Job Description

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Reference number

406445
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Salary

42,467 - 45,735
GBP
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Job grade

Other###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

FLS - Corporate Services###

Type of role

Human Resources###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5HD : Inverness, Scotland, IV3 8NW

About the job

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Job summary

Forestry and Land Scotland's People Management team is busy and fast paced, which plays a key role in the delivery of a quality, comprehensive HR service to all employees at Forestry and Land Scotland. The team have a key role to play in partnering our business areas, supporting Forestry and Land Scotland through employee relations matters, end to end recruitment processes and through the development of talent and resourcing solutions.



Our team comprises of 5 x HR Business Partners and 3 x HR Advisors. The People Management team is an integral part of the wider People Team and we work closely with the other functions such as: Resourcing & Talent, Learning & Development, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Payroll, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, HR Systems and MI, HR Policy and the Change team.



As an Executive Agency of Scottish Government (SG), we also work closely with SG colleagues in HR, Resourcing and Security too.

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Job description

Our HR Business Partners (HRBPs) provide great customer service through working in partnership with designated business functions located across Scotland for Forestry and Land Scotland on all people management matters.



This post will provide HR Partnering support to at least one of the five regions of Scotland; North, East, West, Central and South. You will have specific responsibility for providing professional people management advice, coaching and support to all of your business areas. This includes leading on complex case management, workforce planning and resource planning, employee engagement, job evaluation and supporting a range of organisational change projects. All this work will go towards the implementation of our People Strategy.



Your communication and engagement with the business will be an essential part of the role and you will have regular meetings with various stakeholders. To help you with this, you will produce and present statistical reports that analyse several workforce metrics, identifying upcoming trends and helping to plan for the management of these.



Working with your colleagues within the wider People Team is important too so, you will also need to work collaboratively with the other People Team functions.



This role is a key part of the business areas and you will need to have the ability to travel to across Scotland (some overnight stays will be needed too). Given the frequency of travel and geographical spread of the role, would ideally like the role to be located at our one of our main offices in Edinburgh or Inverness office; however, we would consider some flexibility on this. Home working as also supported as part of our Smarter Working arrangements.

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Person specification

Experience

Essential:

People Management experience in a similar role or an HR Manager role. Experience of operating in a business partner model and working with local managers to create positive business outcomes. Strong team leadership, motivational and communication skills especially with a diverse range of staff. Experience in coordinating and managing complex employee relations matters within a fast-paced environment Ability to analyse and present HR data to support evidence-based decisions, communicating key messages clearly in both written reports and verbal presentations.

Desirable:

Experience of working within Civil or Public sector HR Experience of leading on or being part of workforce planning exercises An understanding of HR information systems (e.g., iTrent) for interrogation and workforce analytics Ability to lead or contribute to HR-related projects such as restructures, policy reviews, or diversity initiatives.


Technical

Essential:

CIPD membership

Desirable:

CIPD Level 7 Diploma in Human Resources Management qualification

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Selection process details

Please see our recruitment portal for further details.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Fiona Dundas Email : fiona.dundas@forestryandland.gov.scot
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Recruitment team

* Email : resourcing@forestryandland.gov.scot