HR Consultant OD and Learning
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Employer – Trafford Council
Address – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH
Salary – £35,934 - £38,813
Salary Grade – Band 9
Job category – Business and Corporate Services
Job Type – Human Resources
Working Pattern – Full Time
Working hours – 36.25 per week
Contract type – 2 Years Fixed Term Contract
Closing date – Sunday 18 August 2019 at 23.59
Interview date – TBC

Trafford is a thriving, diverse, prosperous and culturally vibrant borough sitting at the heart of Greater Manchester. We have bold ambitions about the type of council we want to be, and we are committed to responding positively to the changing needs and expectations of our customers and partners.

Our people are our greatest asset and our developing People Strategy will support our colleagues who will play a key role in achieving our vision and corporate priorities. Our values are very important to us and these underpin the behaviours and complement our ways of working.

Our HR Service has recently strengthened its capacity so it can focus on supporting our workforce with the skills, knowledge and behaviours to be the best they can be. Working holistically with our HR shared service - GMSS in partnership with Greater Manchester Police, we have a great shared platform to strengthen and grow our HR talent and service offer.

We now have a great opportunity for you to be part of the HR/OD team in Trafford and play a key role in the delivery of workforce development across Trafford borough working with a range of partners.

About You

We are looking for an exceptional and innovative HR/OD professional to undertake the role of HR Consultant, OD and Learning with responsibility for leading and developing the Trafford Council and Trafford locality workforce development offer.

You will manage our learning & development offer and be an experienced OD professional with a relevant qualification that supports your development, with significant experience of enabling organisational improvement and development.
Ideally, you will have experience of working across the public sector system to achieve tangible change through design and delivery of collaborative workforce development initiatives.

You will also be pragmatic, engaging and passionate about achieving better outcomes, and have experience of working in partnership to deliver learning interventions and improvements in services.
Further details are contained within the role profile.

About Us

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to personal and professional development and our working environment at Trafford Town Hall is exceptional.

We have a total reward package available including:- local government pension scheme, car lease scheme, generous annual leave scheme, leave purchase scheme, flexi-time, agile working, employee recognition awards, celebrating success scheme and a comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy.

If you are passionate about supporting our workforce to improve services for our citizens and have the right level of expertise and skills for this role, then we would love to hear from you.

For or an informal discussion about the role please contact Angela Beadsworth, Head of Workforce & Core Strategy – angela.beadsworth@trafford.gov.uk