Strategic Business Partner
Islington HR is reshaping its services. We’re realigning our service provision to put digital, learning and innovation at the heart of what we do. We’re creating 3 new functions – HR Customer Delivery, Organisational Development and Strategic HR Partnering. Our vision is to be a trusted professional partner, empowering our managers and people to thrive and deliver better services for Islington. By joining the team, you’ll play a vital role in enabling this, putting fairness and equality at the heart of everything we do – in our communities and our workplace.
We are looking for a part time Strategic Business Partner to join the new Strategic HR Partnering team on a permanent basis working 17.5 hours per week. You will deliver a council-wide HR consultancy service to senior managers, providing strategic business focused advice on all aspects of organisational design, change management and workforce planning. You will develop people plans to ensure that the council’s workforce strategy is understood and incorporated at a local level, that staff feedback is addressed and actioned and that workforce priorities are identified and delivered. You will support directorate management teams to focus on key business priorities and diagnose workforce-related challenges, designing and implementing high quality solutions or commissioning services within HR. You will confidently use qualitative and quantitative data, business insights and intelligence to underpin your analysis.
In return for your knowledge and skills, we offer a vast range of staff benefits here at Islington such as:
- up to 30 days leave per year with more for long service!
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Excellent pension scheme
- Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
- Local discounts from restaurants, shops, health and beauty therapists, and more!
- A mix of office and hybrid working
- Staff support networks
Please visit Working for the council | Islington Council to find out more!
If you think this could be the next exciting step in your career, then please apply now!