Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 14th June 2026
📍 Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Swansea (This role is suitable for hybrid working)
💷 Salary: £44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕘️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
🏆️ Available Positions: 1
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
Are you ready to shape the future of our workforce? As an HR Business Partner, you’ll work side by side with senior leaders to deliver impactful, strategic HR solutions. You’ll drive performance, boost engagement, and help create a culture where people thrive. From influencing policy to leading change, you’ll play a key role in delivering real value for colleagues and customers. If you're passionate about making a difference through people, we want to hear from you.
Top Responsibilities
* Working with partner managers to develop and monitor plans to deliver business objectives through their people, applying People Directorate models and plans where appropriate
* Developing innovative, timely and cost-effective solutions, and ensure that business requirements are incorporated into People Directorate initiatives
* Inform the business of key People Directorate messages, initiatives, and policies so that these are understood in a timely way, and managers ensure fair and consistent practice across their teams
* Coaching and supporting business managers to lead and facilitate change, enabling them to implement change using appropriate skills, models, tools, and techniques
* Working with senior leaders, to develop HR interventions and strategies to improve organisational performance, capability and skills and create a high-performance workplace
* Analyse, interpret, and monitor management information, providing senior managers with meaningful insight and advice to address business problems and provide recommendations that facilitate continuous improvement
* Building productive relationships and engaging with stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure strong partnerships, creating a high performing and well-respected Agency
* Working with colleagues across the People Directorate to provide a professional consultancy model to best support DVSA and our customers
Benefits
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
* Access to the staff discount portal.
* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
* Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
About You
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
* Experience of advising, coaching, and supporting managers on HR policies and processes to deliver effective business outcomes with an effective approach to risk.
* Experience of implementing people initiatives, translating business requirements into people plans and supporting the business through change.
* Experience of interpreting data and using evidence-based insight to influence stakeholders.
* Sound knowledge of employment legislation.
Additional Information
You will already have Chartered CIPD membership or be willing to work towards attaining this level of membership within 18 months in post.
How to Apply
👉 Read the full description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided.
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 14th June 2026
Salary description
£44241.00 - £44241.00 per year