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HR Business Partners in the Public Sector

28th June 2007, London

Many HR issues are unique to the Public Sector and never before has the public sector been under such a glaring spotlight, relentless pressure to perform and constantly subjected to change.  It is against this background that the need for a more effective, sophisticated and strategic HR function, based on the HR Business Partner Model and an emerging Human Capital Management framework, has become abundantly clear.  Most of the challenges facing the public sector are human resource challenges of productivity, service delivery and greater value and all the while this has to be within a growing and complex set of constraints introduced by both legislation and a widely accepted need to manage the rights, welfare and development of all employees.

What will you get from this Workshop?

By the end of this one-day event you will have: -

• A crystal clear understanding of the latest, best practice in strategic, Human Capital Management and HR Business partnering
• Practical tools and techniques to help you in your HR Business Partner role
• Measures to demonstrate your added value
• A simple, complete framework for the continuous development of the HR team

Workshop Programme

0945  Introduction and welcome
 Why have Human Capital Management and HR Business partnering become such a hot topic?
 As a public sector HR professional what do you need to know and how can it help in your job?

1000  Getting a clear definition of the role of an HR Business Partner
 Dealing with the particular issues of public sector HR
 What is possible in HR strategy?
 Positioning the HR function for a new role, moving towards Human Capital Management

1100 Coffee

1115  Working out existing and future, changing HR priorities.
 Dealing with the basics and legislative changes efficiently
 Outsourcing, shared services and the role of the HR Business Partner
 Making HR more systematic, moving from transactional to strategic

1230 Lunch

1315 Assessing where you are now and where you need to be under the main HR headings of employee acquisition, employee relations, learning and development, talent management, rewards and performance

1445 Tea

1500 Demonstrating the value of HR in tangible terms
 HR and HCM measurement and reporting
 Getting line managers to work as ‘partners’ with you
 Action points for your return to work

1615 Workshop Summary 

1630 Workshop closes

Workshop Format

This workshop is a highly participative, interactive and practical event dealing with your own, real-life issues, questions and concerns.

The facilitator

Paul Kearns has been working in the HR field since 1978 and founded the PWL consultancy in 1991.  He has been a leading advocate of developing the role of HR to provide a more strategic and business-linked role and is the author of several seminal works including the ‘One Stop Guide to HCM’, ‘HR Strategy: Business Focused, Individually Centred’ and ‘The Bottom Line HR Function’ and teaches HR Strategy at MBA level.  He has a wealth of experience in running HR Business partner training for public sector organizations and is a regular workshop leader for Public Sector Forums.