Employee Relations Specialist (Change & Transformation) - Fixed Term Contract 12 Months

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Reference number

469828

Salary

£52,499

£52,499 plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,130 if based in Canary Wharf or Croydon

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Fixed term

Length of employment

12 Months

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, London, Sale, Wakefield

About the job

Job summary

Are you resilient, decisive, and focused on delivering results? Do you communicate with clarity and take ownership of outcomes? If so, this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact, combining strategic influence with hands on delivery in a fair and inclusiver manner. You will build your expertise, broaden your experience, and drive meaningful organisational change that delivers real value to colleagues and the wider public.

You will join a high-performing People & Change team, where your experience will contribute directly to shaping organisational transformation.

As an Employee Relations Specialist (Change & Transformation), you will play a key role in delivering expert employee relations support across complex change programmes. You will operate in a fast-paced environment where accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement are essential.

Organisational change and transformation projects, such as restructures, realignments, and redundancies are effectively delivered in line with employment law, best practice and civil service governance frameworks.

Complex casework, such as grievances raised because of change and transformation are managed promptly and effectively and seek ways to mitigate financial risk and legal recourse.

Restructure, redeployment, and realignment activities are managed sensitively and in accordance with IOPC policy and employment legislation.

Consultation with staff is effectively conducted and proposals offered by colleagues are given full consideration by leaders, and support management with providing a written response.

Work alongside People Business Partners to ensure that our redeployment and realignment processes are fully exhausted to reduce exit costs.

Please refer to the Job Description for full role responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications:

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development level 7 qualification or equivalent experience.

Knowledge:

Excellent knowledge of change management and transformation principles.

Excellent knowledge of employment law and its practical application

Excellent knowledge of HR best practice when managing change.

Leadership principles and practices.

Excellent knowledge of redundancy consultation.

Experience:

Experience of leading and advising senior managers on implementing organisational change and restructures.

Significant experience of consulting and negotiating with trade unions.

Significant experience of supporting staff through change.

Significant experience of leading on providing employee relations advice in relation to redundancies, redeployment and grievances.

Experience of leading large organisational transformational change.

Working in a People/HR environment with responsibilities for influencing change.

Experience of working in the civil service, public, not for profit or charity sectors, preferrably with experience of engaging with the civil service redundancy process.

Developing processes and or policies and procedure to facilitate effective change.

Working collaboratively with senior managers and leadership teams.

Experience of working with multiple stakeholders.

Experience of assessing and evaluating the outcomes of change and transformation.

Skills:

Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Excellent analytical skills.

Strong decision-making skills.

The ability to problem-solve and find cost effective solutions.

Good coaching and mentoring skills.

Other requirements:

Applicants must be willing to travel to regional locations to conduct in person meetings with staff and senior management.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £52,499, Independent Office for Police Conduct contributes £15,208 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)

The option to buy, sell, or carry over annual leave is reviewed each year and offered when possible.

Voluntary Health Cash Plan provided by BHSF

Civil Service pension

Civil Service maternity leave package

PAM employee assistance programme

Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership

Cycle to work scheme

Opportunity to enjoy the latest home and electronics in a more affordable way provided by Vivup

Car Leasing Scheme

Staff Networks focussed on each of the protected characteristics - run for staff, by staff: Enable Network, Age Network, Welsh Network, Pride and LGBTQ+ Network, Sex and Family Network, Race, Religion and Belief Network

Learning and development tailored to your role.

An environment with flexible working options

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

We'll assess you against Grade 7 Level behaviours during the interview process. Specific behaviours will be shared to successfull candidates who reach the interview stage.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a Statement of Suitability based on the essential criteria.

Once you have submitted your application, please email a copy of your CV to the Recruitment Team at recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk. Please note that your CV will be anonymised to ensure the integrity of the anonymous recruitment process.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, to find out more, please click here.

Throughout the recruitment process we will also assess your Experience, Strengths and Values.

We aim to follow these timeframes and will inform you of any changes if they arise:

Advert goes live on: 2 July 2026

Advert expires: 16 July 2026

Shortlisting take place: W/C 20 July 2026

Candidates invited to interview: W/C 27 July 2026 (or sooner if possible)

Interviews: W/C 3 August 2026 (or sooner if possible)

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals

nationals of the Republic of Ireland

nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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Email : recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk