HR Business Partner

Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national employer is seeking an HR Business Partner to join their dynamic team in Bedford. The role involves partnering with management on recruitment, performance management, and employee relations, ensuring a culture of high performance. Ideal candidates will have a strong HR background, demonstrate excellent communication skills, and possess a passion for engagement. This position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a HRBP/Generalist or Advisor role.
• Complete knowledge of the employee lifecycle.
• Ambitious and energetic individual with a passion for driving people-related initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Providing the strategic link between HR and management.
• Driving a culture of high performance and reviewing processes.
• Partnering in recruitment and providing employee relations advice.

Skills

Experience working with a HRIS system

Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams

HR degree or equivalent CIPD qualification

Previous HRBP/Generalist or Advisor role

Passionate about engagement

Complete knowledge of the employee lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication skills

Education

HR degree or equivalent CIPD qualification

Tools

HRIS system

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Our client is a national employer with approximately 1,200 teammates in 15 national operations centres and 2 head office locations based in Bedfordshire. They have an exciting opportunity for a HR Business Partner to join their dynamic team based in their head office. This is not a regional role.

Human Resources Responsibilities

The human resources team is responsible for contributing to the development of people strategy, through close cooperation with business leaders and a comprehensive framework of policies and procedures. This includes responsibility for the following areas:

• End to end employment lifecycle.
• Performance management.
• Employee relations.
• Employee engagement.
• Development and retention.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing the strategic link between HR and management, through the provision of high-quality support, advice and guidance.
• Driving a culture of high performance, continuously reviewing processes and procedures where necessary.
• Partnering managers in the recruitment process and having personal involvement in management hires.
• Being an active and influential player, enabling the effective diagnosis of people issues and developing effective people management solutions.
• Partnering managers in areas such as reward, employee relations, talent, performance, organisation development and change, culture, leadership and learning and development.
• Challenging, provoking and coaching managers to engage employees and build effective people capabilities.
• Driving the raising of the performance bar and building a strong and rigorous development culture.
• Providing employee relations advice to managers with practical support and overseeing end to end ER casework.
• Delivering HR projects, as and when required by the HR Director, or other senior management.
• Liaising with Human Resources teammates to ensure training is consistent and adequate.
• Monitoring, measuring and reporting training issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.

Skills and Knowledge

• Experience working with a HRIS system.
• Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams.
• HR degree, or equivalent CIPD qualification.
• Previous HRBP/Generalist or Advisor role.
• Passionate about engagement.
• Complete knowledge of the employee lifecycle.
• Ambitious, energetic and dedicated individual with a passion for driving positive people-related initiatives.
• Stakeholder management with the ability to interact and influence at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills.

Application Process

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so.