People Business Partner - Schools x 2 in Hounslow

About Us

We would love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It is about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community; we have a diverse workforce and are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

About the Role

The Schools Workforce HR and Development Team offers a first-class, modern and inventive HR advisory service to the borough’s schools as well as to the commercial and voluntary sector. The HR Advisory Service is one of three services within the Schools Workforce HR and Development Team and, as one of three People Business Partners, you will work in conjunction with the Senior People Business Partner and the Head of Schools HR Traded Services & Strategic People Lead for Children’s and Adult Services to play a pivotal role in delivering and continuously developing a first-class HR service to schools in Hounslow and beyond. We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable HR professional who can assist with the delivery of the excellent guidance and support we provide to Hounslow schools.

You will be an integral part of an HR team driving interventions and supporting business-focused solutions while embedding best practice and people effectiveness for Headteachers and Governors within Hounslow schools. You will also actively contribute to the development of innovative and leading-edge people and organisational effectiveness strategies, policies and practices as a member of the Schools Workforce HR and Development Team. The team is part of the People Business Partnering team and collaborates across the wider organisation to deliver strategic and operational projects that explicitly benefit Hounslow residents.

About the Team You'll Be Working In

You will work collaboratively with the Head of Schools HR Traded Services & Strategic People Lead for Children’s and Adult Services to implement the HR & OD offer for Hounslow’s schools, commercial organisations and the voluntary sector. You will contribute to the delivery of a first-class, modern and inventive people business partnering service within the borough’s schools and the commercial sector by developing a deep understanding of these business areas. You will build strong relationships with Headteachers, Senior Leaders and other stakeholders to understand their needs and influence suitable people strategies and solutions. You will contribute to the work of the three strands of the HR Traded Service to Schools – the HR Advisory team, Schools transactional Team and the Recruitment and Workforce Development Team. You will work collaboratively with the Assistant Director – People Services, the Head of Schools HR Traded Services & Strategic People Lead for Children’s and Adult Services and your colleagues to ensure that the employee journey and experience within Hounslow’s schools and amongst our commercial and voluntary sector partners is the very best that it can be.

About You

You will have experience working within the education sector, specifically schools, providing a consultancy-approached HR service and a sound knowledge and understanding of the terms and conditions applicable to teachers and school-based staff. You have a comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law and its effective application in the workplace and experience working in a unionised environment. You will have a sound and detailed knowledge of HR best practice, employment law and organisational change as well as the ability to coach and support managers to increase management capability within the schools. You will know how to communicate effectively and tailor your responses to ensure appropriate advice is given to the varying organisations within your portfolio, and you will be able to develop excellent relationships with Headteachers, Schools Leaders, Managers and stakeholders in a variety of contexts. You have an ability to support colleagues in the wider HR Team to achieve business goals and objectives. You have an ability to conduct detailed research and analysis to support Management Information requirements. You have experience reviewing and writing policy documents. You can work independently with minimal supervision whilst being aware of when it is appropriate to consult colleagues. You must be CIPD qualified or have substantial demonstrable work experience that evidences an equivalent level of attainment and competence.

Essential For This Role

An Enhanced DBS Check and a clean full driving licence will be required for the role.

How to Apply

If you can meet most of these requirements, we encourage you to apply. We may consider you for this role or for another suitable role within Hounslow.

Contact Email: Yvette.Mayers@hounslow.gov.uk

Telephone: 07525 991462