HR and OD Business Partner Front Facing Team

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Salary: Grade 10, £45,091 - £49,282 per annum.

37 hours per week

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

The HR & OD Front Facing team delivers professional, enabling support across the full breadth of HR and OD activity. As HR & OD Business Partner, you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering a modern, integrated HR & OD service. You’ll oversee and lead a team of HR Operational and OD colleagues. You’ll be instrumental in bringing together HR & OD, strengthening people management capability and driving continuous improvement. The role will also support the development and implementation of a new HR & OD single point of access, ensuring a consistent, accessible and customer focused experience.

About you:

You’re an experienced HR & OD professional with strong people leadership skills and a passion for improving how services are delivered. You’ll have credibility advising on complex employee relations and organisational change, alongside experience of delivering organisational development programmes of work. Collaborative and confident, you’re comfortable influencing across all levels and working in fast paced environments. You’re motivated by continuous improvement, inclusion and using insight to enhance practice. A relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience is essential.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

You will play a key role in delivering the Council’s Progress with Unity vision and strategic priorities, working closely with the Service Lead (HR & OD), and Business Manager (Front Facing Team) and colleagues from across HR & OD to provide a high quality, modern and customer centred HR & OD service.

The contractual hours for this post will be worked across a range of locations to meet the needs of the role and the service. Work will be carried out across Council buildings and/or community venues across the borough. It is our priority to ensure that the role is fulfilled effectively and while there is some flexibility to work from home when service delivery allows, the expectation is that staff will attend the workplace for a minimum of two days per week. However, depending on service requirements, you may be required to work your full contractual hours on site at Council buildings and/or community venues.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

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For further information, please contact Sophie Lingard at s.lingard@wigan.gov.uk

Priority Candidates Interview date: Monday 8^th June 2026

Interview date: Tuesday 9^th June 2026

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