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HR Business Partner

Job introduction

Brighton & Hove City Council are recruiting for an experienced and enthusiastic HR professional to join our HR Business Partnering team.

Would you like to be part of a team that makes a genuine difference to our workforce and the delivery of Council services?

Do you have the ideas, energy, and determination to support the Council to be a fair & inclusive place to work?

Would you like to be part of a high performing and supportive team that provides support and challenge to strategic decision making?

If so, we’d welcome your application to work within our HR Business Partnering team.

For any questions or an informal discussion, please contact Joel Caines, Head of HR Business Partnering via [email protected]

Interview date: TBC

Hybrid and flexible working available for this role

About the role

As an HR Business Partner you will carry out a critical role providing support to your service area and sitting as a trusted part of a directorate management team supporting the Executive Director and their senior managers.

We expect HR Business Partners to be able to support directorates across the organisation but, at the moment, this role is intended to be linked to our Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (HNC) directorate. HNC’s strategy is outlined here.

This is a true partnering role and you will be an integral part of the leadership team that works with residents to strengthen individual and community wellbeing.

You will ensure that people issues are a key part of strategic decision making and provide solution focused challenge and advice to support our people promise and our fair & inclusive ambitions. You will also be the link between the directorate management team and HR ensuring that service delivery meets the directorate's needs.

As a senior HR professional you will help shape the HR service and ensure the needs and views of our diverse customers are at the heart of everything we do and that corporate people initiatives are translated into action within the directorate. You will also lead on corporate HR projects to improve our offer and in developing our approach as a fair, inclusive and diverse employer.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).