HR Business Partner

Media Entertainment; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A national R&D center seeks an experienced HR Business Partner in Bristol to lead HR initiatives that support UK manufacturing. This role involves partnering with managers, leading complex change projects, and enhancing employee relations. The ideal candidate should have strong generalist HR experience and a CIPD Level 5 qualification. This position offers hybrid working and a commitment to meaningful outcomes.

Benefits

12.5% employer pension contribution

Private medical cover

Flexible and hybrid working

Clear skill growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a generalist HR practitioner.
• Solid background in employee relations, change, reward, and performance.
• Comfortable advising at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with managers on employee relations.
• Leading HR input into complex change projects.
• Supporting EDI and wellbeing programmes.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Employee relations

Change management

Judgment and decision-making

Education

CIPD Level 5 minimum

Job description

NCC

Location: Bristol (hybrid typically 2 days on site)

Salary: £54,102£63,035 depending on experience

Security Clearance: You will be required to undertake government security clearance if successful securing this role.

Closing Date: 27th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this advert early if required.

Were looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to help shape how we support our people - and how they support UK manufacturing.

This isnt just a policy role. Youll work with engineers, delivery leads and execs to solve real issues, lead organisational change, and help make NCC a place where good work gets done.

Were a national R&D centre - government-backed, not-for-profit, and mission-driven. We work across 16 sectors and over 100 partners a year. Our people are here to deliver outcomes that matter, and youll be central to how we support, retain and grow them.

What Youll Be Doing

• Partnering with managers on employee relations, performance and resourcing
• Leading HR input into complex change projects
• Supporting EDI and wellbeing programmes that are actually used
• Handling casework, pay cycles and policy reviews
• Using data and judgement to guide decision-making

What Were Looking For

• Strong experience as a generalist HR practitioner
• Solid background in employee relations, change, reward and performance
• CIPD Level 5 minimum (Level 7 welcomed)
• Comfortable advising at senior levels and working across fast-changing teams
• Practical, independent, good judgement

What We Offer

• 12.5% employer pension contribution
• Private medical cover
• Flexible and hybrid working as standard
• Clear routes to grow your skills and influence
• A team that gets things done without the drama

Not sure if its a fit? Happy to have a quick chat first, please reach out to Jon Barratt via the NCC careers websiteor via linked in. Know someone who might be right? Tag or share them with us.

Why NCC?

What We Do

We help manufacturers take on bigger challenges - whether thats building cleaner aircraft, scaling up offshore wind, or strengthening the UKs supply chains. were here to deliver practical outcomes, not prototypes that sit on shelves.

Who We Work With

We work across 16 sectors, from defence and energy to infrastructure and space. Some projects are with global tier 1s, others with small UK firms solving one specific problem - the works always varied, and always real.

What Its Like Here

Were not a startup. Were not a corporate. Were a national centre with the kit, time and people to do the job properly. The teams are focused, the thinking is sharp, and youll be trusted to get on with it.

Why this job matters

This role isnt just internal support - its part of how we deliver nationally important work. If we do our job right, the UKs manufacturers can do theirs better.