Strategic HR/OD Business Partner


Company:	inploi
Salary:	Competitive
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Tameside, OL6 6BH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	8 Oct 2026

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Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £53,051 to Scale 43 - £56,293 with a professional bar at Scale 41 - £54,143**

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Are you an ambitious and forward-thinking HROD professional looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Tameside Council at a pivotal point in our improvement and transformation journey. As our HROD Business Partner for Children's and Education Services, you will support one of the Council's most significant and high-profile service areas, partnering with senior leaders to shape workforce strategy, strengthen organisational capability and enable excellent outcomes for children, young people and families.

Working as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders, you will help navigate complex organisational challenges, influence decision-making and create the conditions for high performance, inclusion and innovation. You'll work across a broad range of people, workforce and organisational priorities, supporting leaders to think differently, embrace change and develop sustainable solutions that improve both workforce and service outcomes.

This is a role for a credible and influential HROD professional who combines strategic thinking with practical delivery. You'll bring professional curiosity, sound judgement and the confidence to provide constructive challenge, helping leaders balance immediate operational demands with longer-term organisational success. Supporting one of the Council's largest and most complex directorates, you will work with leaders across Children's Social Care, Education, Early Help and Inclusion Services to deliver workforce and organisational solutions that support improved outcomes for children, young people and families. Operating within a continually evolving environment, you will play a key role in helping services respond to changing demands, build organisational resilience and develop the workforce capability needed for future success.

As part of our collaborative People and Workforce Development team, you'll work alongside experienced HROD colleagues who are passionate about making a difference. Together, we're building a modern, progressive and integrated people service that places organisational development, workforce excellence and employee experience at the heart of everything we do. You'll join a team committed to moving beyond traditional HR, using organisational development, workforce insight and systems thinking to help leaders create sustainable, high-performing services where people, culture and performance thrive.

This is more than a Business Partner role. It's an opportunity to influence the future direction of services, support transformational change and create lasting impact for our workforce, our organisation and the communities we serve.

About You

What You'll Bring

Experience operating as a Strategic HROD Business Partner within a complex organisation.
A strong track record of influencing senior leaders and shaping workforce and organisational outcomes.
Experience supporting organisational change, transformation and service improvement programmes.
Strong organisational development, workforce planning and change leadership expertise.
The ability to build trusted relationships whilst maintaining the confidence and professional courage to challenge constructively when needed.
Experience using workforce insight, data and evidence to inform decision-making and drive improvement.
A collaborative and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work across organisational boundaries and deliver sustainable outcomes.
Excellent coaching, influencing and relationship-building skills.
Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation, workforce practice and organisational development approaches.
A CIPD Level 7 qualification (or equivalent professional qualification and experience) and a commitment to continuous professional development.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to:

Help shape the future of Children's and Education Services during a significant period of transformation and improvement.
Work directly with senior leaders on strategic organisational and workforce priorities.
Influence decisions that impact services, colleagues and communities across Tameside.
Contribute to an ambitious people agenda focused on leadership, culture, organisational effectiveness and workforce development.
Be part of a collaborative, values-led and forward-thinking People and Workforce Development team.
Develop your expertise across organisational development, workforce strategy, leadership and transformation.
Join an organisation committed to continuous improvement, innovation and delivering the very best outcomes for residents.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

Interested? We'd Love to Hear from You

If you are a strategic, curious and forward-thinking HROD professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing change and helping organisations perform at their best, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference, shaping workforce and organisational outcomes that ultimately improve the lives of children, young people and families across Tameside.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Suzan Gregory, HROD Business Partner Manager on 07855 813 630.