Strategic HR Business Partner
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £55.05 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Wax Recruitment Ltd |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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Job title: Strategic HR Business Partner
Job Category: Interims
Hours per week: 37
Location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG, Swindon Borough Council
Pay: £55.05 per hour
Hybrid Working 2-3 Days working onsite
Purpose
• To support delivery of the council’s people strategy (At our Best) and the Swindon Plan as a senior member of the HR and OD leadership team.
• To balance your role as strategic advisor and member of the Senior Management Team to a specific service with supporting the council in its ambition to be an employer of choice.
• To be an expert strategic HR and OD advisor to senior leaders across the breath of complex HR issues.
• To contribute to the improvement of services through the design, delivery, and implementation of people strategies and solutions that deliver organisational excellence.
• To be a role model in bringing the council’s culture, values and behaviours, and new ways of working to life. Key responsibilities and accountabilities: To contribute to the strategic management of the council as an extended member of the Senior Management Team to an allocated Directorate / Service, ensuring that people related issues are considered in the design and delivery of services. Strategic alignment: Partner with senior leaders to develop, implement, and embed HR strategies that support long-term goals, drive organisational performance and sense of belonging and ensures the council’s financial sustainability.
Knowledge and Experience:
2. A professional with wide ranging and in-depth experience of all areas that the role covers.
3. Experience of working within HR in a large / complex, unionised organisation.
4. A clear understanding of the principles of effective employee relations and the ability to advise and persuade managers successfully.
5. Experience of working with trade unions.
6. Excellent management and / or matrix management skills to motivate, mentor and develop team members to achieve high levels of performance and engagement.
7. Proven experience in supporting and advising on the management of change and project management.
8. Experience of undertaking research and drafting briefing papers / reports, including an ability to interpret and present and complex information simply.
9. An up-to-date knowledge of employment law.
10. Understanding of national and local government developments, policy and emerging trends. 11. A clear understanding of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity and an understanding of how that can be implemented within the scope of the role.
12. Excellent IT skills (Microsoft package).
13. Strong proven analytical and planning skills, and the ability to analyse problems and to successfully and creatively implement practical solutions to address these.
14. Excellent communication skills (oral, written and presentation skills).
15. Outstanding organisational skills.
Aptitudes, Skills and Competencies:
16. Sensitivity to cultural difference.
17. Accuracy and numeracy skills that enable the use of databases and the analysis and presentation of workforce data.
18. Agile and able to work at pace.
19. Ability to influence others and to develop effective working relationships.
20. Able to work effectively both independently and as a proactive and creative team member within and across services.
21. Diplomacy and tact. Special Conditions of Recruitment:
22. Attendance at meetings outside of normal business hours occasionally?
Job Category: Interims
Hours per week: 37
Location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG, Swindon Borough Council
Pay: £55.05 per hour
Hybrid Working 2-3 Days working onsite
Purpose
• To support delivery of the council’s people strategy (At our Best) and the Swindon Plan as a senior member of the HR and OD leadership team.
• To balance your role as strategic advisor and member of the Senior Management Team to a specific service with supporting the council in its ambition to be an employer of choice.
• To be an expert strategic HR and OD advisor to senior leaders across the breath of complex HR issues.
• To contribute to the improvement of services through the design, delivery, and implementation of people strategies and solutions that deliver organisational excellence.
• To be a role model in bringing the council’s culture, values and behaviours, and new ways of working to life. Key responsibilities and accountabilities: To contribute to the strategic management of the council as an extended member of the Senior Management Team to an allocated Directorate / Service, ensuring that people related issues are considered in the design and delivery of services. Strategic alignment: Partner with senior leaders to develop, implement, and embed HR strategies that support long-term goals, drive organisational performance and sense of belonging and ensures the council’s financial sustainability.
Knowledge and Experience:
2. A professional with wide ranging and in-depth experience of all areas that the role covers.
3. Experience of working within HR in a large / complex, unionised organisation.
4. A clear understanding of the principles of effective employee relations and the ability to advise and persuade managers successfully.
5. Experience of working with trade unions.
6. Excellent management and / or matrix management skills to motivate, mentor and develop team members to achieve high levels of performance and engagement.
7. Proven experience in supporting and advising on the management of change and project management.
8. Experience of undertaking research and drafting briefing papers / reports, including an ability to interpret and present and complex information simply.
9. An up-to-date knowledge of employment law.
10. Understanding of national and local government developments, policy and emerging trends. 11. A clear understanding of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity and an understanding of how that can be implemented within the scope of the role.
12. Excellent IT skills (Microsoft package).
13. Strong proven analytical and planning skills, and the ability to analyse problems and to successfully and creatively implement practical solutions to address these.
14. Excellent communication skills (oral, written and presentation skills).
15. Outstanding organisational skills.
Aptitudes, Skills and Competencies:
16. Sensitivity to cultural difference.
17. Accuracy and numeracy skills that enable the use of databases and the analysis and presentation of workforce data.
18. Agile and able to work at pace.
19. Ability to influence others and to develop effective working relationships.
20. Able to work effectively both independently and as a proactive and creative team member within and across services.
21. Diplomacy and tact. Special Conditions of Recruitment:
22. Attendance at meetings outside of normal business hours occasionally?