About us

The HR Division in UCL has an important role in helping attract, develop and retain globally leading talent, so that UCL can continue to deliver world class teaching and research.

The newly created role of HR Strategy Programme Manager will work within the central HR team, which is made up of over 100 staff across 6 Centres of Expertise (CoE); Organisational Development, Employee Relations and Policy, Reward, Recruitment and Workplace Health and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, as well as a dedicated business partner service. Our aim is to deliver timely and effective interventions and initiatives which align with the University’s strategic vision, working closely with Faculty and central professional services-based teams.

With a challenging people agenda, we’re looking for a HR Strategy Programme Manager to help drive forward HR change and develop the HR service to bring improvements in employee experience.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced HR Strategy Programme Manager for a 9-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working. The position is based at our offices near Kings Cross St Pancras in London.

The HR Strategy & Development team is a new function within HR, with responsibilities including coordinating people-related initiatives, interventions, and frameworks across the CoEs, as well as designing and developing employee experience and HR services. The role will involve working closely with Service stream owners to understand, monitor, and improve service experience, contributing to HR program and project prioritization, and developing HR data and insight to ensure focus on delivering impact.

This role will collaborate with the Director of HR Strategy & Development to coordinate and govern strategic HR development activities, bringing together different work streams across relevant CoEs into a coherent program of change. With a focus on employee experience, the role is responsible for directing resources to initiatives that will have the highest impact in furthering the University's strategic objectives and improving service quality and employee experience. The post holder will be part of a small development team drawing on expertise across relevant teams and functions as necessary.

Additionally, the role will contribute to the coordination and development of the People Strategy and deputize for the Director of HR Strategy & Development as required, such as in governance meetings, taking ownership for HR oversight in key initiatives, or working with other members of the HR Leadership team on progress against strategic initiatives.

About you

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience in facilitation, workshop design and delivery and applying user research methods
Excellent relationship management, with a proven record of making things happen through collaboration and engagement, with superb listening skill
A clear understanding of service design with the ability to develop end to end services which improve the employee experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to assimilate, summarise and convey complex information for different audiences – with an emphasis on simplicity
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop long term relationships with clients and stakeholders
Analytical with experience of taking evidence-based best-practice approaches for clients
Proactive, confident, and innovative

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

On-Site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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