Employment Policy Advisor

UCL’s HR Division plays a key role in attracting and retaining the remarkable people that make UCL one of the world’s leading universities. We provide professional advice and services to managers and staff with the objective of maintaining a high quality, diverse, motivated and committed workforce.

The HR Employment Policy Team sits within the HR Division and consists of the Head of Employment Policy, 2 Employment Policy Managers, the Employment Policy Advisor and the Employment Policy Administrator.

The role of the Employment Policy Advisor is to support the team in undertaking policy research, benchmarking, writing and reviewing policies, consulting the trade unions and other stakeholders; undertaking projects; to advise managers and staff on policy, procedures and best practice; to lead on responses to Freedom of Information requests and Subject Access Requests.

The role is both varied and busy and provides an excellent and rewarding opportunity to work in the central HR Division, and to work with other HR functions. There will be plenty of opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive and interesting environment.

We are operating hybrid working and you will have the opportunity to work remotely for up to 60% a week if you wish.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact rebecca-edwards@ucl.ac.uk.

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact Usman Khalid at u.khalid@ucl.ac.uk

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

Flexible Working Statement: 'We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible'.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

To be successful in this role, you will have up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and best practice. You will be well educated and ideally have CIPD membership or have equivalent experience. You will have excellent writing skills and will be experienced in delivering to deadlines and leading projects.

You will have a high level of numeracy to produce and analyse statistical reports and have an understanding of GDPR.

You will be comfortable in liaising with multiple stakeholders including up to Director level and have clear and engaging presentation skills.

In line with UCL’s Ways of Working, you will be committed to equality and diversity, and have an understanding on how this can be implemented in policies.

Please use the cover letter upload options to let us know how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification for this role.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/