House of Commons

The House of Commons a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK’s thriving democratic system.

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community. More information on what it’s like to work at the House of Commons can be found here: Be at the heart of the House of Commons – UK Parliament

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:

30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year).
Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
Access to training and development.
Flexible working.
Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.
Introduction

The HR Systems and Data Team are responsible for the application support and development of the new iTrent HR and Payroll System, enabling customers to make full use of the applications. HR Systems Team experts provide leadership and technical advice on system applications to customers, maximising productivity and performance of the system.

The Team are responsible for delivering insightful HR Management information, Key Workforce indicators and analysis that support management teams to make strategic and informed decisions.

The Role

Responsible for providing HR Systems development and support skills, a point of reference and mentoring of colleagues across a grow range of key applications serving HR, maximising system productivity and performance, and ensuring the most effective and efficient use of the systems by the Parliament. Provide high level HR advice, guidance and support of HR systems.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

Provide leadership and technical advice on HR applications to customers
Lead on troubleshooting system problems and customer enquiries
Develop reports using varied report-writing or data extraction tools
develops HR applications service to advance the strategic objectives of the business
Responsible for the support of Key system interfaces
Implement upgrade and changes following controlled procedures
Responsible for planning and delivering project
Responsible for identifying customer training needs and ensures adequate training for users
Provide senior technical and specialist input into further development of Service Level targets and Change management procedures
Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

Substantial experience of development and support of iTrent HR applications in particular technical configuration and management of Payroll and Core HR modules. Advanced Excel skills and a proven ability to handle and analyse large quantities of data.
Proven business analysis experience including process mapping, and requirements definition. Experience of leading on Database administration and understanding of data management.
Excellent problem-solving skills in technical and service delivery environments to analyse information and find solutions.
Considerable proven experience in managing competing customer support and project priorities
Promote the culture of House, maintaining principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion at all times.
Next Steps and Additional Information

Application Form – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an application providing evidence against criteria 1, 2, 4 & 5 in the Job Description.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process – UK Parliament

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description.

As part of the selection process, you may be required to complete a test or presentation. Further information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Please ensure that you anonymise your application by removing any identifiable factors from your CV or Supporting Statement.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.