HR Business Partner
London Borough of Croydon · United Kingdom · £57,150–£59,298 (stated in the posting)
Salary range: Grade 15 £57, 150 -£59,298 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon
We are seeking two experienced and proactive HR Business Partners. One role will be the designated HRBP for our Housing Directorate. The second role will work across the council’s directorates.
These are influential partnering roles that will combine the management of complex employee relations issues with strategic workforce planning and organisational redesign. Working closely with senior leaders, you will use people insight, professional expertise and sound judgement to help services address immediate workforce challenges whilst planning for future organisational needs.
Both roles require experienced HR professionals who can quickly establish credibility, provide confident advice on complex people matters and support leaders to achieve sustainable service improvement through effective workforce interventions.
We are therefore looking for candidates who will bring:
- Significant experience managing complex employee relations casework within a large and complex organisation.
- Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice.
- Demonstrable experience of influencing and advising senior leaders on people-related risks and organisational challenges.
- Experience of workforce planning and using workforce intelligence, data and insight to inform business decisions and people interventions.
- Experience supporting organisational design, restructures, and service change initiatives.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and translate it into practical solutions and recommendations.
- Excellent relationship-building, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience of working effectively with Trade Unions and employee representatives.
CIPD qualification, equivalent professional qualification or substantial relevant experience.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to make a visible impact within a large and ambitious local authority. Whilst supporting managers with immediate employee relations challenges, you will also help shape longer-term workforce solutions, influence organisational design and use people insight to improve service delivery.
You'll join a collaborative HR & OD team where your expertise, ideas and professional judgement will be valued and where you can make a meaningful contribution to the future of our workforce and services.
Apply early
This vacancy may close without notice if a sufficient number of applications are received. Early application is therefore encouraged.
Croydon Council’s priorities
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
- Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
- Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
- Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
- Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
- Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities
- Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
- Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
- Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
- People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
- Croydon Council’s new ways of working
Equal Opportunities Statement
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.