Assistant Business Partner

Wigan

Full Time

£35,235 - £39,513

Temporary

Expires 18/05/2025

**About the Role**:
**Wigan Life Centre South**

**College Avenue**

**Wigan**

**WN1 1NJ**

**Salary: Grade 8, £35,235 - £39,513 per annum.**

**37 hours per week**

**Temporary for 9 months to cover Secondment**

**We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.**

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you

**Your role**:
In this role, you will provide specialist knowledge and skills to support the delivery of our strategic council plan and missions, deliver key transformational projects and support workforce development solutions.

You will have a great understanding of Organisational Development tools, techniques and approaches to successfully deliver Talent, Inclusion and Wellbeing initiatives. You will work closely with senior leaders, staff and managers across the organisation as well as wider partners.

**About you**:
You will have the skills to lead transformational change, supporting our workforce to thrive through implementing and delivering high-quality OD initiatives.

You will be passionate about wellbeing, talent and inclusion and the ability to drive forward strategic priorities to create new and exciting initiatives. Building close working-relationships with a wide range of stakeholders will come naturally to you as you’ll play a key role in engagement and co-production.

You’ll have strong listening and communication skills and the ability to interpret data to establish priorities based on workforce need.

**About us**:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

HR&OD are on an important journey to lead and support workforce transformation and culture and continue to make Wigan a brilliant place to work. This role is an amazing opportunity to lead key transformational projects and workforce development solutions that contribute to the Council’s achievement of Progress with Unity.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits

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**Interview date: Tuesday 27th May 2025**

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