Address- Pay Level: 7
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Working Hours: 37 hours per week
- Location: Observatory House
The closing date for applications is 11th March 2024.
What you’ll be doing:
We are looking for a HR Business Partner to provide comprehensive HR Business Partnering services to Slough Borough Council, focusing on professionalism, efficiency, and effectiveness. Your responsibilities will include offering advice on employment legislation, policy, and procedures, as well as managing change and modernising services. The role involves working closely with various services and directorates, staying informed about priorities, challenges, and initiatives through management meetings.
Moreover, it involves providing creative solutions within HR frameworks, identifying and mitigating high-level risks in people management, and understanding and addressing political sensitivities within service areas. Additionally, you will be providing professional support and guidance to managers on employee relations issues, handling complex casework, and collaborating with trade unions to maintain effective relationships.
Our Council:
People are proud to live and work in Slough where diversity is celebrated and where residents can enjoy fulfilling prosperous and healthy lives. Our vision is to make a difference to our communities and our environment. All of our employees, whatever their job, contribute greatly to delivering services to local people - either directly, or by supporting colleagues.
What we offer:
Slough Borough Council is a fantastic place to work offering a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever and you will join a friendly and collaborative environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Alongside a competitive salary, there are a range of great benefits including:
- 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years’ service and 33 days after 5 years’ service.
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Tax - free childcare and childcare services
- Discounted car parking
- Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to & from work.
Interested?
For an informal discussion about the role, should you have any queries, please contact Surjit.Nagra@slough.gov.uk
Slough Borough Council is an inclusive employer and encourages and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. We select staff on merit and aim to have a workforce that is representative of the community it serves. To monitor the effectiveness of our processes to promote equality and inclusion, we ask applicants to complete the Equalities Monitoring Section on our application form, though this is entirely voluntary and will not affect the progress of your application. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the information you provide will only be used for the purposes of equality monitoring.
Slough Borough Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all applicants who have chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form and can evidence the minimum criteria for the role through their application.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that should you be appointed, all posts will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, that will include a criminal record check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We recognise the contribution that people with criminal records can make as employees and volunteers and welcome applications from them. A person’s criminal record will not, in itself, debar that person from being appointed to this post. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence. Suitable applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. All cases will be examined on an individual basis with risk assessments carried out by our HR team. Please email Recruitment@slough.gov.uk if you have any questions on the above.
We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email Recruitment@slough.gov.uk quoting the job reference – our Accessibility Statement has more information.
How to Apply:
Please click on the apply button below to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you!
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a number of suitable applicants therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.
