HR Delivery Partner – Housing Professional Standards & Culture

Job Description

Job title: HR Delivery Partner – Housing Professional Standards & Culture
Job Category: Human Resources
Location: 25 Windsor Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2EJ, Slough Borough Council
Hours Per Week :36.50
Pay : £21.70 per hour

2 days per week at Observatory House, Interview to be held in person
Main purpose of Job:
This is a hands on HR partnering role responsible for actively embedding professional standards, expected behaviours and workforce culture across Housing Services. The postholder plays a critical role in ensuring that people practices align with both organisational values and the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing Competence and Conduct Standard.
Working closely with housing managers and frontline teams, the role focuses on translating HR policies, standards and regulatory requirements into clear, practical expectations that are consistently applied in day to day practice. This includes supporting managers to address behaviour, capability and conduct issues, and reinforcing what good professionalism looks like in interactions with tenants.
The role is firmly delivery focused, concentrating on implementation, embedding and assurance rather than setting corporate strategy. It supports improvement through practical HR interventions, including hands on advice, coaching, tools, learning activity and evidence based assurance work, with the aim of strengthening professionalism, accountability and tenant focused behaviours across Housing Services
Experience
• Practical HR experience supporting managers with people practice and behaviour issues

• Embedding policies, standards or codes of conduct into day‑to‑day working practice

• Working in a regulated or customer‑facing public service environment

• Supporting culture or behavioural improvement activity at team or service level

kills and abilities
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills at manager level

• Confidence to challenge behaviour and poor practice appropriately

• Ability to translate policy and regulation into clear, practical guidance

• Sound judgement and professionalism when dealing with sensitive issues

Knowledge and understanding
• HR policies, employee relations and people practice

• Workplace behaviour, professionalism and values‑based practice

• Understanding of regulated service environments (housing desirable but not essential)

Qualifications
• CIPD qualification or equivalent HR experience

• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Evidence of continuous professional development