There is currently one full-time, permanent post.
The post holder will report to the Director of Human Resources, via the Corporate HR Manager (Operations) and have responsibility to effectively and efficiently lead, develop and manage the key strategic corporate human resources (HR) contracts including, but not exclusively, Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources; Employee Counselling and Occupational Health, ensuring a high standard of service and best value for money is delivered for the council.
Lead and deliver, with key internal stakeholders, the end-to-end tendering process for key strategic corporate HR contracts, ensuring the council maintain high quality service delivery.
Have continuing responsibility for reviewing the contracts and provision affecting the Council. Make recommendations and facilitate change, managing contract implementation, and following up and dealing with the implications of the change.
Manage, monitor, and continually review departmental compliance with HR and agency worker related contracts and associated policies, frameworks and legislation.
Report to the Corporate Management Team (CMT) on departmental compliance with contracts, make recommendations to directors for improvement and / or agreeing improvement plans.
Develop, manage and lead key stakeholder relationships both internally and externally including building and maintaining good working relationships with suppliers/ contractors, internal stakeholders and customers. Ensuring effective communication on all matters affecting contract and service delivery.
Manage and monitor allocated projects to ensure effective and efficient completion to agreed standards and to work with directors, business managers, non-direct reports and stakeholders to meet and deliver corporate priorities.
Lead on the strategic review of managed contracts, to drive efficiencies and reduce expenditure by developing a culture of continuous improvement in the delivery and review of managed contracts and internal processes ensuring both internal and external interfaces are managed effectively.
As Protestants and males are currently known to be under-represented in this job group, in Belfast City Council, applications from this group would be particularly welcome.
And as young people (people under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are currently under-represented in Belfast City Council, applications from these groups would be particularly welcome.
As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
Belfast City Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.