areas, including change programmes, employee relations, organisational design & development, learning & development. The role-holder will be required to lead on project work to enable both Surrey and Sussex to meet overall business objectives and to drive improvements to the service offered by the People Services function across Surrey and Sussex.
Your ability to work cohesively within a committed team of HR professionals is vital and the role will require you to be able to travel to venues force wide across Surrey and Sussex (when required).
Key Responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for providing professional support, expert advice and guidance across a broad range of HR disciplines including change programmes, pay and reward, employee relations, projects, organisational development, recruitment initiatives, performance management and learning & development across Surrey and Sussex.
Your day to day activities will include:
• Providing specialist advice on both routine and complex HR issues assessing associated risk, providing guidance and solutions.
• Managing a complex caseload in areas such as Reward & Retention, Case Management & Employment Tribunals, Change Management, Projects, Recruitment, HR Policies, Workforce and Organisational Development.
• Coaching and providing advice to line managers by passing on expertise to enable managers to become self-sufficient in good people management practice, including running workshops and surgeries for managers.
• Researching, analysing, designing and delivering solutions, outcomes and plans in line with organisational need, seeking continuous improvement to enhance service delivery.
• Building effective working relationships with colleagues and key stakeholders, communicating at all levels including influencing and negotiating.
• Working collaboratively within HR, providing a comprehensive and co-ordinating approach to drive continuous improvement
• Developing and supporting change initiatives such as projects and organisational development strategies to support the organisational aims and objectives to enhance organisational performance
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you’ll have to demonstrate that you are CIPD Qualified or actively working towards qualification or equivalent qualification / relevant experience and are able to:
• Proactively seek solutions and take responsibility for resolving problems
• Demonstrate and promote a “can do” attitude
• Display resilience when faced with challenges; balances competing demands and responds well to changing priorities
• Excellent up to date knowledge of employment legislation that gives you the ability to make HR decisions using professional judgement to assess risk and options
• Evidence experience of advising and coaching line managers in good people management practices
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills and communicate effectively and with confidence with people at all levels
• Demonstrate the ability to use influencing and negotiation skills to meet organisational needs and minimise risk
• Evidence excellent planning and organising skills
Further Information
For further information about the vacancies please contact Gerry Kenton at Gerry.Kenton@surrey.pnn.police.uk or Elaine Williams Elaine.Williams@surrey.pnn.police.uk.
We recognise that our people are balancing demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work. We welcome applications and discussion with candidates who want to work full-time or part-time/flexible hours.
This vacancy will be based at Headquarters, Guildford. Please note that in 2024 Surrey Police Headquarters is due to move to Leatherhead.
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important to us that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we believe that as an organisation we'll benefit from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity can bring; all of which helps us to deliver a better policing service.
We have worked really hard to create a safe, open and inclusive culture. We have a range of staff networking groups to provide specific support and advice and we are proud to be members of Stonewall and Disability Confident, and to be aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities so, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
If you are an internal candidate looking to apply for this role, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager before submitting an application. If you are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager.
Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
- vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
- vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally. If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
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