HR Business Partner

Summit HR; Greater Lincolnshire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit HR is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to shape and lead a developing HR function across a hybrid UK site and remote workforce.

You will build capability, lead a small HR team, advise managers, influence recruitment, policy design, ER case handling, and produce HR metrics for the HR Director.

This role offers a real opportunity to make a lasting impact by turning gaps into robust processes.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of employment law and practical application.
• Experience leading and developing an HR team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver quickly.
• Hands-on experience with HR information systems.
• Track record of developing and implementing HR policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a small team of HR Advisers, providing proactive advice that stays compliant.
• Strategic ownership of inclusive recruitment from attraction to onboarding.
• Manage HR initiatives from design to execution (succession, talent, engagement, HR systems, ED&I).
• Handle complex employee relations issues and tribunal risk pragmatically.
• Produce regular HR reports and metrics for the HR Director and business.

Skills

Team Leadership

Recruitment

HR Policy Design

Employee Relations

HR Reporting

Tools

HRIS

Job description

HR Business Partner

This is one of those roles that's as good as they get!

HR Business Partner role working for an exciting and very interesting business, hybrid and working for a business where they're looking for someone to make a very real and meaningful impact.

This role is about building and fixing, not just maintaining. The HR function here is still developing, which means there's real opportunity to shape how things work, improve what isn't quite right, and make a lasting impact.

Our client is looking for someone ambitious, with strong critical thinking, who can lead a small HR team while also getting involved in the day-to-day HR and recruitment work across the business site and remote workforce.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and support a small team of HR Advisers, making sure they're giving proactive, practical advice that supports the business and stays compliant.
• Strategic ownership of inclusive recruitment from the attraction piece to onboarding
• Project management of key HR initiatives from conception, design to execution around succession planning, talent management, engagement, HR systems, ED&I.
• Manage escalated complex employee relations issues
• Design and deliver HR policies and procedures that are robust, fit for purpose and in line with employment law.
• Train and coach line managers so they feel confident using HR policies in practice.
• Handle complex ER cases, including tribunal risk situations, with a pragmatic, commercial approach.
• Produce regular HR reports and metrics that give the HR Director and the business a clear picture of what's happening.

What you'll bring

• Strong knowledge of employment law and how it applies in real situations.
• Experience managing and developing an HR team.
• The ability to juggle multiple, sometimes conflicting priorities and still deliver quickly.
• Hands-on experience with HR information systems.
• A track record of developing and implementing policies and procedures

If you're the kind of HR leader who sees gaps as opportunities, prefers solving problems over just following process, and wants a role where you can genuinely make things better, this could be a great fit.