People Operations Advisor Policy Development Lead (FTA 12m)

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients.

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Agencys unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

As part of the People Team within the Corporate Services Directorate the HR Policy Development Officer will play a key role in shaping and delivering GIAAs People and Culture and workforce strategies. In this role, you will lead the development, review and continuous improvement of HR policies and guidance, ensuring they are clear, compliant, accessible and aligned with organisational priorities and best practice.

Working collaboratively across the People Team and with stakeholders throughout the Agency, you will help drive consistent, high-quality people management by embedding effective policies, supporting tools and engaging communications that enable our workforce to succeed.

Role responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end development, review and maintenance of HR policy products, including research, design, benchmarking, implementation and evaluation.
• Ensure all policy products are inclusive, fit for purpose, compliant with legislation, and aligned with organisational priorities and best practice.
• Maintain and manage a structured HR policy review schedule, ensuring policies remain up to date, relevant and effective.
• Support the development of associated frameworks, including employee relations policies, guidance, templates and supporting documentation.
• Support the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), toolkits and template documentation to enable consistent application of policy across the Agency.
• Provide input into wider People and Culture initiatives, including contributing to learning materials to strengthen manager capability.
• Use data, insight and feedback to evaluate policy effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the People Team and wider organisation to support effective policy development and implementation.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure policies are understood, accessible and meet business needs.
• Work flexibly with peers to support wider team priorities and respond to changing organisational demands.
• Maintain awareness of HR practice, employment legislation and organisational context to inform policy development.
• Comply with organisational systems, processes and information security requirements, ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.
• Contribute positively to a professional, collaborative and high-performing team environment.

Person Specification:

1. Recent experience in developing and implementing HR policies, products/toolkits, or a strong HR generalist background with experience of advising on and applying HR policies and procedures.
2. Experience of designing and delivering user-friendly HR products, guidance or toolkits that support effective people management and improve employee experience.
3. Experience of researching and applying best practice using external sources and professional networks, with the ability to interpret and apply employment law and legislative changes in a practical way.
4. Experience of interpreting legislation centrally issued guidance and organisational policy requirements, and translating these into clear, accessible documentation.
5. Experience of managing multiple workstreams or competing priorities, delivering high-quality outputs to agreed timescales.
6. Experience of maintaining governance arrangements for policies or procedures, including version control and scheduled review cycles.

To apply for this role, you will need to submit your employment history, personal details and provide a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words, referring to the person specification.

Please note only your statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.

Interviews will be held on Teams.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills:

• Policy development and governance
• Delivery and Continuous Improvement
• Knowledge of HR practice and employment legislation