HR/OD Business Partner

Posting date:	03 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	05 March 2026
Location:	Tameside, OL6 6BH
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75782781

Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £51,356 to Scale 43 - £54,495 with a professional bar at SCP 41 £52,413**

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date: Interviews Monday 9 March 2026

The Role

HR/OD Business Partner Join a Team That Makes a Difference

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HROD practitioner to play a leading role in shaping, designing and delivering our workforce strategies. You will work proactively in partnership with the Directorate Management Team and key stakeholders to develop forwardlooking, directoratefocused strategies and plans that enable effective service delivery, continuous improvement, and transformation aligned to Tameside’s strategic outcomes.

You will be part of a professional, enthusiastic and motivated HROD team, working alongside Business Partners, wider HROD colleagues and supported by (and providing line management to) Assistant HR/OD Business Partners, offering expert advice, driving improvement and enabling our services to thrive.

You will need substantial professional experience and proven capability in the field, supported by a relevant CIPD qualification. You will also need to demonstrate the experience and confidence required to act as a strategic advisor in delivering the organisation’s People Strategy.

If you are a strategic, confident and solutionsfocused HR professional looking for your next challenge, this could be the perfect step for you. We are seeking an exceptional and highly skilled HROD professional to join us as the Strategic HROD Business Partner for Children’s and Education Services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading directoratespecific, peoplefocused projects and programmes, collaborating with senior leaders to influence, challenge and support delivery of strategic objectives.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Directorate Management Team and ensuring a consistent, forwardlooking approach to people strategy priorities.
• Leading complex change programmes including restructures, TUPE transfers and workforce transformationproviding strategic, tailored and businessfocused advice.
• Contributing as part of the HROD Strategic Team to the overall development of the HR & OD function, advising, coaching and empowering managers to build engaged, resilient and highperforming teams.
• Playing a key role in developing a modern, flexible and inclusive workforce by shaping and delivering workforce strategies that strengthen service effectiveness and support organisational priorities.
  

If you are looking for a challenging, rewarding and highimpact strategic HROD role in a proactive team that genuinely makes a difference and if you are passionate about transforming the way we work, improving workforce capability, and enhancing outcomes for our residentswe would love to hear from you.

About You

You will bring a high level of selfmotivation and a real sense of ownership, driving projects through to successful completion and working proactively on your own initiative. This is a fantastic time to join us and play a key role in shaping how we deliver effective, modern and peoplecentred HR/OD practice within Children’s and Education Services.

To thrive in this role, you’ll be a proactive and forwardthinking HR professional with strong generalist experience, uptodate knowledge of employment law and best practice, and the ability to apply strategic HR thinking to real service challenges. You’ll be a confident influencer, skilled at managing multiple priorities, and able to build strong relationships at all levels. CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) will support you in bringing professional insight and credibility to the role.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 2648 or suzan.Gregory@tameside.gov.uk

Supporting Documents

↗ Job Description and Person Specification Profile

Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year.

Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. Turn2us Benefits Calculator.