Last week GB Energy went hiring for a self-promotional “Head of Social Sustainability” (£76,675 ) after hiking its proposed salary for an HR director from £90,000 to £117,800. Now it needs more human resources firepower…
Miliband’s outfit wants an “HR Business Partner” for £62,475 to oversee “talent management, diversity and inclusion, overseeing complex HR casework and change management and HR policies.” They will act as a “change agent” to “ensure that the transition of GBE from DESNZ is supported with robust people change plans.” And after that initial phase they can presumably stay on the payroll with less work. A key role is also to “be an advocate for D&I, ensuring the strategy is embedded, action plans are in place and that leaders are champions of inclusivity.” On top of the £62,000 the HR D&I manager gets £15,963 to a gold-plated Civil Service defined benefit pension. For that you could:
The UK’s HR workforce is already the second largest in the world proportionally. Now the taxpayer is on the hook for its further expansion…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”