Salary: £45, 502 – £47,578 (subject to 2023 pay award)

Hours: Part or Full Time – between 30 – 37 hours per week

Closing date: 29 March 2023

Do you want to contribute to your community?

This new HR Business Partner role will focus on providing HR and OD support to councils across the South East, enabling them to provide more effective services to their communities.

Key duties:

• Providing practical HR & Employment Law advice,
• Writing blogs and news articles on current and future HR matters,
• Undertaking HR casework including role reviews and pay benchmarking,
• Supporting our networks.

You will:

• Have a strong understanding of employment law and HR best practice,
• Be able to take complex information and make it accessible to our clients,
• Have an enquiring approach to be able to interpret the impact of future changes,
• Be able to build relationships at all levels of our clients’ workforces,
• Enjoy working independently as well as part of a team,
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills,
• Have strong organisational skills,
• Preferably have experience in Local Government, or other unionised workplace.

We are a small but busy team so for us, your values and approach to work and professional growth are as important as your current knowledge and experience levels.

We offer:

• Competitive Salary
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays
• Flexibility to work around your life commitments
• Mainly home based
• Support for your professional growth through learning and development opportunities
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

For an informal chat about the role please contact Michelle Biggs on 01962 840664.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of the community and for part time and job share.

To apply, please submit your CV with a covering letter demonstrating how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the criteria set out in the person specification. You should use specific examples as we are looking for evidence that you can thrive in this role. Please submit to info@seemp.co.uk, we will acknowledge receipt.

Closing date: 29 March 2023

Selection process:

• CV and covering letter for long list
• Short written exercise for short list
• Knowledge test and Interview

Download the Job Description and Person Specification here.