HR Business Partner

MorePeople; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join their team in Peterborough. In this strategic role, you will work closely with senior leadership to shape people strategies that align with business goals. Your responsibilities will include driving performance culture, managing talent solutions, and ensuring compliance across HR policies. The ideal candidate will have a CIPD qualification, strong influencing skills, and a proven background in fast-paced HR environments. This position offers a blend of office and flexible work options.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast moving, operational environment.
• Ability to influence and work with senior stakeholders.
• Strategic mindset that translates people plans into business impact.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver people strategies to support organizational goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor providing expert HR insight.
• Collaborate with teams to assess workforce needs.
• Drive a high-performance culture through effective frameworks.
• Lead change initiatives to enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure competitive reward frameworks aligned with objectives.
• Champion initiatives for a positive, inclusive culture.
• Ensure policies and practices are compliant and aligned.

Skills

Proven experience as an HR Business Partner

Strong influencing skills

Commercial acumen

Excellent relationship-building skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

CIPD Level 5 or 7 or equivalent strategic HR experience

Job description

Location: Commutable from Peterborough, Wisbech and Spalding

Sector: Food

Flexible Working: 4 days from the office, 1 day from home

Job Summary

We are looking for experienced HR Business Partners to join a fast paced, operational environment where HR truly drives business performance. This is a strategic role working directly with senior leadership to shape and deliver people strategies that align with business goals. This is not a traditional HR role. With a centralised ER team managing casework, the focus is on true business partnering, bringing insight, challenge, and expertise to the leadership table. The successful candidate will have the resilience and confidence to work with strong personalities, influence decision making and drive change.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Planning: Work in close partnership with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies and workforce plans that directly support the organisation's goals.
• Business Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor and credible challenger to leadership teams, providing expert HR insight and driving strategic decision-making.
• Talent & Early Careers: Collaborate with CoE teams and managers to assess workforce needs and design effective talent solutions, including recruitment, succession planning and early careers programmes.
• Performance & Development: Drive a high-performance culture by embedding effective performance frameworks, supporting managers to set clear expectations and develop their teams.
• Organisational Development & Change: Identify opportunities to enhance organisational effectiveness and lead change initiatives that strengthen business capability and performance.
• Compensation & Benefits: Partner with the CoE to ensure reward frameworks remain competitive and aligned with talent attraction and retention objectives.
• Employee Engagement & Wellbeing: Champion initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive culture and enhance engagement and wellbeing across the workforce.
• Compliance & Policy: Ensure policies, processes and practices are legally compliant, consistent, and aligned with best practice standards.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner in a fast moving, operational environment
• CIPD Level 5 or 7 or equivalent strategic HR experience
• Strong influencing skills and commercial acumen
• Resilience, confidence and the ability to hold your own with senior stakeholders
• A strategic mindset with the ability to translate people plans into real business impact
• Excellent relationship-building and problem solving skills

Interested in this opportunity, please apply below, alternatively, contact Angus on (phone number removed) or (url removed)