Interim - HR Business Partner - Public Sector in Manchester

Castlefield Recruitment are working in partnership with a leading Public Sector organisation based in the North West that requires an experienced Human Resources Business Partner for a four month fixed term assignment commencing in February.

Full-time Fixed term contract Equivalent salary £55,000 - £60,000 per annum.

The organisation will be commencing both a voluntary and compulsory redundancy scheme and require an experienced HR professional to work with them, playing a key role in the consultation process. The post holder will have extensive experience of leading a consultation process on previous assignments and will possess detailed knowledge of compliance, employment law, redeployment and redundancy processes. You will have experience of working with trade unions and be a skilled stakeholder manager.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provide strategic HR advisory and coaching support to senior leadership.
• Partnered with business leaders to ensure compliance with HR policies, procedures, and best-practice standards.
• Lead and manage complex organisational change initiatives, including redundancies, consultations and change programmes.
• Deliver HR objectives aligned with organisational values and strategic priorities.
• Consult on and deliver key change projects focused on redundancy and redeployment.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Champion employee engagement, wellbeing, and inclusive workplace practices.
• Contribute to the development and execution of wider HR strategy.

Key experience required:

• Expert level of redundancy consultation experience, including legislation, compliance and best practice.
• Detailed understanding of the principles of change management and able to demonstrate a successful track record of major organisational change.
• Knowledge of business planning, project management and risk management, and how those processes might be applied to organisational change.
• Significant experience of facilitating and managing change.
• Experience of HR management and change implementation in a unionised environment.
• Experience of Trade Union consultation and negotiation.
• Evidence of effective working at a senior level in large, complex environments.
• Significant experience of facilitating and managing change and complex employee relations cases.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team and across systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to help deliver a key change project with a leading Public Sector organisation. If you have the experience detailed above and would like to apply for this role, please forward an up to date CV to Charlie Dixon at Castlefield Recruitment by using the apply link on this page.