Regional People Lead - Ireland

Regional People Lead - Ireland
Salary: €65,000 to €75,000, or £50,000 to £60,000 (dependent on capability)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Location: Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland
Closing Date: 21-01-2024
Reference: 16907
About us
Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since the 19th century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.
This is a great time to enjoy the RNLI People Team as we regionalise the delivery of HR and volunteer service to the 6 RNLI regions. With 1850 employees and 25,000 people, the challenge in on!
Located in Swords, Co Dublin, you will report directly to the Regional Head and be part of the local leadership team. Acting as a peer of the regional team, you must be confident in seeking to understand the regional challenges and opportunities (not just People) to challenge, coach and motivate success for the region. With an indirect reporting line to the Head of Business Partnering (based in Poole), you must also be able to act with agility to ensure national consistency of policy and practice to deliver regional needs.
Based in Swords 3 days per week, working from home 1 day a week, you will also be expected to work from a lifeboat station or fundraising centre for 1 day a week.
You will be supported by a People Advisor and Volunteer Advisor embedded into the Region. We also have a large admin team based in Poole. As much of work relates to both valued employees and valued volunteers, your ability to deliver a great service for all is crucial. Success in this role, will ensure as much as is possible complete ownership of all matters rather than providing a signposting service that sees through to completion.
Some of the benefits:
- Salary €65,000 to €75,000, or £50,000 to £60,000 (dependent on capability)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
Your Role
As our Regional People Lead, you will ensure excellent HR business partnering within your region, supported by central subject matter experts including Pay and Reward, Learning and Development, Safeguarding and Strategy/Performance, you will understand the regional challenges to drive the people strategy within each location.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Provide a highly effective business partner service to the Regional Head that engages RNLI people (employees and volunteers) and drives high performance and engagement.
- Drive the people strategy within region, consistent with the regional strategy.
- Ensure that all processes are effective and, as much possible, deliver a single point of contact for all people matters.
- Ensure that recruitment, pay and reward, occupational health and learning strategy services are met according to defined Service Level Agreements.
- Maintain and embed a people value proposition that enables the organisation to attract, develop and retain talent that’s meets capacity and capability requirements.
- Ensure that workforce plans are established and delivered so that your areas of responsibility (region) and function are met.
- Remain cognisant of safeguarding challenges at all times and seek to improve working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead as required.
- Manage and develop your direct reports to ensure their career development and personal succession plans.
- Participate in an out of hours service for approximately 2 weeks a year (until 8pm per weekday and 4pm at weekends)
About you
To be successful as our Regional People Lead, you will be a proven business partner, with the drive, perseverance and resilience to deliver great 'people’ services. A clear understanding of ensuring and delivering what makes the organisation a great place to work will be expected.
You will also need:
- A relevant degree, CIPD qualification (level 5 or higher) or equivalent experience.
- HR Business partnering experience, ideally in a leadership capacity.
- Strong, demonstrable employment law knowledge.
- Experience of working with, and delivering against, fast paced operational needs with a practical approach.
If you are ready for the next step in your career please apply….
In other organisations, this role may also be known as: People Partner, HRBP, HR Business Partner, Human Resources Partner, HR Advisor, HR Generalist, HR Manager.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.