Join Wigan Council's HR & OD Service

This is an exciting time to join Wigan Council.

As part of our Progress with Unity ambition, we are redesigning our HR & OD Service to help deliver our two borough missions:

Creating fair opportunities for all children, families, residents, and businesses
Helping our towns and neighbourhood’s flourish

People are at the heart of everything we do. Our service plays a vital role in ensuring the Council has the workforce, leadership, culture, and capability needed to deliver better outcomes for our residents, communities, and places.

We're looking for talented, values-driven people who want to make a real difference. Whether your expertise is in employee relations, organisational development, recruitment, workforce transformation, payroll, job evaluation or customer support, your work will directly contribute to delivering our missions and improving lives across Wigan Borough.

Why Join Us?

HR & OD is more than a support service. We are a strategic partner, helping services attract, develop, and retain talented people, lead change effectively and create the conditions for communities to thrive.

By joining us, you will help:

Build a workforce that delivers excellent services and better outcomes for residents.
Develop leadership, talent, and organisational capability.
Shape a positive, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
Lead workforce transformation and service improvement.
Harness digital innovation and AI to enhance how we work and serve our communities.

You'll be part of an ambitious, collaborative, and forward-thinking service committed to learning, innovation and continuous improvement.

Our Teams and Opportunities

Our new service brings together expertise across four key areas:

Front Facing Team

Our Front Facing Team partners with services across the organisation to help build a high-performing, inclusive and future-ready workforce. Working at the heart of organisational change, the team provides expert support across employee relations, organisational development, learning and talent, apprenticeships, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion, engagement, culture, and health and safety. Together, they enable leaders and teams to thrive, drive positive change and deliver better outcomes for our workforce and communities.

HR & OD Business Partner (Front Facing) - 1 full time role (permanent)

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

To find out more info & to apply - click here

HR & OD Assistant Business Partner (Front Facing) - 3 full time roles (2 permanent roles, 1 temporary role for 12 months)

Salary: Grade 8, £36,363 - £40,777 per annum