Senior HR Business Partner

To provide senior leadership visibility and work with colleagues and senior stakeholders, you can expect to be in the office at least 60% of your working hours as a core part of this role. Some travel to other DWP sites (nationally) for meetings with client business areas and People and Capability colleagues will also be essential. This role partners directly with the Area Director for Scotland, North East and Cumbria Jobs and Careers Service, and leads a team of 7 HR Business Partners, fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture. Key Purpose The Senior HR Business Partner ensures strong alignment between DWP Business and People Transformation and priorities. The role provides strategic consultancy, constructive challenge, and innovative people solutions, operating within best practice, policy, and legal frameworks to deliver sustainable business outcomes now and in the future. Role and Responsibilities Strategic Influence and Insight:

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior leaders, influencing decisions and shaping organisational direction.
• Use data, analytics, and business insight to identify key people issues and support evidence-based leadership decisions.
Change and Transformation Leadership
• Lead and manage the people impacts of organisational change, including capability, leadership, culture, and systems.
• Design, deliver, and embed transformation activity, demonstrating measurable impact on performance and outcomes.
Workforce and Talent Strategy:
• Shape workforce planning and talent strategies, using robust insight and metrics to ensure the right capability is in place to meet current and future business needs.
Leadership and Role Modelling:
• Lead, develop, and empower a diverse team of HR Business Partners to deliver high quality outcomes at pace.
• Act as a visible and credible senior leader, role modelling DWP values and behaviours and championing inclusive, engaging leadership.
  Extensive experience in HR Business Partnering within large, complex organisations.
• A proven track record of influencing senior leaders and delivering organisational change.
• Strong analytical capability, with experience using data and insight to inform strategic decisions.
• Exceptional leadership skills, including building and sustaining high performing teams.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery in pressured and ambiguous environments.
If you are an exceptional leader and experienced HR Business Partner looking to broaden your impact in a large and complex organisation, this role offers the opportunity to partner with and influence senior leaders, deliver organisational change at scale and drive outcomes that matter. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
DWP is looking to recruit a Senior HR Business Partner (SHRBP) into Strategic People Partnering Services (SPPS), a community of around 300 HR professionals partnering Director General led Groups across the Department of a workforce of over 85,000 colleagues. SHRBPS are senior leaders within People and Capability Group, acting as trusted strategic partners to DWP's most senior leaders. They shape and deliver the people agenda, lead complex transformation, and enable evidence-based decision making that improves outcomes for colleagues and customers.