Head of Od, Strategic Workforce - London, United Kingdom - Hackney Borough Council

Hackney Borough Council

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment
The Council is committed to supporting and enabling our employees to develop and progress their careers in Hackney.

We have recently joined our Corporate and Education HR Services together and appointed Sandra Farquharson, FCIPD, as the Director of HR and Organisational Development and we are now recruiting to this exciting new role.

You will be joining us at the London Borough of Hackney, as we reshape our HR services and redesign how we all work together in the future.

There are challenging, but exciting times ahead and as a member of our HR and OD Leadership Team, you will play a key role in the collaborative and distributed leadership of the HR and OD Service.

This is a strategic role where you will lead a strong collaborative team; delivering all aspects of strategic workforce planning, effective succession planning, learning, talent development and performance management, embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion in our policies, ensuring an inclusion culture is represented in the way we work together and supporting all our colleagues to thrive and build great careers with us at Hackney.

You will find that we are a vibrant and welcoming council that has a strong commitment to inclusion. We have an anti-racist agenda and committed to tackling inequalities for both our residents and our colleagues.

At the core of all our activities will be the responsibility to lead, develop and embed diversity and inclusion as part of Hackney's commitment.

You will have responsibility to lead, develop and embed diversity and inclusion and ensure that this is at the forefront of all OD strategies and plans.

Therefore, it is important that you can demonstrate your understanding of barriers to inclusion, such as structural racism, the factors that contribute to it, and your experience in delivering to the equality diversity and inclusion agenda and be able to demonstrate putting theory into practice.

We are seeking an experienced specialist who can demonstrate success in leading in the areas on our agenda, as well as building a strong and motivated team.

You will have developed and delivered innovative solutions, whilst working across a wide and diverse range of stakeholders, including senior management, Members, employees, and trade union representatives.

A degree or studies related to occupational psychology is desirable, as well as being CIPD qualified, however, not essential. You will have significant equivalent experience of organisational development, building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and distributed leadership.

The recruitment process is anonymous.

Interview date:
Week commencing 20 March 2023

Our Offer to You

We are committed to our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved.

You will be working with committed colleagues who share our values: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive and Inclusive.

We look for people who also share our values and are keen to play their part in our exciting journey.

We are committed to inclusion, anti-racism and fostering a culture of flexibility and opportunity. This includes the chance to learn, shadow, be mentored, take up secondments and use transferable skills.

We are committed to innovation and learning. We share knowledge, work collaboratively and celebrate success right across the organisation.

We will always aim to give you the best opportunities to develop your skills and build your career here with us.

We place a high degree of focus on community engagement and connection with the residents that we serve.

We are a flexible and agile organisation, which means that our staff are able to work in a way that responds to the needs of our residents, whilst working in a hybrid way, wherever possible.

We welcome those interested in flexible workingand you will have the right tools for the job, using both a digital and face-to-face approach.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status.

We recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, and we work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

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