HR Change Lead

HR Change Lead – £600-700 Per day Umbrella – On site Central London – 6-Month Interim Contract - Public Sector 

Reed Talent Solutions are supporting the Metropolitan Police Service in the search for an experienced HR Change Lead / Practitioner with a successful record of managing people-based change. It is vital that you understand current employment legislation, and can make informed, risk-based decisions. Knowledge and experience of the policing environment would be useful, but not essential.

The HR Change Lead will have delivery and stakeholder management skills – which you will use to ensure change is delivered within agreed performance targets, whilst providing business leaders with professional advice and insight to support effective decision making. You will share the Met values of integrity; courage; accountability; respect and empathy, bringing them to life in how you work and using our principles to shape your decisions. You will also manage continuous improvement activities across HR - ensuring our service offer to the wider Met is both efficient and effective. 

Day-to-day of the role:

• Manage the delivery and implementation of change strategies, supporting business leaders to interpret policy and providing them with timely and definitive guidance.
• Oversee people-based change projects, re-structures, and re-organisations to meet agreed performance targets, focusing on business objectives, legal compliance, industrial relations, and risk management.
• Ensure that policies, processes, and products used to deliver people-based change are fit for purpose, maintained, and support both business needs and individual circumstances.
• Lead continuous improvement projects within the HR function to ensure operations are effective, efficient, and focused on the needs of the frontline user.
• Manage and deliver key aspects of major transformation projects, including building new organisational units and transforming existing ones.
• Lead multi-person, multi-disciplinary change teams tailored to the project's demands, incorporating resources from within the Change team and wider HR.
• Ensure high visibility of your work to senior operational leaders, directors, and the management board.
• Act as a critical enabler in delivering the New Met for London plan.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering people-based change, re-structures, and re-organisations.
• Strong ability to build and maintain working relationships with senior colleagues and peers, establishing credibility in change capability and services.
• In-depth knowledge of employment law, TUPE regulations, redundancy, and re-deployment legislation.
• Experience with industrial relations policy and stakeholder management, including interactions with trade unions, staff associations, or Police Federation.
• Comprehensive understanding of HR processes, services, and operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of conveying complex information clearly and persuasively.

To apply for the HR Change Lead position, please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.