Strategic HR Business Partner - Swindon/Hybrid

Strategic HR Business Partner Swindon/Hybrid

Our Client is looking for a Strateegic HR Business Partner to support delivery of the Client's people strategy as a senior member of the HR and OD leadership team. To balance your role as strategic advisor and member of the Senior Management Team to a specific service with supporting the Client in its ambition to be an employer of choice.

To be an expert strategic HR and OD advisor to senior leaders across the breath of complex HR issues.

To contribute to the improvement of services through the design, delivery, and implementation of people strategies and solutions that deliver organisational excellence.

To be a role model in bringing the Client's culture, values and behaviours, and new ways of working to life.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

To contribute to the strategic management of the Client as an extended member of the Senior Management Team to an allocated Directorate / Service, ensuring that people related issues are considered in the design and delivery of services.

Strategic alignment: Partner with senior leaders to develop, implement, and embed HR strategies that support long-term goals, drive organisational performance and sense of belonging and ensures the Client's financial sustainability.

Organisational design & change management programmes: Lead initiatives around the design and delivery of restructuring, workforce planning, and transformation to ensure organisational agility and scalability.

Talent and development strategy: Collaborate on succession planning, leadership development, and talent acquisition strategies to build a robust talent pipeline and support a culture of growing our own.

Culture & engagement: Champion initiatives programme that enhance employee engagement, inclusion, high performance, continuous improvement and a values-driven culture.

Performance & capability: Drive performance management processes and support capability building across teams.

Data and Digital: Commission and interpret HR analytics to inform evidence-based decisions, identify trends, and recommend proactive solutions. Utilise systems, technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital solutions to deliver an effective service

Employee relations & risk management: Embed best practice and provide guidance on complex

employee relations issues, ensuring compliance and mitigating risk in line with the Client's policies, employment law and best practice to deliver innovative people solutions. To provide and evaluate risk based options, and advise upon risk ahead of key decisions, adjusting plans as necessary.

Commission the HR&OD & Enabling Services to develop and embed innovative interventions that drive transformational change across and within services.

Lead and contribute towards the Client's transformation workstreams as required. Contributing to the effectiveness of the services provided by the HR &OD Service; and support and advise on the departmental contribution to business processes, making suggestions for improvement / change where appropriate.

Assist in developing and rolling out organisational HR policy, practice and procedure ensuring their consistent application within services.

Develop and maintain excellent trade union relationships, particularly regarding HR change and cultural development.

To work with the HR and OD leadership team to identify and grow future talent, to enable succession planning across the HR & OD Service and the wider Client.

The above is not an exhaustive list and the role holder may be required to undertake additional or alternative tasks and duties as necessary, provided they are within the individual's capabilities and skills set at an appropriate level.

The ideal candidate will have experience in local Councils
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed