Overview

Senior HR & Professional Standards Partner

Location: Hybrid working, requirement to work from NYP & NYFRS Headquarters in Northallerton 2 days per week, we also have offices across North Yorkshire.

At North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, our mission is clear – to protect lives, property and our communities. To achieve that we need exceptional people, supported by forward thinking, strategic HR leadership.

In this brand-new role, we are looking for a Senior HR & Professional Standards Partner to join our team and help shape the future of our workforce. In this high impact leadership role, you’ll combine strategic HR leadership with a focus on professional standards, employee relations, ethics and organisational culture.

This is a unique opportunity within the People Services function, so, if you’re ready to influence change, drive organisational performance and be a trusted advisor at the heart of a vital public service, then we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct and motivate a HR Business Partner team, shaping the culture and expected standards.
• Define HR strategies and procedures that support ways of working and standards.
• Provide meaningful insight that will influence decision making and business planning.
• Ensure HR practices are compliant with professional standards, legal requirements and ethical fairness and identify opportunities to remove any risk associated.
• Drive organisational effectiveness by leading, planning and implementing people and leadership change, allowing the organisation to remain dynamic and adaptable.

What you will bring

• Significant leadership and/or service delivery management.
• Demonstrable knowledge in developing policies and procedures that are compliant with employee relations, ethical and professional standards.
• You will be in tune with emerging practices in the HR arena to inform current and future people and leadership interventions
• Engaging and inspirational communicator with a natural coaching and consultative approach.
• The ability to forge strong and influential relationships with a broad network of stakeholders, including those at a senior level.

Details

Closing Date for applications: 9am 18th September 2025

Assessment Dates: end of September / start of October

The role profile can found via the NYFRS website – follow careers and vacancy

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