Job Description 

 

Job Title: Human Resources Manager 

 

Grade HEO

 

Team/Directorate: MoJ People and Capability - HR Business Partnering (HMPPS) 

 

Overview of the role: 

 

The Ministry of Justice People and Capability (MoJ P&C) supports the organisation by enabling its people to be the best that they can be. We are continuously reviewing and enhancing the services that P&C provide across the MoJ to deliver high quality services for our customers.  MoJ has a team of committed and capable professionals delivering people services across the Justice family.  

 

With a passion for people management and a desire to build an HR generalist foundation for a future career, the post holder will work with managers from within HMPPS to optimise the effective working relationship and ensure maximum impact of HR on business effectiveness. This is your opportunity to be part of the HR enabling prisons and probation to make society safer and help people turn live. 

 

The role involves a proactive approach to problem solving and enabling the business to find solutions to HR challenges.  With a generalist knowledge of case management and essential functional HR experience, the role is key to enabling business leaders through interpretation of HR policy, application of case management advice and the delivery of key HR processes to maintain the links with essential systems; SSCL, Occupational Health, Civil Service Pensions etc.   

 

Summary 

 

As a HR professional in either a regional role or a HQ delivery role to a sector of the business, the post holder will support business leaders, managers and specialists with more complex HR cases and provide a professional link to the central case management service, working together to achieve effective outcomes.  

 

As the first point of contact to the business, the post holder would be required to manage stakeholder expectations and gather business intelligence to provide specialist advice or deploy the appropriate service from within the team.    

 

Responsibilities, activities and duties 

 

Supporting an area of the business with wide ranging impact, appraising, assessing and adapting to a wide range of issues on a day-to-day basis and developing options to maintain or improve performance. 

 

Role holder will have autonomy to make decisions within their discrete area of work to deploy appropriate resources using initiative and in communication with their established network of contacts across the wider HR community. 

 

Interpreting HR advice which may require follow up questions or discussion to understand the wider impact of the issue. 

 

Decisions might involve considerable discretion but will be constrained by policy and best practice.   

 

Analysing HR data and applying understanding to decide on an appropriate intervention or course of action. 

 

Considering sensitive or multiple opposing opinions to establish facts; establishing the best approach; determining appropriate methodologies; analysis to ensure quality and application of results. 

 

Exercise judgement and make decisions based on their own interpretation.  Details may be unclear and require further investigation. 

 

Required to maintain relationships by supporting others, contribute to team decisions and use initiative to solve problems. 

 

Contribute directly to the achievement of operational organisational objectives by developing internal credibility and providing guidance and consultancy to managers on HR related issues, which include: 

 

Employment Tribunal, Grievance, Disciplinary Support 

Attendance Management Support 

Audit, Assurance & Compliance   

Commissioner: Expert Services & Support (Internal & External) 

 

Location:  


One of the successful candidates will be based at HMP Bristol.


The other candidate will be based at either HMP Erlestoke or HMP Guys Marsh, travel will be required between the two.


Travel will be required between cluster sites.

 

Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desirable experience, knowledge and skills 

 

Previous experience of working in a HR team within the Civil Service and an awareness of the wider Civil Service HR operating model.   

 

Experience of HR consultancy work or other service delivery based on a Customer Relationship Model.  

 

Please note that whilst we don’t assess or score ‘desirable’ criteria, we may consider evidence provided that demonstrates meeting the desirable elements of the role, only after essential criteria is assessed and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates.  

 

Qualification 

 

Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or equivalent or willing to work towards a qualification as part of career development. 

 

This role can be linked to the HR Apprenticeship (Level 5) and may be appropriate as a route into CIPD qualification. 

 

Application process: 

 

Sift 

 

Behaviours - please provide examples of how you have met each one of the behaviours listed below: 

 

 

Please submit an anonymous copy of your CV. 

 

Please refer to the ‘essential knowledge, experience and skills’ section above which details how each essential criteria will be assessed.   

 

Technical Skills - You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification) or be willing to work towards it and actively demonstrate Continuous Professional Development.  

 

Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of Managing a Quality Service. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths. 

 

Interview: 

 

Please note that interviews will be held remotely.  

 

During the interview, we will be assessing you on the Behaviours listed above and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework.  

 

Contact for further questions 

 

Lisa.Tilling@justice.gov.uk