HR Business Partner

Kier Group; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group, based in Norfolk, is seeking a HR Business Partner to join the Kier Transportation team. You will work with operational leaders to deliver people solutions and drive the people plan in support of business strategy.

Hybrid role with travel to sites and offices as required. Degree-qualified with strong employee relations, employment law knowledge, and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified with proven HR business partnering experience in medium or large organisations
• Strong employee relations skills and up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation
• Excellent communicator with ability to build influential relationships with senior stakeholders
• Collaborative working style with strong commercial awareness and delivery focus
• Passionate about driving change, championing diversity and inclusion, and supporting people to reach their full potential

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders as a trusted advisor, developing people solutions to support business delivery
• Manage employee relations activities and ensure legally compliant, transparent practices
• Use data and metrics to inform change, drive decision-making and resolve complex people challenges
• Collaborate with managers and resourcing teams to develop hiring strategies and improve recruitment outcomes
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, while supporting emerging talent programmes and wellbeing across the business

Skills

HR business partnering

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Data and analytics

Recruitment strategy

Education

Degree qualification or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for a HR Business Partner to join our Kier Transportation team based in Norfolk.

Location: Norfolk - hybrid working available with travel to sites and offices as required

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a HR Business Partner, you'll work closely with the Kier Transportation management team, providing innovative and customer-focused people solutions. You'll play a key role in driving the people plan that supports our business strategy, whilst embedding Kier's wider people vision. This is an opportunity to make a real impact, partnering with operational leaders and bringing your HR expertise to help deliver strategic goals. At Kier, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

What will you be responsible for?

• Partnering with operational leaders as a trusted advisor, bringing people expertise and developing solutions to support business delivery
• Managing employee relations activities and ensuring legally compliant, transparent people practices
• Using data and metrics to inform change, drive decision-making and resolve complex people challenges
• Collaborating with managers and resourcing teams to develop hiring strategies and continuously improve recruitment outcomes
• Championing equality, diversity and inclusion, whilst supporting emerging talent programmes and promoting wellbeing across the business

What are we looking for?

This role of HR Business Partner is great for you if:

• You're degree qualified (or qualified by experience) with proven experience of HR business partnering in medium or large organisations
• You have strong employee relations skills and up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation
• You're an excellent communicator who can build influential relationships with senior stakeholders
• You have a collaborative working style, strong commercial awareness and a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach
• You're passionate about driving change, championing diversity and inclusion, and supporting people to reach their full potential

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.