Are you an experienced HR professional with a deep understanding of the Public Sector or Local Authority landscape? Our client is looking for a proactive and driven HR Business Partner to join their team.
This is a highly visible role where you will act as a trusted advisor to a diverse customer base, including schools and local government partners. You will work closely with the Head of People to deliver both operational excellence and strategic HR initiatives in a commercially focused environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Expert Advisory: Provide high-quality, proactive advice on a full range of HR matters, ensuring compliance with complex employment law and varied terms and conditions.
- Complex Casework: Lead on high-level employee relations cases, including gross misconduct, collective grievances, suspensions, and complex investigations.
- Organizational Change: Support and advise on complex change management projects.
- Hearings & Appeals: Act as the lead HR advisor during formal hearings and appeals, including sickness absence and disciplinary panels.
- Policy & Development: Contribute to the review and development of HR/OD policies, ensuring they remain fit for purpose and aligned with legislative changes.
- Stakeholder Management: Build credible relationships with managers.
- Training & Coaching: Design and deliver HR training workshops to upskill managers on recruitment, selection, and performance management.
What you’ll bring:
- Professional Qualification: CIPD Level 5 is desirable. We also welcome applications from candidates with significant equivalent experience who are currently working toward these qualifications.
- Sector Experience: Proven experience, ideally within a Local Authority, Public Sector, or Education environment.
- Technical Skills: Strong experience in job evaluation, DBS risk assessments, and the interpretation of complex HR data.
- Communication: Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and work collaboratively with trade unions.
What you’ll get in return:
- Generous Annual Leave: 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service up to 31 days.
- Flexible Leave Options: Access to a holiday buy-and-sell scheme to help you balance work and life.
- Market-Leading Pension: An enhanced scheme
- Financial Security: Life Assurance and an annual performance bonus along with annual salary review
- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive wellbeing hub featuring high-street discounts, retail perks, and a Cycle to Work scheme.
- Culture & Connection: A vibrant social calendar, including dedicated summer and Christmas events to celebrate team success.
If of interest, please apply for a confidential discussion. Pineapple Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client and is acting as a Preferred Recruitment Agency