Are you a HR professional with experience of managing varied stakeholders?
Do you have an up to date understanding of employment law?
Would you like to work in a HR Business Partnering role that has a direct impact on saving lives?
If so, we are looking for a Associate Business Partner to join us at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and we'd love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.
Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.
We are committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams.
We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at MCA.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks groups covering, Women’s, LGBTQI+, Race, Carers, Mental Wellbeing and volunteer Respect Ambassadors.
The Directorate of Corporate Services is responsible for the effective delivery of Corporate Services to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Corporate Services includes Communications, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Assurance, Programme Management Office, and Property & Facilities.
Human Resources is a key enabling function responsible for the planning and delivery of the MCA's People Strategy and a full range of HR services including Organisational Design and Development, Talent Management Employee Relations, Volunteer support, Reward and Resourcing, Planning and Governance.
The Associate HR Business Partner is responsible for supporting the HR Business Partners with strategic partnering, organisation design and transformation and connecting the HR service with the wider organisation.
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Strategic Partnering; Support leaders to drive people strategies to deliver HR People strategies and wider MCA organisational strategy.
* Solving; Provide strategic input on HR topics and help leaders develop effective people solutions.
* Connecting ; Building quality relationships with stakeholders to help the organisation draw on appropriate Centre of Excellence expertise and shared service support.
* Coaching; Coach leaders on how to manage people issues and drive the MCA people agenda effectively.
* Manage transformation programmes ; coaching senior managers in inclusive organisational design and development. Facilitating change and ensuring adherence to employment legislation, working with HR colleagues to- manage the Trade Union relationships throughout and reporting impact.
* Lead on specific HR projects relevant to your assigned business areas.
For further information about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached role profile.
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