HR Business Partner

Maximum ManagementFrazer Jones USA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Bristol is seeking an HR Business Partner to support senior stakeholders and drive high performance and employee engagement. This strategic role involves talent development, coaching managers, and contributing to HR initiatives. Ideal for candidates at Senior HR Advisor level or experienced HR Business Partners looking for a new challenge within a collaborative HR team. The position supports a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Partnership environment such as accountancy or legal.
• Broad generalist HR toolkit and best practices knowledge.
• Looking to step up to an HR Business Partner role or seeking a fresh challenge.

Responsibilities

• Support senior stakeholders across practice groups.
• Deliver a seamless HR service across the employee lifecycle.
• Contribute to talent development and succession planning.
• Act as a trusted advisor and coach managers.

Skills

Strong knowledge of employment law

Excellent stakeholder management

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Proactive and solutions-focused approach

Job description

We are seeking an HR Business Partner to join a dynamic and collaborative HR team with a leading professional services firm based in Bristol. This is a strategic and operational role supporting senior stakeholders across practice groups, driving high performance, employee engagement and managing employment risks effectively.

Working closely with HR colleagues the role partners with senior leaders to deliver a seamless HR service across the employee lifecycle. This will include: talent development, succession planning, and annual HR processes such as appraisals and reward reviews; collaboration on recruitment, early careers development, and firm-wide HR initiatives including DEI and policy updates; acting as a trusted advisor, coaching managers and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement. The position will also be involved in various strategic opportunities and projects to drive the people agenda forward.

This position will suit someone looking to step up into their first HR Business Partner role (likely to be at Senior HR Advisor level) or an HR Business Partner looking for a fresh challenge and working environment within a really collaborative and creative HR team. They are seeking talented HR professionals who have gained their experience within a Partnership, this could include an accountancy or legal environment. With a broad generalist HR toolkit you will have strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices, excellent stakeholder management and communication skills alongside commercial awareness and a proactive and solutions-focused approach.

This company is based in central Bristol and operate a hybrid working model with a good balance between home and work.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.