HR Business Partner

Neway International Ltd; Kingston; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a HR Business Partner to provide high-quality HR support within a children’s services organization. The role requires expertise in employment law, managing complex employee relations cases, and building collaborative relationships with various stakeholders. This position involves working across multiple locations, ensuring fair and lawful decision-making while contributing to a positive employee experience. The role offers a hybrid working model, with a minimum of two days on-site per week.

Qualifications

• Expertise in employment law and employee relations best practices.
• Experience in managing ER cases from inception to resolution.
• Strong ability to build relationships with managers and unions.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to managers on ER issues.
• Lead and manage employee relations cases effectively.
• Collaborate with unions and partners for successful outcomes.

Skills

Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and ER best practice

Strong advisory and coaching skills

Proven experience managing complex ER cases

Experience working with unions

Strong organisational skills

Job description

Neway International are seeking a HR Business Partner to join our client based with Achieving for Children.

Location: 44 York Street, Twickenham / Guildhall 2, Kingston / Maidenhead Town Hall

Hours: 36 per week, Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00

Pay Rate: £27.81 PAYE / £36.40 Umbrella

Hybrid Working: Minimum 2 days per week on site

Length of Placement: 6 months, with potential extension

About the Client

Achieving for Children (AfC) is a not‑for‑profit organisation delivering children’s services across Kingston, Richmond and Windsor & Maidenhead. Their HR function plays a vital role in supporting leaders, ensuring fair and lawful decision‑making, and enabling a positive, well‑managed workforce environment. This role provides essential cover during a secondment period.

The Role

As a HR Business Partner, you will provide high‑quality, professional HR support to operational and strategic leaders across AfC. You will lead on complex employee relations matters, coach managers through people‑related decisions, and ensure all actions align with employment law, organisational policy and best practice.

You will work across multiple locations, partnering closely with managers, HR colleagues, legal teams and union representatives to resolve issues, support organisational change and contribute to a positive employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on complex and non‑complex ER cases
• Lead and manage ER cases from initial assessment through to satisfactory resolution
• Work collaboratively with unions, ensuring constructive and transparent relationships
• Support organisational change, including restructures and workforce planning
• Partner with finance leads to prepare for workforce changes
• Advise Strategy and Transformation teams on fair and lawful implementation of change
• Support L&D and OD teams where people‑related guidance is required
• Lead on TUPE processes (inbound and outbound)
• Conduct policy reviews and contribute to continuous improvement
• Maintain oversight of all ER casework across AfC
• Produce accurate people data and reporting to support informed decision‑making

Candidate Requirements

• Up‑to‑date knowledge of employment law and ER best practice
• Proven experience managing complex ER cases from start to finish
• Strong advisory and coaching skills, supporting HR colleagues, managers and leaders
• Experience working with unions in a collaborative and professional manner
• Ability to build strong relationships with legal teams and key stakeholders
• Confident, solutions‑focused approach with excellent judgement
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload