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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ensuring SAAS is compliant with Service Agreements within Scottish Government, Standards, Policies and Directives and legislation as identified by SAAS and Scottish Government. Leading the SAAS Chief Executive Office, being accountable for corporate governance, risk, planning, structuring, and leading the administration of the Team, including Management of Board and Committee meetings, ensuring that all business is carried out in a thorough and timely manner. A high profile role supporting the Chief Executive and working closely with the Executive Team and the agency’s Non-Executive Board Members (NEBMs) while leading a small, high performing team.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Responsibility for reviewing, monitoring and developing HR policies, procedures, products and services in consultation with Trade Union Partners and internal and external stakeholders, ensuring ongoing compliance with current employment legislation and Civil Service Management Code provisions.Preparing and planning for both general and specific reward and engagement interventions including scoping, negotiation and implementation of annual staff pay outcomes and employee benefits framework.Providing advice and support to users to ensure consistency and effectiveness of employee relations and rewards products and HR Policies, identifying potential organisational risks and proposing solutions.Support the formulation and preparation for the negotiation of corporate-level change initiatives with Trade Union Partners and internal stakeholders, including leading on HR projects where required.Leading on the resolution of individual and collective disputes at national and local level developing the Management case for matters progressing to ACAS conciliation or arbitration.Leading on projects as required, most recently the implementation of our Hybrid Working/Work Smart initiatives.Researching and preparing correspondence in relation to Employee Relations and Reward matters, including briefings for Executive Management and Scottish Government.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Contributing to the development and implementation of people strategies and principles to ensure that they reflect employment law and are aligned with SPS’s organisational values, culture and priorities;Working with other team members to develop and deliver change initiatives and the people services operating plan; Partnering with key stakeholders within designated directorates to ensure that all projects and initiatives are appropriately communicated and implemented in a timely fashion;Worked closely with the workforce planning team to ensure the organisation has the right resource, capability and talent to achieve immediate and strategic ambitions now and in the future;Ensuring customer-focused service delivery excellence through OD practices and principles across the entire employee life cycle; Promoting the active use of agreed systems, policies and processes

Provided high quality, professional, accurate and efficient service that required me to investigate and resolve queries on the full range of HR work streams; Provided professional, quality and efficient on boarding experience for our future employees;Worked closely with Recruitment Teams, HQ HR teams and Prison HR teams to resolve queries and deliver core responsibilities, ad-hoc requirements, projects and changes;Acted as a single point of contact for Senior Managers and Directors in SPS until their query is fully resolved;Provided support and led work streams for the People Strategy to implement core activities, including leading the Benefits Realisation project, which was directly linked to Cultural change programmes;Prepared and presented various reports and information e.g. management information; project updates and delivery on HR/OD related matters to project Boards and on behalf of the Director of HR;Supported and designed a system to track and deliver all audit and management recommendations. Provided Finance Management support for the HR Department to ensure month end/year end deadlines are met.

Working with key individuals to ascertain the culture and ethos of the new prison. In conjunction with the Senior HR/OD Business Partner identified the recruitment process for the new prison. In conjunction with business owners identified and organised the Learning and development programme for the new prison. Provided advice and support on the selection, Job Evaluation/grading advice relating to the new staff working within the new prison. Ensuring consistency, integrity and equity of the Job Evaluation SchemePrepared regular reports to the project boards outlining the factors, trends, influences and recommendations to support the HR & OD programme of work through effective data analysis e.g. performance management, learning and developmentWorked closely with the Project Executive and Project Manager to ensure the safe and secure storage of all personnel and project restricted information.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Working in collaboration with a variety of interested parties, including TUs to scope, shape and deliver transformational change through building relationships and utilising change management tools and techniques across the organisation; Deploying and embedding an OD culture of continuous improvement at an organisational level to ensure effective and affordable business solutions; Working collaboratively with colleagues in the delivery of the SPA Corporate Plan to ensure the organisation had the capacity, capability and culture to deliver the Corporate Plan, and business plan objectives;Working with the Police Scotland and SPA team to develop and embed the practice of OD within the Performance, Strategy and Governance team, as well as embedding an OD approach to business delivery and systems within the wider People & Change function;Lead and support the management and delivery of transformational change programme through the application of OD/change management approaches such as culture mapping and project management;Designed and recommended alternative operating and organisational delivery models through analysing the current operating model, and identify the future model relating to organisational structures and relationships;Developed at pace in a politically challenging and sensitive environment key stakeholder relationships whilst the organisation was under intense scrutiny in order to meet desired organisational outcomes;

Glasgow

Lisburn

Culcavy

Blandford Forum

Deepcut

Lisburn

Pgdip, Human Resources Management And Services

Foundation Certificate In Hr Practice

Level 4, Pttls, Pass

Level 3, Customer Service

Level 3, Business Administration

Keyskills Level 2, Aon & Comms