1000102415555235 – HR Business Partner

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a skilled HR Business Partner to join the team in Newcastle upon Tyne. This role focuses on integrating business goals with people strategy, enhancing team performance, and driving change. The ideal candidate will be a CIPD member with strong communication skills and a solid understanding of HR practices. This position offers an initial 3-month contract with potential for extension, providing a great opportunity for professionals looking to make a significant impact in HR.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of core people practice principles including policy, regulation, and law.
• Recent practical experience in HR.
• Ability to demonstrate skills and knowledge through career history.

Responsibilities

• Support stakeholders through skills and talent mapping.
• Drive continuous improvements using data and insights.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Employee Relations Management

Change Management

People Analytics

Engagement and Employee Experience

Diversity and Inclusion

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced HR professional to join our team as a Business Partner. The role is initially a 3-month contract with the possibility of extension to 12 months.

The Job in a Nutshell

You will work closely with our HR team and stakeholders to integrate business goals with our people strategy, focusing on creating high-performing teams, reducing attrition, and attracting top talent. Your responsibilities will include providing support to stakeholders through skills and talent mapping, effective people management, and using data and insights to drive continuous improvements.

What Success Looks Like

To be successful in this role, you will be a confident communicator and a people-person, building strong relationships with stakeholders and providing valuable insights and input. You will be a champion of change and innovation, embracing new ways of working and supporting our customers in their journey.

You will have a solid understanding of our business goals, expectations, and ambitions, and you will be able to think broadly, recognizing the bigger picture. You will stay relevant, establishing your own network of internal and external contacts, and you will be accountable for a small portfolio of HR processes.

Responsibilities and Requirements

You will have a strong foundation of core knowledge in people practice, including policy, regulation, and law, workforce planning, change, performance management, employer brand, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion. Ideally, you will be a qualified CIPD member with recent and practical experience in HR, and you will be able to evidence your skills and knowledge through your career history and learning journey.

• Employee Relations Management: ensuring process is applied fairly and consistently, with current employment law knowledge as a strong backbone to your approach.
• Change Management: applying the right tools, techniques, methods, and processes to support and enable all types of change.
• People Analytics: drawing upon data and information to inform your next steps, recommendations, and options.
• Engagement and Employee Experience: understanding what motivates people and working in a way that makes our colleagues feel heard and included.
• Diversity and Inclusion: supporting and enabling our colleagues to be themselves, to have a voice, and to be at their best at Home Group.

Desirable Skills and Experience

We would also love you to have experience in coaching and mentoring, job evaluation, and working in housing, health, and/or supported care. Knowledge of the regulation of housing, health, and social care, and the changing funding landscape, would be advantageous.

Accountabilities

We are all accountable for our own health and safety, taking a proactive approach to learning and development, promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion, and keeping things compliant.