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 Wednesday 16th April

The People Delivery Partner 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 Partner will collaborate closely with business leaders to facilitate the delivery of people-related strategies, lead and manage 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 - £57, 000 to £67, 000

1. Partnering:

• Work with key stakeholders to educate them on approach to leading teams and

using the People team centres of excellence model, to drive and secure strong

sponsorship with the business

• Understand Maximus' operational business model and develop a unified approach

to delivering People initiatives across the organisation in line with business

requirements.

• Act as a true partner, aligning and translating people strategies with company goals.

Working to create a clear roadmap 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. Talent Management & Succession planning:

• Drive and lead the talent and succession process in the business, ensuring a robust

and consistent approach is applied, share key outputs with T& D and Resourcing to

ensure action taken as a result of the process.

• Identify and develop a clear capability profile, understanding and addressing

capability gaps with stakeholders to ensure the right talent is identified and

developed to fill critical roles, fostering a pipeline of future leaders and plans

developed to address any gaps or areas of risk.

• Ensure that there is a focus on applying a diverse lens to pools, to ensure no biases

have prevented us from being inclusive.

3. Retention / Attendance:

• Develop strategies to improve retention, particularly within the first 12 months of

service.

• Partner with the Wellbeing function to create strategies that improve attendance

4. Engagement:

• Nurture 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:

• Manage performance review cycles, promoting mandatory and annual global

compliance training.

• Participate in and support feedback as part of the review cycle.

• Coach managers in the effective use of tools and drive improved quality of

performance reviews.

• Support the development and implementation of standardised objectives

6. Project leadership & Execution:

• Lead and manage key projects within the people function or act as people

workstream lead in wider organisational projects

• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders and ensure projects are delivered within

scope and with a measurable impact

• Establish clear milestones and metrics

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

7. Change Management:

• Support organisational change initiatives and foster a culture of continuous

improvement.

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

foster an inclusive workplace culture.

• Change management will include leading on internal organisational change,

managing the associated consultation process

• Support as required contract ramp down/ closure and contract mobilisation change

programmes

• Support Change team with TUPE process including analysis of ELI data and setting

up new contracts in relevant HR systems

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:

• With all of the above, providing cross Maximus data led insights to work in

partnership to develop approach to drive improvement in key people metrics across

the business.

10.Technological Enablement:

• Ensure all activities focus on technological enablement, assisting managers to self serve resources where possible using available tools and platforms to enable them

to lead and manage their teams effectively using tools and platforms available

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

£

57, 000.00

Maximum Salary

£

67, 000.00