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* Employer: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
* Location: No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool
* Contract: Permanent
* Working Pattern: Full Time
* Hours: 35 hours per week
* DBS Check: No
* Closing Date: 21/11/2025 at 16:00
* Reference: RES/25/321874
* Salary: £44,107-£53,031
About The Role
Reporting to the Strategic People and Resourcing Manager, this role will provide strategic HR advice and expertise to enable Executive Directors and Senior Leaders to deliver their objectives.
This is a real opportunity to support the ambition of the Combined Authority and will contribute to delivering positive and impactful change across the Liverpool City Region.
This will be an exciting time to join the team to help shape the future of the organisation, supporting transformation and workforce planning activity aligned to organisational design by providing expert strategic HR advice.
About The Person
You must be able to demonstrate your ability to ensure HR change management processes are planned, communicated, executed, and evaluated working with senior leaders, Trade Unions and the wider organisation.
You will be a proactive and collaborative member of the Strategic HR team and will have a proven record of performing a trusted adviser role to Executive Directors and Senior Leaders. You will have experience of designing and implementing organisational change relating to work and people.
Key Essential Criteria
* Experience as a Strategic HR Business Partner in a public sector organisation or other organisation of comparable scope and complexity.
* Significant experience providing HR strategic advice on the full range of Projects/initiatives.
* Experience of strategic workforce planning and provision of solutions.
About The Organisation
The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health and life sciences, digital and creative, and advanced manufacturing - growing an economy already worth £35 billion a year.
The Combined Authority plays a central role in catalysing this innovation-led economy. We are seizing the unique opportunity to use our devolved powers and funding to create wealth and prosperity for all our 1.6 million residents and the whole UK - investing in our economy, people, place, transport and digital infrastructure. Our vision is for the Liverpool City Region to be: The best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.
Staff Benefits
* Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
* Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years' service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days
* free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
* Flexible and hybrid working
* 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service
* Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme
* Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
* Bike to Work Scheme
* Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.
To be considered under one of these schemes, you must indicate your eligibility in the relevant section of the application form. In addition, you must clearly demonstrate in your personal statement how you meet all the key essential criteria listed above, and highlight how you meet the remaining essential criteria outlined in the person specification within your CV.
Applications that do not include this evidence will not be considered under the guaranteed interview schemes.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please note, CV applications will only be accepted alongside a completed personal and monitoring information online application form.
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