HR Policy Manager

Job title: HR Policy Manager

Division: Operations
Department: HR Policy & Delivery
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 57200 to 81000 and London from 62900 to 89000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Manager Corporate
• Your recruitment contact is Raimonda Stankute via Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK to keep financial markets fair thriving and effective. By joining us youll play a key part in protecting consumers driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.

We are recruiting an HR Policy Manager to join the HR Policy & Delivery team within Operations. Operations play a central role in enabling the FCA to attract develop and retain the people it needs to regulate effectively supporting colleagues across the organisation and helping to deliver the FCAs strategic priorities.

The HR Policy & Delivery team sits at the centre of the FCAs people agenda working with senior leaders colleagues and external stakeholders to develop and maintain a clear coherent people policy framework. The team leads a high-profile portfolio of complex organisation-wide policy work that directly shapes how the FCA operates.

It is a well-established and respected team offering the opportunity to be part of a collaborative expert function that supports the FCAs mission to make financial markets work well.

Role responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of HR policies that support FCAs business strategy people priorities and regulatory requirements
• Ensure policies stay current with legislation best practice and organisational needs delivering practical guidance that works for colleagues and leaders
• Act as the HR policy expert on UK employment law collaborating with legal advisors to manage compliance and minimise risk
• Partner with internal stakeholders including industry-facing colleagues to ensure policies are consistent effective and integrated into the end-to-end colleague experience
• Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to maintain robust HR policy governance ensuring policies are applied safely and in line with the FCA risk framework
• Oversee guide and assist a team of HR policy specialists supporting talent development while delivering organisational priorities
• Act as a key member of the HR management team developing strategy leading cross-functional initiatives and driving measurable outcomes that support the FCAs wider organisational goals

Skills required

Minimum:

• A broad experience of the implications of employment law on practical people management
• Experience of having delivered policy development and implementation projects
• Experience of stakeholder management including at senior levels

Essential:

• Experience engaging with senior leaders to integrate policy into strategic decision-making processes
• Effective inclusive people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop people as well as manage performance
• Capability to prioritise and manage a variety of competing demands and issues
• Aptitude for working on technical and specialist matters with a high level of attention to detail
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualifications or equivalent
• Proficiency and experience of HR policy development and implementation within a professional workplace and the links to risk management frameworks

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of50% for senior leaders). Changing from September toa minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of60% for Directors andExecutive Directors)
• Non-contributory pension (812% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one thats free from discrimination and bias celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach

Were proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the roles key requirements.

Useful information and timelines

Timeline:

• Advert Closes: Sunday 25th January (please apply by 11:59pm)
• CV Shortlist: Wednesday 28th January
• First Interviews: w/c 2nd - 9th February
• Manager Assessment: w/c 16th February
• Final Interviews: 26th - 27th February
• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role therefore please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.