Assistant Human Resources Business Partner

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

The HRBP Team are hybrid and work across the Council, with managers, trade unions and employees to build and maintain strong working relationships. We work across a range of work streams including employee relations, strategic decision making, transformational change and organisational design & development. This can range from attendance management support, to disciplinary and grievance processes, to ensure that people practices are handled in a fair and consistent manner.

The team are embedded within directorates attending senior management team meetings, though have a main base at Halton DCBL Stadium.

The expectation is to self- organise your working diary with your case load management which requires two days on site as a minimum and flexibility required between council locations and a small amount of home working.

Due to an internal promotion we now have a temporary vacancy until 31/03/2028

Hours: 37 per week – working Monday – Thursday 9am – 5.30pm and Friday 9am – 4.40pm

Your Contributions:

Are you an experienced Assistant Human Resources Business Partner looking to utilise your experience and develop your expertise, if so we would love to hear from you.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a busy and professional HR department , supporting the delivery of high-quality employee relations services across the organisation. With experience in absence management, you will play a key role in supporting managers and ensuring consistent and fair application of HR policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting managers at a range of employee relations hearings, including attendance management, disciplinary, grievance, and restructuring processes Undertaking job evaluation and grading activities in line with organisational frameworks Working collaboratively with the HR Business Partner to manage a varied and demanding caseload
• Providing clear, professional, and timely HR advice to managers across the Council Responding to employee relations queries via a shared team mailbox in an efficient and customer-focused manner
• As this role involves regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield, a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential requirements. Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act

This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact while developing your HR career in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

If you think you have the experience, talent, and commitment to make a real difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service with the option to purchase an additional four-days of unpaid leave for our Annual Christmas Closedown
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension SchemeInvestment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites Flexible working arrangements Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Kim Mylchreest – HRBP on 0151 511 6137 or by email to Kim.Mylchreest@halton.gov.uk or Claire Moller - AHRPB on 0151 511 8951 or by email to claire.moller@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 20/05/2026 and Thursday 21/05/2028

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!