HR Business Partner

Royalmailgroup; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail Group seeks an HR Business Partner for a 12-month fixed-term role, focusing on strategic people management and stakeholder relationships. Responsibilities include supporting change initiatives and compliance across HR functions, with a commitment to diversity and inclusivity in recruitment.

Benefits

10% annual bonus potential

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience in supporting and implementing organisational change.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support leaders in driving high performance through effective people management.
• Provide expert HR advice to operational teams.
• Champion a culture of integrity and collaboration.

Skills

Relationship Management

Critical Thinking

Project Management

Change Management

Education

Working towards CIPD qualification

Job description

Job reference 325008

HR Business Partner - 12 Month Fixed Term - MS2
10% annual bonus potential with 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, increasing with years served

12 Month Fixed Term, Full time

There are two roles available: one based in Bristol and the other a national position. You will be expected to work in the office three days a week; however, the location may vary depending on business needs.

For a full job description, please click on the following link:Job Descriptions

Through creativity and collaboration our Strategic Business Partner team plays a pivotal role in driving employee engagement, organisational success, and fostering a positive work environment. Within our extensive team there are countless projects and initiatives that advance your career and personal growth.

Do you excel at building strong relationships and managing diverse stakeholders? Are you confident in navigating competing priorities across a dynamic and complex organisation? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are currently seeking two HR Business Partners to join our HR Operations team. We have one role based in Bristol and another with a national remit, supporting our Fleet operations.

About the Role
Reporting to the Head of HR, you’ll work in close partnership with Operations Directors to help deliver both immediate business goals and long-term strategic objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting leaders to drive high performance through effective, ‘line-owned’ people management.
• Providing expert advice and insight to senior operational teams, informed by high-quality data and reporting, to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Acting as a trusted HR consultant to ensure alignment between business strategies and people priorities.
• Ensuring compliance and strong governance across HR functions, while promoting adherence to corporate policies and processes.
• Acting as a liaison between the regional teams and the wider HR function, ensuring agreed service levels and standards are met.
• Championing a culture of integrity, accountability, and collaboration to strengthen workplace relationships and trust at all levels.
• Leading and supporting a range of people-related change and transformation projects.
• Promoting and advocating for the full range of HR services and resources available to the business.

About You
To succeed in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate:
• The ability to act as a trusted advisor, building strong relationships and positively influencing senior stakeholders.
• Excellent critical thinking skills, with a logical, resilient, and tenacious approach to problem-solving.
• Proven experience in supporting and implementing organisational change.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• A sound understanding of commercial drivers, business strategy, and their implications for people and customers.
• Working towards CIPD qualification.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Thursday 12th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Job Enquiries: Kate Clarke, [e-mail] or Rachael Protheroe, [e-mail]
Recruitment Enquiries: Fred Findlay, [e-mail]

For guidance on writing a great CV and how to prepare and conduct yourself at interview there are two online courses available on SuccessFactors called ‘CV Guidance’ and ‘Interview Skills’.

As part of the online application process you will be asked to confirm that you meet the minimum eligibility criteria. Before completing your application, you should read the criteria below in order to check that it is appropriate for you to apply. You will also need to seek approval from your line manager and may need additional HR approval in place before progressing.

Details of the internal application eligibility criteria can be foundhere

If you are successfully appointed to the above role and it’s a promotion from your current grade, you will be offered a temporary promotion. This will mean you remain on the terms of your substantive grade and move to the grade of the new role on a temporary basis (for the period of time set out within the advert).It is the successful candidate’s responsibility to liaise with their current line manager to discuss the option to return to their substantive role after the temporary term ends or find an alternative position. If this is not achieved the candidate would become surplus and the business will, where possible, redeploy them into a vacant position.

Terms of appointment are detailed within the advert and voluntary transfer terms will apply (unless stated otherwise).