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Interim HR Business Partner

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a Public Sector client who is looking to appoint a HR Business Partner post on a short term interim basis. The incumbent is leaving in the New Year on good terms and the vacant substantive post needs to be covered temporarily whilst a separate recruitment process is undertaken to recruit to the post on a permanent basis. Working within a busy and changing environment, customer focus and service delivery key priorities to ensure a first class HR service is delivered to a wide client base.

Day to day duties and responsibilities will include:

•Provide broad range of HR consultancy services to broad client group, including workforce and succession planning, recruitment and retention, data strategies and leadership development.
•Advising and supporting managers on the implementation of all HR procedures including consultations, redundancies, TUPE transfers aswell as capability, disciplinary, grievance, redundancy and absence management.
•To take the lead on complex and sensitive casework in support of the HR Advisers and to determine the best course of action to address those individual circumstances.
•Leading staff and trade union consultation and negotiation as appropriate and necessary.
•Design, delivery or commissioning of training.
•Developing, accessing and supporting Recruitment and Selection strategies to ensure that schools/service areas are fully staffed with high quality staff

Ideally candidates should be / will have:

•Strong project management skills.
•Very customer focused
•Full and up to date knowledge of HR best practice and complex employment legislation
•Knowledge and understanding of evaluation frameworks and processes
•Resilient, confident and able to deal with competing priorities from different clients whilst maintaining high standards of service.
•Ability to work autonomously and be extremely organised with diary management.
•Comfortable in bridging the gap between provision of strategic support whilst being capable of getting involved in operational HR activity aswell
•Experience of working in a highly unionised environment
•Experience of working in the Public Sector would be an advantage as would multisite experience.
•Candidates will ideally also have their own transport. Mileage and certain parking costs will be covered by the client.

Our client would ideally like a handover and so is looking to recruit some before Christmas. As a result only candidates who are available immediately or who are finishing their current contracts in the next week or two are invited to apply. This role could offer a good short term stop gap in an otherwise quiet time in the market, but the right level of candidate might also be interested in applying for this role, plus two potential others at the same level on a permanent basis. Please apply now for immediate consideration.