About the job HR Workforce Transformation
HR Workforce Transformation
Temporary Contract
Job Details
Client: Swindon Borough Council
Service Area: Enabling Services / HR & OD
Start Date: 22 September 2026
End Date: 31 March 2027
Duration: Approximately 27 weeks
Number of Roles: 1
Working Pattern
Swindon based.
Further working pattern to be confirmed.
Location
Swindon
Pay
PAYE Rate: £23.37 per hour
Job Overview
Swindon Borough Council is seeking an experienced HR Workforce Transformation professional to support the HR & OD service.
The role will provide professional, focused and pragmatic HR consultancy to Directors, Senior Management Teams and line managers, supporting complex people matters, organisational performance, HR policy, employment law and workforce transformation activity.
Important – Please Read Carefully
This is a senior HR / workforce transformation role.
Candidates should have strong HR consultancy, employee relations, organisational change, workforce planning, senior stakeholder and employment law experience.
CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience is required.
Key Responsibilities
- Support workforce transformation
- Support organisational change
- Support restructures
- Support workforce planning
- Advise senior managers
- Support complex HR casework
- Apply HR policy
- Apply employment law
- Use HR analytics
- Interpret workforce data
- Support evidence-based decisions
- Use systems and digital tools
- Work with senior leaders
- Engage trade unions
- Resolve workplace conflict
- Support early intervention
- Undertake HR risk assessments
- Support HR & OD improvement
Essential Experience & Skills
- HR Manager/Consultant experience
- Complex organisation experience
- Transformation experience
- Employee relations casework
- Disciplinary casework
- Grievance casework
- Performance management
- Attendance/wellbeing casework
- Trade union experience
- Senior stakeholder experience
- Employment law knowledge
- HR analytics experience
- Workforce data experience
- Strong influencing skills
- Strong communication skills
- High resilience
Desirable
- Local authority HR
- Public sector transformation
- Organisational design
- Workforce change
- HR digital systems
- Mediation support
- Talent development
- Succession planning
Additional Information
This role supports Swindon Borough Council’s Workforce Transformation activity.
Response deadline is 30 September 2026.
Disclaimer
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Job Reference: 138441
Screening Questions
- Senior HR advisory experience?
- Workforce transformation experience?
- Complex ER casework experience?
- Trade union/stakeholder experience?
- CIPD Level 5 or equivalent?
- HR analytics/workforce data experience?
Skills: HR Transformation, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations, Organisational Change, CIPD Level 5, HR Analytics, Trade Unions, Employment Law, Senior Stakeholders, Restructures