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London Fire Brigade

Human Resources Business Partner

London
£46.9k – £56.1k/yr
Posted 1 day ago
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HR Business Partner

Salary: £46,941 per annum
Grade: FRS E
Salary range: £46,941 - £56,071 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: 4 PM on Friday 23 October 2026

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. Employing over 5000 people across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer 999 calls), fire safety and our non-operational team (our team who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, which includes Fleet, IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Communications team and many more).

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.

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.

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Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. Please visit our careers site to view the job description.

To apply, please complete the online application, upload a copy of your up-to-date CV and provide evidence to address the following selection criteria:

  1. Providing both high quality and consistent advice and guidance to managers on complex HR matters with an early intervention initiative approach in mind.
  2. Gathering feedback and providing insight across a range of sources, from qualitative information from managers through to data and insight from HR management information.
  3. Working with a range of HR systems and teams to create holistic reports of data and insights to improve management capability and outcomes.
  4. Creation of engaging content and having facilitated meetings with a range of stakeholders, including running workshops to develop management skills to deliver against.

Candidates are expected to submit applications that accurately represent their own skills, experience and written communication abilities. Excessive reliance on AI-generated content may result in an application being excluded from the recruitment process.

Please note that we will score the evidence you provide based on the competencies listed in the selection criteria above.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend stage 2.

Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.

Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.

Stage 2

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial online screening interview to discuss the role in further detail. Successful candidates will be invited to stage 3.

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Stage 3

Assessment for this role is due to take place in mid-November 2026. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.

Benefits of working for the London Fire Brigade

  • 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
  • Additional leave between Christmas Day and New Year
  • Family (including maternity) leave and emergency support leave
  • Hybrid working is available, subject to business need.
  • Free access to the Brigade gym
  • Use of the Brigade’s Medical Adviser/physios/fitness advisers
  • Free counselling
  • Season ticket loan
  • Join social networks including our Equality Support Groups
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Staff discount scheme including access to Blue Light Card retail and hospitality discounts
  • Opportunity to access affordable accommodation

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.

Anyone who has contact with children, young people or adults at risk will be subject to an enhanced DBS check as part of our commitment to safeguarding.

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In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a Standard criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory.

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