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About Us At Hounslow
We would love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can‑do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It is about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem‑solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community; we have a diverse workforce, and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model, and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.
The Role
The People Business Partnering Team works in conjunction with Directors, Heads of Service and senior managers to provide support and guidance on people matters within the Council.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and knowledgeable HR professional to assist with the delivery of the excellent guidance and support we provide to Children’s and Adults Services.
You will be an integral part of the People Services function supporting interventions and business focused solutions as well as embedding best practice and people effectiveness within the Children’s and Adults Directorate. You will also actively contribute and collaborate in the development and delivery of strategic and operational projects that explicitly benefit Hounslow residents, as part of the wider People, Equalities and Organisational Development Team.
The Team You’ll Be Working In
* You will work collaboratively with the Assistant Director – People Servies and the Strategic People Lead for Children’s and Adult Services to support and deliver strategic and operational support to the Children’s and Adult Services division.
* You will contribute to the delivery of a first class, modern and inventive people business partnering service.
* You will build strong relationships with Directors, Heads of Service and Senior Managers to understand their needs and influence suitable people strategies and solutions.
* You will contribute to the work of the wider People, Equalities and Organisational Development Team.
* You will work with the Assistant Director - People Services, the Strategic People Lead for Children’s and Adult Services and your colleagues to ensure that the employee journey and experience within Hounslow is the very best that it can be.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience of working within a local authority environment, specifically providing a consultancy‑approached HR service and a sound knowledge and understanding of the terms and conditions applicable to local authority employees, including social works.
* Knowledge or experience of working within Children and Adult Services.
* Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law and its effective application in the workplace and experience of working in a unionised environment.
* Sound and detailed knowledge and understanding of HR best practice, employment law and organisational change as well as the ability to coach and support managers to increase management capability.
* Ability to communicate effectively and tailor your responses to ensure that appropriate advice is given to the varying service leads within your portfolio and develop excellent relationships with stakeholders in a variety of contexts.
* Ability to support colleagues in the wider HR Team to achieve business goals and objectives.
* Ability to conduct detailed research and analysis to support Management Information requirements.
* Ability to work independently with minimal supervision whilst being aware of when it is appropriate to consult with colleagues.
* CIPD qualified or substantial demonstrable work experience that evidences an equivalent level of attainment and competence.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 19th January 2026.
Email: [contact email]
Telephone: 07525 991462
For any further questions about the role, please contact the above information. The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile.
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