Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Chartered MCIPD and significant post qualification experience
• Significant experience of leading and managing professional HR and recruitment staff
• Ability to motivate teams to deliver against challenging deadlines with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to translate strategy into action and shape HR services to support organisational needs
• Thorough and up to date knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and best HR practice
  (with a particular focus on recruitment and resourcing)
• Experience of running complex and largescale recruitment campaigns
• Experience in leading, managing and delivering complex HR projects/initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex issues
  succinctly in writing, and communicate contentious and sensitive issues to a range of audiences
• Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to build and maintain effective, positive
  working relationships with stakeholders at all levels

Desirable Criteria

• Chartered FCIPD
• Experience of working in the Police Service or a large public sector organisation