Assistant HR Business Partner

Assistant HR Business Partner

£45,000 - £48,000 + generous travel benefits and leave entitlement

Initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC), starting May 2025

Hybrid - Full Time - 3 days on site between London & Birmingham Head Offices

• Are you a driven, self-starter with a range of experience across HR and Projects?
• Looking for the opportunity to work on a significant national project spanning the next 5 years?
• Do you enjoy the fine details of HR? Do you want to get more exposure to HR projects, analysing data, benchmarking, researching the market for best practice, influencing organisational design?

This is an exciting development opportunity for a driven HR and OD professional to join this unique programme team responsible for the design and delivery of a strategic workforce plan to enable the future of UK rail.

We are seeking a dynamic Assistant HR/OD Business Partner to join the Business Development and Design Team to help shape and prepare for the launch of high-speed services across the UK. This role will be responsible for coordinating HR and OD research and analysis, as well as supporting this strategic project with:

• Business Structure & Workforce Staffing Plans: design and develop the new organisation structure, job roles, and Terms & Conditions.
• Research: Conduct HR and OD research on leadership, talent management, and best practices.
• Workforce Planning: Develop long-term training and development strategies.
• Benchmarking: Perform benchmarking and analysis to support initiatives.
• Workshops: Facilitate workshops with subject matter experts.
• T&Cs: Develop and implement terms and conditions and working practices.
• Talent and Engagement: Focus on EVP, leadership engagement, and talent management.
• Data Analysis: Gather, interpret, and present HR/OD data.

Based between London and Birmingham, this hybrid role will offer exposure and visibility across a variety of sites. With train travel covered, this role will require weekly travel between the two hubs approximately 3 days a week, whilst having flexibility for this post to be contracted to either head office.

To be successful in this role, the preferred candidate should be a quick learner and self-starter, able to build relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally, and use their initiative to drive progress on the project deliverables. They would also benefit from having:

• Notable HR experience within complex, unionised environments, working with Employee/Industrial Relations specialists across the Public Sector, Rail, Transport, Logistics, Aviation, or Regulation.
• Experience working within a project environment.
• Minimum CIPD Level 3 or working towards Level 5/7.
• Strong Microsoft Skills - Particularly PowerPoint and Excel.

This is an immediate requirement, so if this sounds like something of interest, please don't hesitate to apply today with an up-to-date CV to (see below).

Interviews to commence from 24th April 2025.