HR Business Partner Manager

Bridgend County Borough Council; Bridgend; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgend County Borough Council is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner Manager to lead and shape our HRBP service, aligning people strategy with organisational goals.

You will work across the council with managers and headteachers, driving employee relations, performance, change management, learning and leadership development in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HRBP services within a large public sector or similar environment.
• Ability to provide strategic and operational leadership across employee relations, performance, organisational change, learning and leadership development.
• Proven capability to build trusted relationships across a council and with headteachers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a professional HR Business Partner team that supports managers and headteachers.
• Shape and develop the HRBP service to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Collaborate across the Council to ensure HR/OD services are responsive and drive organisational performance.

Job description

HR Business Partner Manager - Internal Only

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type HR and Training

Date posted 01/10/2026

Job reference 19211

37 hours per week

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking HR leader to manage and continually develop our HR Business Partner service. This is a key role within the HR & Organisational Development Management Team, providing strategic and operational leadership across employee relations, performance, organisational change, learning, leadership and organisational development.

You will lead a professional team that supports managers and headteachers to meet current and future workforce challenges. Working across the Council, you will build trusted relationships, shape practical people solutions and help ensure that HR/OD services are responsive, consistent and focused on improving organisational performance.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.