Assistant HR Business Partner

Chorley Council & South Ribble Council; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Chorley is seeking an Assistant HR Business Partner to enhance employee relations and manage HR projects. The ideal candidate will have generalist HR experience and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers a salary range of £34,434 - £39,152, hybrid working, and generous benefits including 25 days leave and a local government pension.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid/agile working

Local Government pension

Healthcare Cash Plan

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience of generalist HR including change management and employee relations.
• Enthusiastic and willing to progress in the role.
• Valid driving licence or equivalent mobility required.

Responsibilities

• Support positive employee relations, including attendance and health.
• Implement organisational change and HR projects.
• Manage HR casework including conduct and performance management.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Change management

Employment law knowledge

Effective communication

Job description

Overview

Role: Assistant HR Business Partner

Location: Chorley and South Ribble

Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent

Salary: £34,434 - £39,152

Closing Date: 12 October 2025

Responsibilities

• You will support positive employee relations, including attendance and health and wellbeing, and will have experience of HR casework including conduct and performance management.
• You will be involved in implementing organisational change, transactional processes, recruitment, and HR projects.

Qualifications

• Experience of generalist HR including change management, employment law, and employee relations.
• You may have experience supporting HR projects.
• Enthusiastic and willing to progress in the role.
• Effective communicator with the ability to work well with a variety of stakeholders.
• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cashback on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. While some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.