HR Business Partner

IDEAL PERSONNEL; Bedford; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A national employer in Bedford is seeking a passionate HR Business Partner to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing strategic HR support, driving employee engagement, and managing the end-to-end employee lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have experience with HRIS systems, strong communication skills, and a relevant HR qualification. This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of £48,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience working with an HRIS system.
• HR degree or equivalent CIPD qualification.
• Previous HRBP/Generalist or Advisor role.
• Passionate about engagement.

Responsibilities

• Providing the strategic link between HR and management.
• Driving a culture of high performance.
• Partnering managers in the recruitment process.
• Delivering HR projects as required.

Skills

HRIS system experience

Microsoft Office proficiency

CIPD qualification

HRBP experience

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication skills

Education

HR degree or equivalent

Job description

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Full time , Permanent Bedford £48,000 per annum Ref No: IPRS7382. 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.

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. It includes responsibility for the following areas:

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

As an HR Business Partner, you will be responsible for working in close partnership with a number of stakeholders at varied levels of seniority, in relation to the business’ strategic people priorities and consistently and actively demonstrating support to the company values.

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 an 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.

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application 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.

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