HR Business Partner

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
circa £36,293 per annum, depending on knowledge, skills and experience
Birmingham
Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)

What is in it for you?

• Enjoy a diverse role where no one day will be the same
• Engagement with staff at all levels, with exposure to a variety of areas across the organisation
• Join a supportive team – be integral to how they work
• Opportunity to build relationships and positively influence decisions

The role

As one of four HR Business Partners you will actively support the HR Manager in the delivery of HR services across the SRA. You will assist in giving key recommendations to the senior team and managers to enable effective resolution of projects and issues.

In the role of HR Business Partner you will work alongside Managers encouraging them take ownership and responsibility for the delivery of their business plans. Additionally, you will work on key projects aligned to the People Strategy - some of these include, leading and supporting the employee forum, taking forward the SRAs career development plan and the rolling out of the staff survey.

Providing risk based advice to Directors and Managers, you will be confident in challenging and empowering them in all HR related aspects. Forging trusted successful relationships you will build credibility with stakeholders to ascertain successful working relationships.

The successful candidate will need excellent analytical and communication skills to confidently explain the rationale for advice and decisions with capability of handling confrontational situations whilst remaining calm.

With previous experience of working in a fast paced, demanding environment you will be a confident and resilient individual who is capable of making decisions and using the appropriate judgment. You will work on complex ER issues, handling sensitive matters inline with best practice.

We are looking for someone who is culturally aware and ideally has previous experience of working in a unionised environment. You will have proven experience of supporting senior staff with organisational change.

What we expect

• Adept and proactive at establishing and building credible relationships
• Deliver HR business as usual activities alongside implementing people projects
• Ability to work with multiple customers at any one time, with confidence
• Appropriate application of employment law and HR best practice.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter. Please ensure that your CV and covering letter clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Knowledge and Experience of providing tactical, risk based Employment Law/ HR advice and able to analyse complex situations and make well considered decisions. Understanding of equality and diversity duties and HR best practice

Coaching and Mediation Skills

Change Management

Experience on reporting HRD activities and trends in people/issues and metrics

Experience of supporting performance management including moderation and pay reviews

Planning and Problem Solving

Ability to build relationships and influence, collaborate and communicate with all levels of management and colleagues

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
HR BP Job Profile Final June 2017.docx – 52KB
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Vacancy closing date: 27/07/2017, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.