Strategic People - HR & OD Business Partner

at  London Borough of Sutton

STRATEGIC PEOPLE - HR & OD BUSINESS PARTNER

Employer
Kingston Council
Location(s)
Kingston
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Hours
Full Time
Grade
K
Hours Per Week
36
Salary Range
£56,172 - £61,617
Salary Basis
Per annum
Leave Entitlement
30 days
Application Deadline
20/10/2024, 23:55
Anticipated Interview Date(s)
24 October 2024
About the Borough
Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two.
Kingston and Sutton councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies.
We work flexibly in both Kingston and Sutton offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.
There are some really exciting things happening in both boroughs. In Sutton, we are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. Over in Kingston, we are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in the borough, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.
You should choose Kingston and Sutton if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.
Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan “Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together”, that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London.
Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton”, that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government.
About the Role

Lead in the day to day interactions with our customers, management teams and employees, to provide advice, guidance and support on the full range of HR and OD activities.

• Liaise with management to identify and deliver activities and projects, either for your Directorate or for the whole organisation, in line with council objectives
• Shape the wider HR and OD strategy and deliver a priority projects, aligned to our culture change programme
• HR Lead for change and restructures, supports workforce development and realignment
• To embed our People policy framework and management of complex ER cases
• To support the Council and its priorities to deliver on Equality, Diversity and inclusion, distributed leadership and working with partners and developing partnership
• To support Executive Directors, Associate Directors and Heads of Service to shape their workforce to meet service needs.
• Using your skills, knowledge and experience of people and performance management to develop others
• Leading on and embedding initiatives, including engagement strategies which promote our council and desired culture

About Us

• To support the delivery of an excellent HR and OD service, collaborating and partnering with colleagues in Workforce development and Employee relations and our shared services.
• Taking opportunities to improve ways of working and problem solving complex issues
• Embed and enhance ways of working so that the Council builds and maintains a reputation as a great place to work and live.

Please refer the Job description for details