Senior HR Business Partner

Help us make change happen.

It’s a fantastic time to be joining the HR & OD Team at Brent Council as a Senior HR Business Partner as we embark on our ambitious new transformation programme and have made significant investment in our HR and OD services.

You will play a key role in supporting our managers and delivering a culture change programme. Therefore, we are looking for change makers, visionaries, and inspiring people who share our aspiration to deliver a first-class HR & OD service.

If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!

About the role

As a Senior HR Business Partner at Brent, you will lead and manage the delivery of a professional HR service. You’ll also work with senior leaders across the Council to enable effective organisational change. In this role you’ll need to understand the objectives and challenges of leaders’ business areas, while providing people management solutions and technical expertise to support the continuous improvement of services. You will need to be able to develop strong relationships and support Brent’s leaders in workforce planning, always looking forward to the future. We encourage flexible working, meaning you will have the option to work two days a week from home.

About you

You will be a HR professional who is CIPD qualified to Level 7, care deeply about making a difference and have demonstrable experience of working at a strategic level. It is essential for success in this role that you can demonstrate an ability to build relationships with stakeholders and work with leaders across the business. You’ll be able to lead a team, showing effective coaching skills. You will also require a comprehensive knowledge of employment law and employee relations, and have experience of translating this into effective advice, policy, and practice.

About us

Brent is brimming with ambition and opportunity, and we celebrate our status as one of the most diverse boroughs in the UK. We are building a fairer, more equal Brent where everyone can succeed.

In the words of our Chief Executive Kim Wright:

“We are a borough that wears its diversity proudly and a place where people are drawn to, seeking better and brighter opportunities. This is a council that doesn't sit still when the chance for innovation is before us.

People that choose us, stay with us. That's testimony to the difference you can make here – the chance to make profound changes to the lives of many, and ensure no one resident is left behind.”

In a recent staff survey, 94% of employees felt strongly that they are committed to helping Brent Council be successful.

Come and join us and help make change happen.

Closing date: 31 October 2024 (23:59)

Additional Information

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]