HR Business Partner

Michael Page; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support a growing multi-site business across the UK and Ireland. You will balance hands-on ER casework with strategic HR programmes in a fast-paced environment.

The role covers employee relations, change management, and workforce planning, with regular travel to sites. CIPD-qualified professionals with strong coaching and stakeholder skills are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing employee relations casework and advising managers.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven ability to partner with operational leaders across multiple sites.
• Experience leading organisational change, TUPE, acquisitions or transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own employee relations activity across business areas and manage cases end to end.
• Support disciplinary, grievance, performance and other ER matters for managers.
• Lead and support change initiatives, restructures and integrations.
• Coach stakeholders and provide expert HR guidance.
• Support workforce planning and manager capability programmes.
• Drive HR projects including policy reviews and system implementations.
• Use data and insights to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to integration and alignment across UK & Ireland operations.

Skills

Employee relations

UK employment law

Stakeholder management

Coaching and mentoring

Change management

Travel across UK & Ireland

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

Love Employee Relations but want more than just casework?
Join a growing business where you'll influence organisational change, integration projects and people strategy across the UK and Ireland.

Our client is a successful, multi-site organisation operating across the UK and Ireland with a workforce of approximately 700 employees and annual revenues exceeding £200m. Having experienced significant growth through acquisitions in recent years, the business is now focused on integration, alignment and continued expansion.

With operations spanning multiple brands and locations, this is an exciting opportunity to join a commercially focused HR team during a period of transformation. The organisation is investing heavily in its people function, systems and management capability, creating a genuine opportunity to shape the future direction of HR across the business.

Description

Reporting into the senior HR leadership team, you'll partner operational leaders across the UK and Ireland, providing pragmatic, commercially focused people support in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

This is a true generalist HR Business Partner role, balancing hands‑on operational delivery with strategic and project‑based work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning employee relations activity across your business areas, managing a broad range of cases from end to end.
• Supporting managers with disciplinary, grievance, performance, capability, conduct, absence and other employee relations matters.
• Leading and supporting organisational change initiatives, restructures, consultations, acquisitions and TUPE activity.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders and providing coaching, challenge and expert HR guidance.
• Supporting workforce planning, talent development and manager capability programmes.
• Driving HR projects including policy reviews, people system implementation, performance frameworks, engagement initiatives and process improvements.
• Using people data and insight to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Contributing to the ongoing integration and alignment of UK and Ireland operations.

Profile

We're looking for an HR professional who enjoys operating in a changing environment and wants to help build and shape an evolving HR function.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience managing employee relations casework independently.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience in a generalist HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or HR Manager capacity.
• Exposure to organisational change, restructures, TUPE, acquisitions or transformation projects.
• A commercially minded and operationally focused approach.
• Excellent coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• The confidence to influence and challenge managers constructively.
• A desire to broaden beyond traditional ER work and get involved in business projects and strategic initiatives.
• A willingness to travel regularly across locations in the UK and Ireland.
• CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) would be advantageous.

Job Offer

• Multi-site role with travel across the UK and Ireland
• Opportunity to join a business undergoing significant growth and transformation
• Exposure to high-profile projects including integration, HR systems implementation, organisational change and leadership development
• Supportive and collaborative HR team with genuine scope to make an impact

If you're an experienced HR professional who thrives on variety, enjoys balancing operational HR with business partnering, and wants to play a key role in shaping a growing organisation's people agenda, we'd love to hear from you.

People are at the heart of Michael Page. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment. As an inclusive recruiter we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, we'll work with you to ensure you can perform at your best.