HR Business Partner

Job Description

HR Business Partner

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

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying up to £45.49 Umbrella per hour. The role is in scope of IR35.

Job Purpose

• To work consistently at a strategic level with leaders, key stakeholders and HR colleagues to undertake clear workforce planning (i.e. forecast future effective design, development and delivery of HR and people activities) and people solutions in line with the needs and priorities of the division(s) or across the Council applying a proactive approach to providing our HR business partnering model.
• To lead, plan and allocate HR resources to deliver timely and effective HR business partnering activities i.e. workforce and resourcing planning, employee relations, advice and support, service/organisational change, talent management, developing people management capacity and sustaining strong working relationships to achieve strategic priorities.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of HR Business Partners and HR Advisors to successfully deliver HR change and achieve business objectives.
• To be a subject matter expert in HR and people practices.

Duties and Responsibilities

To lead the delivery of HRBP strategies and plans, ensuring alignment to directorate objectives and contributing to the commitments in the Council delivery plan.

To provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and solutions for people practices that improves

employee retention, management confidence and competence, policy application and data driven

decision.

Provide inspirational and professional leadership undertaking the full range of management functions (i.e. recruitment, performance management, training etc.) to the HRBP team, enabling professional development, fostering a strong culture of teamwork, performance and accountability, through learning, coaching and challenge.

To devise strategies for the planning and management of people including workforce planning, employee relations and organisational change for division(s) or service, to meet current and future business needs in line with the priorities and commitments in the Council delivery plan and workforce strategy.

To lead on and develop HRBP capacity to deliver data informed stories at strategic and operational levels that identifies data patterns, predicts trends and recommends options that leaders can proactively focus on to enhance employee experiences.

Provide high quality HR advice and guidance to leaders, i.e. Directors and senior managers on

complex staffing issues relating to both individuals and groups of staff, which supports and

promotes the employee experience.

Provide coaching to HR professionals to ensure consistency in the quality of advice and guidance to managers undertaking formal processes i.e. disciplinary, grievances, ill health and capability at different stages including consistency of processes for preparing and attending conciliation or

employment tribunals.

Enable reflective lessons learned of HR activities with HR colleagues, managers and key stakeholders looking at the processes followed, recognising good practice, listening to feedback,

improving, and learning from practice.

To regularly review policy, procedures and processes in line with employment practice and legislation changes as required to deliver a streamlined and timely HR service.

To work collaboratively across our HR teams by sharing resources to achieve key priorities, undertake projects and lead on partnership activities.

To champion and proactively support the implementation of the Council's vision to be an ever more inclusive, anti-racist organisation and model positive behaviours that demonstrate the Council's values.

To ensure that all duties and responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the Council's policies and procedures, and any relevant legislation and regulation.

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience of working collaboratively with others to create change in a local authority or similarly
• large and complex organisation.
• Extensive experience of working as a senior HR professional in large complex organisations and
• providing strategic business led people advice and influence to meet the need of the business.
• Significant experience of leading and managing a team, ensuring employees are inspired and
• motivated and priorities are identified and delivered.
• Experience in challenging, coaching, training and advising managers on all aspects of workforce
• strategy and planning, addressing business challenges, to deliver business objectives.
• Working collaboratively across organisational boundaries providing high level HR business
• partnering and employment advice and support and cost-effective outcomes.
• Building effective working relationships with Trade Unions and able to influence, achieve positive
• outcomes and solutions to people challenges.
• Experience of drawing on data analysis to drive continuous improvements and change
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Expertise in HR Business Partnering and people practices.

Please only apply for this post if you are an experienced HRBP 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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