HR Business Partner
| Posting date: | 18 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,777 to £42,839 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Location: | Bridgend, CF31 4WB |
| Company: | Bridgend County Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 18075_CBC |
Summary
HR Business Partner
Job description
37 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Human Resources Business Partner to join an established team providing high-quality support services across Bridgend County Borough.
Coaching Headteachers/managers to enable them to be effective people managers, you will also provide advice and guidance on matters such as attendance, employee performance, disciplinary, and organisational change.
CIPD qualified or able to demonstrate considerable relevant experience, you will have excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills. Experience of supporting managers to find innovative solutions is essential. You will need to evidence proven professional HR generalist experience in a busy, multi-disciplinary HR environment.
On this occasion, the successful candidate will hold a full allocation of schools across the borough ensuring that service level agreement requirements of in-person and on-site attendance are met.
For further information, please contact Michelle Willmer at michelle.willmer@bridgend.gov.uk.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Closing Date: 26 November 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
Job description
37 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Human Resources Business Partner to join an established team providing high-quality support services across Bridgend County Borough.
Coaching Headteachers/managers to enable them to be effective people managers, you will also provide advice and guidance on matters such as attendance, employee performance, disciplinary, and organisational change.
CIPD qualified or able to demonstrate considerable relevant experience, you will have excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills. Experience of supporting managers to find innovative solutions is essential. You will need to evidence proven professional HR generalist experience in a busy, multi-disciplinary HR environment.
On this occasion, the successful candidate will hold a full allocation of schools across the borough ensuring that service level agreement requirements of in-person and on-site attendance are met.
For further information, please contact Michelle Willmer at michelle.willmer@bridgend.gov.uk.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Closing Date: 26 November 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
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