Senior HR Business Partner

[What the role is]
The People Organisation Division (POD) partners GovTech’s leaders and business divisions to shape how we organise, develop and grow our people. We are hiring a Senior People Business Partner to take strategic ownership of a portfolio of business units. As a trusted adviser to senior leaders, you will translate business priorities into an integrated people strategy - shaping workforce composition, organisation design, leadership capability and talent decisions to deliver measurable organisational outcomes.
[What you will be working on]
People strategy and strategic partnership.
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Serve as a trusted adviser and constructive challenger to division leaders.
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Translate business direction into a prioritised people agenda,anticipateorganisationalimplicationsand recommend practical interventions.
Workforce planning and organisation design.
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Lead strategic workforce reviews, scenarioplanningand organisation design.
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Shape the size, structure,capabilitiesand deployment of the workforce, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term needs.
​Organisation effectiveness and change.
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Diagnose organisational issues, lead the people dimensions of transformation and restructuring, and help leaders embed changes in ways of working,accountabilitiesand culture.
Performance,talentand succession.
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Drive rigorous performance and talent reviews, strengthen calibration quality, build succession pipelines for critical roles and partner leaders to grow the next layer of leadership.
Leadership and manager capability.
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Coach senior leaders and people managers,identifysystemic capability gaps and partner relevant teams to embed leadership development into day-to-day management practice.
Employee relations and people risk.
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Provide sound judgement and counsel on complex and sensitive people matters, ensuring fair,consistentand well-governed outcomes while balancing organisational interests with care for individuals.
People insights and execution.
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Use workforce data and organisational insights toidentifypatterns, testassumptionsand influence decisions.
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Work across POD and the wider HR ecosystem to deliver integrated solutions and follow through from diagnosis to measurable impact.
[What we are looking for]
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At least 10 years of progressive HR experience, including substantial experience as an HR business partner to senior leaders in a complex organisation.
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A strongtrack recordin strategic workforce planning, organisation design, organisational change, performance management, talentreviewsand succession planning.
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Strong business acumen and the ability to connect organisational context, workforcedataand people insights to clear, practical recommendations.
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Credibility to advise, coach and constructively challenge senior stakeholders, with the communication skills to influence complex decisions.
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Sound judgement,resilienceand discretion in navigating ambiguity, competing priorities and sensitive employee matters.
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A collaborative, enterprisemindsetand a demonstrated ability to mobilise centres ofexpertise, HRpeersand business stakeholders around shared outcomes.
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Experience in technology, the public sector or a transformation-intensive environment would beadvantageous.