This is an exciting time to join the Brigade and be part of the change we are creating. The HR Business Partner is a new role to the organisation and, working closely with the Senior HR Business Partners, is integral to supporting departmental heads through the use of data to identify and target potential areas of concern and understand risks and issues. This role will also support with the delivery of training for staff following data and insights gathered across quantitative and qualitative data sources.
As part of the HR Business Partnering Team, and working closely with the Senior HR Business Partner for your business area, you will support the development and delivery of the People Strategy for that business area, using insights gained through data analysis and stakeholder engagement to flag risks and opportunities. You will have experience in identifying trends and working collaboratively to explore solutions to complex problems.
You will have excellent interpersonal and people skills to develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with senior leaders in the business and subject matter experts across HR and other enabling functions.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description, salary range or the full advert, please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs.london-fire.gov.uk/alljobs/ to access the full advert.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
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London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s Fire and Rescue Service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city.
We employ over 5,500 people, across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer your 999 calls) and our non-operational team (our teams who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, including HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Communications etc.).
LFB has been on a journey of transformation and improvement over the last few years and this includes improving the culture of the organisation and modernising our ways of working. Our journey is clearly laid out in our Community Risk Management Plan, ‘Your London Fire Brigade’, demonstrating our commitment to evolve and meet future challenges.