Assistant HR Business Partner

What will you be doing?

• To be responsible for the delivery of expert, professional HR advice and coaching to managers within a designated service area, on all aspects of HR, in order to ensure that the organisation has excellent management of its employees and strong employee relations.
• To support the Head of HR and OD in the delivery of a professional HR service that adds value and delivers effective business-focused solutions.  To work in partnership with managers and other HR professionals to drive organisational change and enable continuous improvement.
• To drive the achievement of the organisation’s business and service plans by providing timely, expert, risk informed HR advice on all organisational change activity including redundancy, restructuring and TUPE to ensure the organisation has the right workforce to deliver its services.

Full details are in the attached job description and person specification. 

About you

You will have a passion and commitment to help us continue to develop and expand our business partner structure within the Trust.  It is not often that HR practitioners gain exposure to being at the centre of their own service improvements, so you will have curiosity, confidence and resilience to gain the satisfaction that this brings. 

You will have substantial senior post-qualification experience of working successfully as a HR professional, providing advice and direction in HR and Employee Relations to Senior Managers and teams in a complex organisation. 

Local government experience would be advantageous but is not essential, as we are looking for someone with strong communication, influencing, mediation and negotiating skills.

You are able to work independently, as well as part of a wider team and service.

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 2 Day Induction Programme
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Local government Pension Scheme
• Really welcoming and supportive team
• Fantastic family friendly policies
• Hybrid and flexible work
• Competitive salary
• Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days additional annual leave
• 37 hours per week (part-time/job share may be considered
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly quality supervision
• Long Service Award Recognition

About us

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation. 

We are a team of dedicated HR and Recruitment professionals, supporting colleagues in all aspects of HR matters. We want to welcome someone new to the team that has a passion for the services our organisation is proud to offer to children, young people and families and also a genuine interest in developing the reputation of HR and Recruitment services for somewhere as important and forward thinking as NCT.