3 months contract with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
• Achieving for Children is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to provide interim support covering a secondment.
• The role will work closely with operational and strategic leaders to deliver high-quality employee relations advice, support complex people management issues and contribute to organisational change activities.
• The postholder will act as a trusted advisor, coaching and guiding managers to ensure decisions are fair, legally compliant and aligned with best practice.
Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):
• Provide expert advice and guidance on complex and non-complex employee relations (ER) cases from inception to resolution.
• Coach and support managers to make fair, evidence-based and legally compliant decisions.
• Lead and support change management activity, including restructures and workforce planning.
• Work in partnership with finance leads to support organisational workforce changes
• Lead on TUPE transfers in and out of the organisation.
• Support managers and employees with disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and performance issues.
• Maintain oversight of all ER casework across Achieving for Children.
• Build effective working relationships with Trade Unions and legal colleagues.
• Support policy development and reviews to ensure legal compliance and best practice.
• Contribute to accurate reporting and analysis of people data to inform business decisions.
• Work collaboratively with Strategy, Transformation, L&D and OD teams where specialist support is required.
Skills/Experience:
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Proven experience managing complex ER cases within a large or public-sector organisation.
• Demonstrable experience providing coaching and advisory support to managers and HR colleagues.
• Experience working with Trade Unions and handling collective issues.
• Strong experience in change management and organisational restructures.
• Experience leading or supporting TUPE processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to use people data effectively.
• Confident, resilient and solutions-focused approach.
Additional Information:
• This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 2 days per week in the office across multiple locations.
• Hours: 36 hours per week.