HR Specialist - 6 month contract - Inside IR35

Harvey Nash's public sector client is seeking a HR professional to support for an initial 6-month period.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting delivery of colleague engagement initiatives and associated action planning
• Assisting with the design, coordination and implementation of learning and development activity, including management capability and career framework related initiatives
• Producing and interpreting people data, MI and analytics to support decision-making, workforce insights and reporting
• Providing pragmatic and commercially balanced employee relations advice across a range of casework and policy matters
• Supporting organisational change, workforce planning and broader People & Culture projects where required
• Working collaboratively with leaders and managers across the business
• Supporting continuous improvement of HR processes, governance and documentation

Key Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience operating at Senior HR Advisor and/or HR Business Partner level within a complex organisation
• Generalist HR capability with particular depth in one or more of:
• Employee Engagement
• Learning & Development
• People Analytics/Workforce MI
• Employee Relations
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly
• Experience handling sensitive and confidential matters with sound judgement
• Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving capability
• CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) preferred