People Advisor

Join Police Digital Service as a People Advisor. Start salary £50,000 pa. FTC 12 Months

About Police Digital Service

To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality.

Police Digital Service strives to be the go-to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts.

Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we’re always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic hands on People Advisor to join our team on a fixed term basis. From day to day queries to change programmes and occasional casework, you’ll help is deliver practical, people focused HR support.

We’re not concerned about your background, if you can deliver, communicate well and bring a positive can do attitude then we’d love to hear from you.

Our Values are:

• We value People
• We do the right thing
• We are innovative
• We are one Team
• We are proud and passionate

Why Join us?

• Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available
• Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn’t always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week)
• We care about your well-being - we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts
• Plan for the future - we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover
• Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation
• Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work
• Community - one paid day off per year for volunteering

You can find out more here:

Benefits - Police Digital Service (pds.police.uk)

Key Responsibilities

• Providing proactive, practical advice and coaching to managers on a range of people management issues, including performance, wellbeing and employee engagement to build confidence and capability in people leadership.
• Acting as a first point of contact for employees on HR related queries, offering clear, empathetic and consistent advice in line with policy, best practice and employment law.
• Monitoring and managing the central HR inbox, ensuring timely, accurate and professional responses to queries and escalating complex matter appropriately.
• Representing the people services function on cross-functional projects, contributing to the design, development and implementation of initiative aimed at enhancing the employee experience such as new systems, services or engagement tools.
• Providing accurate guidance on employment legislation, policies and procedures, ensuring compliance and best practice across all areas of HR.
• From time to time, support with the management of formal employee relations cases ensuring fairness, consistency and adherence to internal procedures.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR practices, processes and policies, identifying opportunities to enhance service delivery and employee satisfaction.

What you need to succeed in the role

• Is confident giving practical advice and knows when to ask questions or dig deeper.
• Can build trust and communicate clearly with both managers and employees.
• Is organised, responsive and can manager competing priorities.
• Is comfortable getting stuck in - whether that’s coaching a manager, answering inbox queries or jumping into a project.
• Understands employment law and HR policies.
• Brings energy, a solutions focused attitude and wants to make a positive impact on the employee experience.
• Isn’t afraid of change and ideally wants to help drive it!

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.

Working Arrangements

This is a remote role.

All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3 )and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS.

Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to to complete your application as soon as possible