Strategic HR &OD Business Partner

Job Description

HR & OD Business Partner

I am working with a Public Sector Organisation based in Haringey who are looking for a HR & OD Business Partner for 3 Months Initially.

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying up to £40.37 Umbrella per hour.

Job Purpose

Works as a strategic partner with the Directorate Management Team to meet business objectives and priorities through proactive workforce planning, identifying business-specific people challenges, and working with HR colleagues to deliver high quality talent management, performance management and organisational development solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Actively contributes to a 'One HR' approach, by providing innovative ideas and input to the strategic direction, modernisation and ongoing improvement of the service, ensuring that all decisions and activities align with corporate and service priorities, plans and objectives.

Acts as key member of the HR and OD Leadership Team, driving cultural change and new ways of working and representing and promoting the reputation of the service within the Council.

Facilitates change and innovation, building a working culture that encourages innovative, smart and collaborative working.

Provides effective project leadership to cross-functional project teams to ensure that HR priority projects achieve desired outcomes.

Works as a strategic partner with the business on all aspects of HR and Organisational Development, helping the directorate management team to focus on key business priorities and diagnose workforce-related challenges.

Ensures an appropriate balance between business-specific and holistic needs, working with fellow HR managers and business partners to make sense of challenges that span directorate boundaries, and designing and implementing high quality solutions.

Provides professional expertise to ensure that all HR solutions provided to the business by HR teams are seamlessly delivered and comply with policy, legislation and best practice; intervening to resolve issues where appropriate

Works with HR & OD colleagues and business managers on initiatives and activities that effect positive cultural change in line with corporate values, new ways of working, and espoused behaviours.

Represents HR on boards and teams for major business-related change and digital transformation programmes in order to ensure that all people-related aspects are anticipated and effectively managed.

Plays an active role in all service reviews to ensure that corporate organisational and job design principles are incorporated, and change is managed effectively and is consistent with the Council's managing organisational change framework.

Ensures that business leaders actively involve, engage and consult with all staff and their representative groups and Trade Unions on all aspects of organisational change and transformation.

Knowledge & Skills

• Passionate about combining strategic HR and OD thinking and expertise to effect positive business transformation in line with corporate priorities
• Experience of business relationship management
• Experience of leading change projects in large, diverse organisations
• Knowledge of how to use and apply data and analytics in a strategic HR context
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Works collaboratively
• Demonstrates underpinning HR/OD knowledge

Please only apply for this post if you are an experienced HR &OD Business Partner and available to start on no more than a week's notice.

Thank you

Priyanka Sharma (Eden Brown Synergy)

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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