HR Business Partner

Are you an experienced HR professional with a deep understanding of the Public Sector or Local Authority landscape? Our client is looking for a proactive and driven HR Business Partner to join their team.

This is a highly visible role where you will act as a trusted advisor to a diverse customer base, including schools and local government partners. You will work closely with the Head of People to deliver both operational excellence and strategic HR initiatives in a commercially focused environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Expert Advisory: Provide high-quality, proactive advice on a full range of HR matters, ensuring compliance with complex employment law and varied terms and conditions.
• Complex Casework: Lead on high-level employee relations cases, including gross misconduct, collective grievances, suspensions, and complex investigations.
• Organizational Change: Support and advise on complex change management projects.
• Hearings & Appeals: Act as the lead HR advisor during formal hearings and appeals, including sickness absence and disciplinary panels.
• Policy & Development: Contribute to the review and development of HR/OD policies, ensuring they remain fit for purpose and aligned with legislative changes.
• Stakeholder Management: Build credible relationships with managers.
• Training & Coaching: Design and deliver HR training workshops to upskill managers on recruitment, selection, and performance management.

What you’ll bring:

• Professional Qualification: CIPD Level 5 or 7 is highly desirable. We also welcome applications from candidates with significant equivalent experience who are currently working toward these qualifications.
• Sector Experience: Proven experience, ideally within a Local Authority, Public Sector, or Education environment.
• Technical Skills: Strong experience in job evaluation, DBS risk assessments, and the interpretation of complex HR data.
• Communication: Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and work collaboratively with trade unions.

What you’ll get in return:

• Generous Annual Leave: 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service up to 31 days.
• Flexible Leave Options: Access to a holiday buy-and-sell scheme to help you balance work and life.
• Market-Leading Pension: An enhanced scheme
• Financial Security: Life Assurance and an annual performance bonus along with annual salary review
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive wellbeing hub featuring high-street discounts, retail perks, and a Cycle to Work scheme.
• Culture & Connection: A vibrant social calendar, including dedicated summer and Christmas events to celebrate team success.

If of interest, please apply for a confidential discussion. Pineapple Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client and is acting as a Preferred Recruitment Agency