HR / OD Business Partner

If you are looking for a challenging but rewarding HR / OD role in a proactive team that makes a difference, then look no further than one of our opportunities. You will need to have a passion for excellence and a real commitment to achieving workforce solutions to improve Council services and outcomes for residents. The HR/OD Business Partner role is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced HR/OD practitioner who is interested in leading, designing and implementing workforce strategies and approaches with an excellent track record of project management to successfully deliver large scale organisational change programmes. You will be joining an enthusiastic, motivated and highly professional team, working alongside 3 other HR/OD Business Partners and supported by and have line management responsibility for Assistant HR/OD Business Partners. If you are an experienced strategic HR professional looking for a new challenge, this is a great opportunity for you. As a HR/OD Business Partner, your main responsibilities will include: Dedicated HR/OD Business Partner for Children's and Education services; supporting, influencing and challenging senior stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives Leading on change management processes including restructures and TUPE Advising, coaching and empowering managers to build and develop engaged and effective teams

You will be highly self-motivated to deliver projects through to the end, working independently on your own initiative. Now is the time to join us and play a key role in shaping how we deliver effective people management practices within Children's and Education Services. To be successful in the role you will be a proactive, driven individual with an up to date knowledge of employment law, best practice and strategic thinking in HR along with strong generalist HR experience. You will be a confident influencer, adept at managing multiple priorities and will be CIPD qualified., 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. 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.

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.