People Business Partner
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £46,366 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Castles and Coasts Housing Association |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
People Business Partner
• Carlisle or Workington (frequent travel to Workington will be required)
• 36.25 hours per week (will consider job share)
• Permanent
• £46,366 (FTE based on 36.25 hours per week) + benefits package
CCHA owns and manages more than 7,400 homes across the North of England in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Lancashire and has around 300 colleagues. As an Association, we focus on the needs of the local communities we serve, tackling the housing crisis, improving services within our communities, and use our strength and efficiency to meet housing service needs. We are committed to providing excellent services to our customers.
We are looking for a People Business Partner to support our Castles and Coasts Service (CCS) function, our in-house team delivering responsive and void repairs and grounds maintenance services. With around 100 colleagues in CCS and ambitious plans to grow substantially over the coming years, this is a pivotal role at an exciting time of development.
As People Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to CCS leadership, aligning people strategy with operational goals and future workforce needs. You will lead on workforce planning, succession planning, talent management and organisational development, ensuring our people practices enable high performance and cultural alignment.
You will be an HR professional with experience in a business partnering or senior HR advisory role with a strategic mindset, combined with operational credibility.
Experience working with operational or trades-based teams would be advantageous.
If you like what you’ve read, and you would like the opportunity to join the CCHA Team, please complete our application process, telling us how you feel you can add value and dynamism to our team. If you choose to apply, and are successful, you will be rewarded on all levels - a great place to work and a great team of people to work with. If you are looking to make a real difference to the service we provide to our residents, then please click the apply button on the vacancy listing on our website.
Closing date for applications: Sunday the 15th of March 2026
Interviews to be held at Workington: Tuesday the 24th of March 2026
• Carlisle or Workington (frequent travel to Workington will be required)
• 36.25 hours per week (will consider job share)
• Permanent
• £46,366 (FTE based on 36.25 hours per week) + benefits package
CCHA owns and manages more than 7,400 homes across the North of England in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Lancashire and has around 300 colleagues. As an Association, we focus on the needs of the local communities we serve, tackling the housing crisis, improving services within our communities, and use our strength and efficiency to meet housing service needs. We are committed to providing excellent services to our customers.
We are looking for a People Business Partner to support our Castles and Coasts Service (CCS) function, our in-house team delivering responsive and void repairs and grounds maintenance services. With around 100 colleagues in CCS and ambitious plans to grow substantially over the coming years, this is a pivotal role at an exciting time of development.
As People Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to CCS leadership, aligning people strategy with operational goals and future workforce needs. You will lead on workforce planning, succession planning, talent management and organisational development, ensuring our people practices enable high performance and cultural alignment.
You will be an HR professional with experience in a business partnering or senior HR advisory role with a strategic mindset, combined with operational credibility.
Experience working with operational or trades-based teams would be advantageous.
If you like what you’ve read, and you would like the opportunity to join the CCHA Team, please complete our application process, telling us how you feel you can add value and dynamism to our team. If you choose to apply, and are successful, you will be rewarded on all levels - a great place to work and a great team of people to work with. If you are looking to make a real difference to the service we provide to our residents, then please click the apply button on the vacancy listing on our website.
Closing date for applications: Sunday the 15th of March 2026
Interviews to be held at Workington: Tuesday the 24th of March 2026