Senior Human Resources Officer - Worcester, United Kingdom - Office for Environmental Protection

Office for Environmental Protection

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Worcester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £37,295 - £41,547
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
OEP
Chief of Staff
Human Resources
Type of role:
Human Resources
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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WorcesterAbout the job

Job summary:

Would you like to work in small and dedicated team with wide-ranging responsibilities across different areas of Human Resources?

Would you like to have the opportunity to shape how a new organisation works, grows and achieves it aims?

If so, then we want to hear from you

The Office for Environmental Protection (the OEP) has a mission is to protect and improve the environment. Created by the Environment Act 2021, our role is to hold Government and public bodies to account.

The OEP do this in several ways including reporting on progress against environmental targets, advising on changes to environmental laws and receiving complaints from the public which can lead to us taking enforcement action.

This role is based in the OEP's small Human Resources Team within the Corporate Services Division of the Chief of Staff Directorate.

The wider Corporate Services team covers the HR, Finance, Procurement and IT functions for the organisation.

The HR Team supports the OEP through the provision of services and advice across Human Resources; Employee Data management and reporting, Recruitment, Learning & Development, HR Policy, Performance Management, Casework, Employee Relations and Payroll, in addition to Health & Safety.

With a total staff of just over 80, we are a dynamic, friendly and flexible organisation covering both England, Northern Ireland, and environmental matters reserved to the UK government.

We offer flexible working arrangements, high profile, dynamic work and the chance to have an impact on improving the state of the environment.

To find out more about the OEP, what we do, who we are and our current work, visit the OEP website.

The OEP is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra in England and DAERA in Northern Ireland which means it operates independently from Defra.

Our employees are public servants and as part of the benefits package, employees have the opportunity to enrol in the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Job description:

This is an exciting opportunity to work across the HR function within the OEP.

Able to work at pace and confidently with colleagues at all levels of the organisation, the role holder will both lead and develop workstreams, and work flexibly across the whole remit of the team to help deliver and develop the HR function.

The role holder will;

Lead on all Recruitment, embracing continuous improvement, working with Vacancy managers to plan and execute campaigns, managing the endtoend process in Vx/Oleeo, liaising with external advertisers and Civil Service Recruitment ensuring compliance with Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
Oversee the Onboarding, induction and probation processes for all new staff, including Secondees. This includes all secondment agreement management.
Lead on Learning & Development supporting the business to ensure the development of our people is supported
Lead on the development of our HR Policies and procedures, ensuring diversity and inclusion runs throughout everything we do.
Working with the Principal Human Resources Officer to manage HR Casework liaising with the Ministry of Justice HR Casework Team and advising the business on the handling of absence, performance, conduct and grievance cases.
Support engagement with our recognised Trade Union and wider employee relations matters.
Support HR system enhancements in relation to both reporting and system capability and support the work on the MI continuous improvement programme to ensure the ability to provide effective data, analytics and insight to the organisation relating to people.
Support the monthly payroll processes including the management of a thirdparty payroll provider, maintaining iTrent records and dealing with HR administration activities/queries to ensure that staff are paid correctly and on time and that the necessary payments, reports and returns are made.
Line management of one Corporate Services Executive Officer and temporary staff as required.
Work in partnership with the business and finance to understand the current and predicted workforce picture based on attrition and recruitment forecasting.
They will deputise for the Principal Human Resources Officer when required.
The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._