Strategic HR Business Partner

Morgan Law are seeking an experienced Strategic HR Business Partner to support a local government client through a significant period of organisational transformation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded and strategically focused HR professional who can partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver effective people strategies, support organisational change, and drive service improvement across the organisation.

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that HR services and operating models are aligned with wider organisational priorities, helping to deliver sustainable, efficient, and customer-focused services.
Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to develop and implement strategic HR solutions that support organisational transformation.
• Lead and support organisational design, service redesign, and workforce transformation initiatives.
• Undertake process mapping and end-to-end service reviews, identifying inefficiencies, opportunities for improvement, and areas for service optimisation.
• Translate process mapping and service review findings into practical redesign proposals, taking these through to implementation and consultant delivery where required

Essential Experience and Skills Candidates must demonstrate:

• Significant experience operating as a Strategic HR Business Partner within a complex organisation, in local government
• Proven experience supporting and delivering organisational transformation and large-scale change programmes.
• Demonstrable experience of process mapping and service redesign, taking initiatives from initial assessment and analysis through to implementation and consultant delivery.
• Experience of organisational design, workforce restructuring, and the development of effective operating models.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders.
• A track record of translating strategic objectives into practical, deliverable HR and organisational solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project delivery skills.
• The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and deliver results within a fixed-term contract.

This is a 10-month contract offering hybrid working, with a combination of remote working and attendance at the client's offices as required.

The Ideal Candidate You will be a proactive, credible, and delivery-focused HR professional who combines strategic HR expertise with hands-on experience of service transformation. You will be comfortable working in a complex local government environment, engaging senior stakeholders, challenging existing processes, and driving redesign initiatives from initial review through to implementation and delivery.
If you have the strategic HR expertise and proven service redesign experience required to support a local authority through a period of transformation, we would welcome your application.