Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 0FJ (Hybrid)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£49,083- £52,116
36 hours
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
As an HR Business Partner (Schools) at Brent, you will coach and advise school leaders on the professional aspects of HR including management of employees, HR policy and procedure, legal implications, formal consultation, and TUPE transfers.
You will provide advice to Governing Bodies, Head Teachers and Managers on employment practices, pay and conditions of service, and legal and best practice implications of employment issues.
In the HR Business Partner role, you’ll be required to collaborate with managers and HR colleagues to develop and implement workforce strategies, and implement different methods that build capacity in talent management to attract and retain the right staff to fill the diverse jobs across schools.
We encourage flexible working, meaning you will have the option to work two days a week from home
The Person
You will be a passionate HR professional with excellent knowledge and understanding of human resources best practice in employee relations coupled with a thorough understanding of the practical application of current and upcoming employment law.
The successful candidate will be an effective communicator, with influencing and persuasion skills together with evidence of success in building and forming working relationships based on credibility and integrity.
You will possess sound experience of managing and bringing to a successful conclusion a high volume of human resources casework including discipline, grievance, capability and harassment.
Experience of advising schools is desirable but not essential
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
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.
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 recruitment@brent.gov.uk