Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5, 000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

Home based.

Benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave
• 9% combined pension
• Holiday trade scheme
• Flexible benefits package

Closing date - Close of play on Wednesday 16th April.

The People Delivery Specialist will play a pivotal role in the operational People function, reporting directly to the Head of People - Operational Performance.

This role will be central to aligning people strategies with business objectives, promoting a performance-driven culture, and aiding essential organisational growth and transformation initiatives.

The People Delivery Specialist will collaborate closely with the wider People team and business leaders to facilitate the delivery of people-related strategies, support key projects, provide key people data led insights and ensure that the People function actively

contributes to the company's success and growth.

This is an agile role and will work across operations, growth and change based on business priorities.

Salary range - £50, 000 to £60, 000

1. Partnering:

• Understand Maximus' operational business model and develop a unified approach to delivering People initiatives across the organisation in line with business requirements.

• Working to create clear actions of people priorities that are to be delivered through the

operational team driving key people processes such as talent management, performance management to drive organisational success

• Deliver regular updates on key people metrics with insight to enable the business focus on areas to drive improvement to improve retention, attendance, workforce planning ensuring trends and insights are fed back to the People centres of excellence to drive focus and improvements to the business

2. Data Analysis and Reporting

o Assist in delivering regular updates on key people metrics, providing insights to enable business focus on areas of improvement.

o Collaborate with HR centres of excellence to provide operational business insights.

3. Talent Management & Succession planning:

• Support the talent and succession process within the business, ensuring a consistent approach is applied.

• Contribute to the identification and development of talent profiles, assisting in addressing capability gaps. ensuring that there is a focus on diverse lens to pools, to ensure no biases have prevented us from being inclusive

3. Retention / Attendance:

• Assist in developing strategies to improve retention, particularly within the first 12 months of service.

• Collaborate with the Wellbeing function to aid in the creation of strategies that improve attendance.

4. Engagement:

• Contribute to a positive and inclusive working environment and support initiatives developed by the engagement and culture teams

• Operate within and promote the Maximus values.

5. Performance management:

• Assist in managing performance review cycles, promoting mandatory and annual global compliance training.

• Support managers in the effective use of tools and drive improved quality of performance reviews.

• Assist in the development and implementation of standardised objectives.

6. Project leadership & Execution:

• Support key projects within the people function or as a people lead in business projects

• Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered within scope and have a measurable impact.

• Ensure all people led projects have accounted for agility and organisational growth

7. Change Management:

• Assist in supporting organisational change initiatives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Help integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies into all HR initiatives.

• Support the Change team with TUPE process and contract changes.

8. Growth:

• Support the Growth team as required with bid activity, due diligence, TUPE process, mobilisation activity. This could mean leading on bid and growth activity or supporting elements of this work

9. Data led insights:

• Ability to review, analyse and provide insight into key people metrics to drive business improvement.

10.Technological Enablement:

• Ensure all activities focus on technological enablement, assisting managers to self-serve

resources where possible using available tools and platforms

Key Contacts & Relationships:

Internal

• Operations team

• Change & Transformation team

• Growth team

• Central divisions e.g. finance

• HR directorate

External

• Clients

• External organisations

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience in HR, People Business partner or similar role

• Ability to effectively collaborate with senior leadership and influence decision making

• Experience of using data to inform and support key decision making

• Experience of managing organisational change and transformation.

• Understanding of talent management, succession planning, and performance management processes.

• Proven ability to manage cross functional projects and deliver results.

• Familiarity with HR technology and data analytics to improve people strategies

• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with operational execution.

• Comfortable working in an agile way to support requirements of the business.

• Ability to be curious and work with relevant teams to ensure organisational success.

Individual Competencies

• Business acumen: understand company vision, goals and industry landscape

• Communication skills: Excellent written and verbal communication to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders

• Analytical: ability to identify trends, analyse trends and identify patterns, measure effectiveness of HR programmes.

• Change management guiding the business through organisational change, mitigating disruption and adoption of new approaches

• Solution focused: identifying and addressing complex HR challenges developing creative solutions and navigating challenging situations

• Collaboration: Works well with cross functional teams and builds positive relationships.

• Detail-Oriented: Ensures accuracy and quality in all deliverables.

• Proactive: Anticipates needs and takes initiative to solve challenges.

• Empathy: Understands employee/manager perspectives and creates programs that resonate.

EEO Statement

Maximus is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal well-being and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.

We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for an interview. YourGuaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team. Where reasonable, Maximus will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.

Minimum Salary

£

50, 000.00

Maximum Salary

£

60, 000.00