Full time - flexible working may be considered
Working Hours 35 hours per week
£45,000 to £50,000 per annum for Birmingham and Cardiff and £49,500 to £55,000 per annum for London
Location Options: Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and Cardiff, Hybrid - home based and London, Old Broad Street
Function Type: Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)
Are you a strategic and dynamic HR professional looking to make a real impact? We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering people strategies that drive organisational success.
This is an exciting time for the SRA, there are a number of innovative programmes of work underway (find out more about our corporate strategy here on our website) and the HR department is committed to supporting the organisation with their business plans.
The Role
The HRBP role is a great opportunity to work with a diverse range of teams, managers and leaders to help build organisation and people capability. You will shape and implement effective people strategies aligned to the delivery of strategic and annual business plans.
You will work closely with managers and leaders to enhance workforce performance, foster and nurture strategic people enablers such as talent, leadership and culture, as well as develop people solutions, to achieve the organisation’s objectives enabling employees to flourish.
Supporting the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, Head of HR Operations and Head of Resourcing and Talent in the delivery of the HR People Strategy, you will be personally accountable for the delivery of specific projects to help us deliver our corporate objectives.
By developing meaningful relationships with key people and teams across the organisation, using data to inform decisions, and delivering a portfolio of business relevant, value-added people solutions that meet the evolving needs of the organisation - you will develop a strong and measurable understanding of your business areas and work with them to recommend and deliver people-related solutions to support delivery.
You will also be required to demonstrate good partnering practice by managing external threats and opportunities that might affect the organisation.
What’s in it for you
* Play a key role in aligning our HR services with our new corporate strategy – play a proactive part in improvement projects
* This is a diverse role with broad exposure to a variety of HR disciplines through project work
* Exercise your intellect and experience by using data and MI to deliver a value-add HR service
* A forward-thinking organisation committed to people development and innovation.
* Competitive salary and benefits package.
What We’re Looking For
* Ability to work under pressure, managing multiple priorities and projects at any given time
* Experience of identifying and supporting people and change management implications arising from improvement or change programmes
* Must be able to analyse complex situations and then make well considered decisions quickly and confidently, at times supporting business decisions even when controversial or unpopular
* Deals confidently and assertively with senior and influential individuals
* Experience of analysing and reporting on HR activities and trends in people/issues and metrics
* Ability to influence, collaborate and communicate with all levels of management and colleagues
Useful and Additional Information
This is a hybrid role and can be based either in our Birmingham, Cardiff or London office 1-2 days a week, and from home for the rest of the week. There will be the expectation to travel to other offices from which the candidate is based, and in particular to the main office in Birmingham.
The salary offer for this role will be from £45,000 - £50,000 per annum for Birmingham and Cardiff based and from £49,500 to £55,000 per annum for London based (where applicable), depending on knowledge, skills and experience.
We are recruiting for this role on a full-time basis, working 35 hours per week. If you have any questions that aren’t in this advert or on our website, please contact us via recruitment@sra.org.uk.
To Apply
Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the essential criteria listed under the ‘What We’re Looking For’ section above.
Closing date for applications is 17th of February 2025.
The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.
Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.
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