Resource Business Partner

On behalf of Defra, we are looking for a Resource Business Partner for a6 monthscontract based REMOTELY with occasional travel to either Bristol/York/London or Newcastle

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

Our objectives are:

• To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.
• To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.
• To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .

25 Year Environment Plan - GOV.UK .

As a Resource Business Partner, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Manage agreed cases from initiation and approvals through mobilisation, placement, extension or exit. Coordinate CE input to agreements, funding, security, technology and workplace readiness with Defra teams, suppliers and home employers.
• Programme Mobilisation and Placement Readiness Take ownership once a secondment requirement or individual is agreed; sourcing and wider recruitment remain outside scope.
• Confirm purpose, outputs, duration, funding, management arrangements and intended benefits before mobilisation.
• Coordinate readiness across the secondee, CE manager, People Team, supplier or home employer and Defra enabling functions
• Ensure changes, extensions and exits follow the agreed process. Benefits Evaluation, Knowledge Transfer and Offboarding Implement a benefits framework with baselines, measures, owners, evidence and review points. Evaluate delivery, capability, skills transfer, external insight, partnerships, financial value and organisational learning.

Essential:

• Civil service background in recruitment
• Knowledge of GRS (government management system for recruiting)
• PowerBI

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, Defra encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, Defra welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".

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