HR Business Partner

Job Category : Human Resources

Location : Laurence House – First Floor, Lewisham Council

Hours Per Week : 35.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £29.21

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR practitioner with a proven successful track record working in a complex environment/organisation. The ideal candidate will have experience in Business Partnering and Employee relations, experience of managing others and setting performance targets and knowledge and experience of working for a local authority.

In return, we will offer excellent development opportunities, flexible working and the opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.

Location

We offer a hybrid working environment for our staff where you will work a minimum of 2 days a week from our modern offices at Laurence House in Catford (London).

Summary of Accountabilities and Personal Duties:

1. Direct and manage the team in the provision of high quality expert HR employee relation services, including providing expert advice, guidance and support across the directorates on complex people management issues and cases, including organizational change (restructuring and TUPE), and employee relations case work, ensuring the delivery of a customer focused and professional service.
   
2. Support the delivery of services’ priorities in all aspects of people management, developing effective working relationships with managers to achieve that.
   
3. Lead and direct the team in the provision of expert advice and support to managers on complex management of change issues including reorganisation /restructuring redundancy/redeployment, outsourcing/TUPE, job evaluation and consultation processes. This will include providing advice on financial and equality implications; job design, establishment control and reconciliation.
   
4. Analyse, monitor and review all HR metrics for the directorate(s), preparing reports and recommendations for DMT and other service management meetings. This will include using external insight and intelligence to help inform recommendations. 
   
5. Monitor and review the effectiveness of HR policies and protocols across the Directorates, identifying areas for improvement and development and making recommendations for the development of HR policy to support the continual smooth running of the Council. Review and develop areas of HR policy and practice as allocated, ensuring the Councils policies and procedures are legally compliant and in line with best practice.
   
6. Build and maintain constructive working relationships with trade union representatives and other staff representatives.  Undertake consultation and negotiation participating as necessary in Directorate consultative forums.

• Support and encourage managers to make best use of the Council’s learning and development offer, working with the learning and development team, to ensure that staff have the knowledge, skills and experience to fulfil individual and organisational needs and ambitions. 
  

Knowledge & Experience

Successful track record as an HR practitioner in a complex environment/organisation.

Experience of managing others and setting performance targets.  

Up to date knowledge of corporate and business challenges facing local authorities and public bodies and how to deliver people management solutions that address those

Sound knowledge of employee engagement, employment law, best practice and employee relations to deliver key outcomes that support the organisation’s priorities and objectives. 

Experience of successfully developing and implementing people management solutions to deliver agreed organisational outcomes

Good track record in leading and delivering people management initiatives and interventions to improve performance management and the employee experience.

Good understanding and experience of the political interface in a local authority and the role and needs of elected members.

Experience of successfully managing relationships and stakeholders within a complex organisation.

Experience of working in a unionised environment

Aptitudes & Skills

Strong communication skills – able to speak confidently, persuasively and articulately and to write clearly and effectively. 

Highly organised, able to prioritise and handle change, and to lead a team to work calmly and effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines

Ability to use information technology including MS Office and financial and human resources management systems.

Good project management and financial management knowledge.

Astute, with the ability to identify long and short term risks and opportunities, and to think creatively and work collaboratively to develop and deliver practical solutions