Chief Human Resources Officer (TC)

The Government of Montserrat invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the post of Chief Human Resources Officer.

• Provide advice to the Governor, Deputy Governor/Head of the Public Service, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments on all human resource management and establishment matters in the Public Service;
• Develop and implement HR policies, programmes and tools in the areas of talent management, learning and development, recruitment and selection, remuneration and benefits, performance management, organization and management development and employee relations which are in alignment with the GoM’s policy agenda and the reform strategy for the Public Service;
• Put in place a plan to transform the way the HMRU delivers more effective and professional service to the rest of the Public Service;
• Assess the calibre and capacity of current HMRU staff and ensure that they receive the developmental experiences necessary to build capability and provide a professional HR service;
• Develop and implement a learning and development strategy that identifies and develops future leaders, nurture talent and build the capability of current leaders and managers;
• Create a learning and knowledge culture across the GoM’s human resource function to inform future plans, support transformational change, encourage a culture of continuous improvement through people management initiatives;
• Work with the Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to provide strong human resource management leadership; establishing a strong direction and managing and engaging with people in a straightforward, truthful and candid manner.
• Work with the Governor to support her independent departments to ensure best practice is followed in line with Montserrat laws and professional standards.

• Building and maintain a positive and influential relationship with Public Service leadership and Line Ministries whilst maintaining independence and objectivity;
• Build the capability and confidence of Line Managers to handle Human resource situations with skill rather than Managing the issues for them and to understand and address difficult people issues in a timely manner;
• Work with key stakeholders to develop a high performance/enabling culture for the whole organization in anticipation of future needs and challenges and in response to current needs and challenges;
• Lead and champion the implementation of organisational human resource management change, including major programmes and projects across the organization

• HR Strategy for the development of GoM’s HR function, including key areas of recruitment and retention, performance management, remuneration and rewards, capability development, talent management and succession planning, workforce planning, contract management, employee relations and organizational design;
• Strategic Action and Implementation Plan to implement the HR development strategy 
• Quarterly progress reports on the Implementation of the Action Plan;
• An assessment, costing, development and implementation of a training plan for HMRU staff to achieve the desired transformation in service delivery;
• Staff Performance Reports, Development Plans and Status Reports on development activities conducted
• Annual Performance Report for the HMRU within one month of the end of the calendar year;
• Technical Cooperation Reports and Financial Aid Reports
• HR Key Performance Indicators

• Ability to work at senior level, collaborating with Permanent Secretaries and supporting them in their role.
• Strong leadership and management skills and the ability to create a strong and motivated team.
• Experience in leading successful transformational change particularly changes in HR processes.
• Ability to conceptualize complex business changes and structures, and the ability to plan, articulate and implement the resulting organizational changes 
• Ability to work right and fast with strong bias for action and demonstrated ability to drive assignments to closure within stated schedules
• Strong working knowledge of employment law issues and the ability to apply these to a variety of situations using a pragmatic and common sense approach
• A deep understanding of the organization’s strategy, performance goals and drivers and knows how to develop organization strategies and operating plans. 
• Knowledge of how to use a wide range of sophisticated interpersonal skills and behaviours in combination with HR technical skills to impact the organization.
• Be a decisive thinker, skilled influencer, role model

• Be Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) qualified to Membership level or hold the equivalent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) certification.
• Have a Bachelors Degree and ideally a Masters Degree with a focus on Organisational Design and Development/change management/leadership and /or people development 
• Have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in successfully managing the HR function of an organisation with emphasis on demonstrating a broad understanding and technical capability across all HR professional areas and specific capability in: 
• Organisational Development, conducting organisational reviews and developing organisational structures 
• Strategic Planning, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Retention, establishing HR systems, capability development and workforce planning, writing job descriptions and contract management, preparing framework programmes and policies
• Talent management and succession planning and how this could apply within the organisation
• Have demonstrated experience of successfully leading major transformational change programmes.

• Full employment history, including any gaps
• All qualifications completed with results 
• Details of any relevant Human Resources Management experience
• Details of any cautions or convictions you have received
• Names and addresses (with phone and email if possible) of 2 referees, one of which should be your most recent employer

• Basic Salary $250,000 per annum (taxable)
• Housing $36,000 per annum (taxable)
• Travel $9,600 per annum (non-taxable)
• Telephone $1440 per annum (taxable) 

• The deadline date for receipt of applications is February 10th 2023.
• Short listed applicants will be notified during the week commencing February 20th 2023
• Interviews will be held during the week commencing March 6th 2023 and a decision communicated by March 16th 2023.