HR Business Partner

Cambridgeshire County Council; Alconbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in England is seeking an HR Business Partner to deliver proactive and solution-focused HR support. This role involves managing complex HR casework and partnering with managers to implement organizational change and cultural shifts. Strong relationship-building skills and a sound understanding of employment legislation are essential. The position offers flexible working and is fixed term until October 2026.

Benefits

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave

Paid volunteering hours

Employee Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of HR practices and employment legislation.
• Experience in managing complex HR cases.
• Ability to influence and advise management effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive HR support to drive organisational change.
• Lead on complex HR casework and support change initiatives.
• Partner with managers to embed cultural change.

Skills

Relationship-building

Employment legislation knowledge

Change management

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your HR career and join a high-performing, well-regarded HR team?
We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Business Partner to play a key role in delivering proactive, solution-focused HR support that drives organisational change and continuous improvement.

As a HR Business Partner, you’ll work within our business partnering model, providing expert advice and challenge across a broad range of HR matters including employee relations, organisational design, and workforce planning. You’ll lead on complex casework, support change initiatives, and partner with managers to embed cultural change and deliver effective services.

We’re looking for someone confident, credible, and influential, with strong relationship-building skills and a sound understanding of employment legislation and best practice HR.

What we offer:

• A friendly, supportive team that values collaboration and innovation
• A busy, challenging environment where your contribution makes a real difference
• A comprehensive induction and ongoing development opportunities to help you grow and progress

The role is full time with flexible working considered and is fixed term until October 2026.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Luke Venni, Strategic HR Business Partner on 07484916062 or Sarah Martins, Strategic HR Business Partner on 07771 841386

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers