HR Business Partner

This is Alexander Faraday Limited; South Shields; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Hybrid pattern

Laptop provided

Phone provided

Salary sacrifice

Job summary

Alexander Faraday Limited is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to lead HR for the UK operations, a stand-alone role with a hybrid working pattern. You will support around 150 staff across two UK businesses with international touchpoints.

You will manage recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, policy rollout, and roll out a new HRIS and Employee Handbook, reporting to the SLT and advising on people strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an HR BP role and backing senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and employee relations.
• Experience leading end-to-end recruitment processes.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for HR/ER matters with commercial focus.
• Coach senior leaders on performance, conduct, absence and ER issues.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment: job design, advertising, shortlisting, interviews.

Skills

HRBP experience

UK employment law

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll setup

Right to Work checks

Job description

Standalone HR BP | Location: South Shields, Tyne and Wear

We're recruiting on behalf of a growing international group. We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to lead HR across their UK operations. This is an end-to-end stand-alone HR role, offering a hybrid working pattern

About the role

This is a newly created, 360° HR BP role supporting around 150 staff across two growing UK businesses with international touchpoints. You'll be the sole HR presence on the ground, owning everything from recruitment and onboarding to employee relations and policy, while advising senior leadership on people strategy. Reporting to the SLT, your key responsibilities would be

• Act as the first point of contact for all HR/ ER matters, providing clear, commercially-minded advice to managers and employees
• Coach senior leaders and managers on performance, conduct, absence management and employee relations
• Lead end-to-end recruitment, including job design, advertising, shortlisting and interview coordination
• Oversee onboarding, including offer letters, contracts, payroll setup, HRIS entry, IT equipment and Right to Work checks
• Maintain accurate employee records and support rollout of a new HRIS platform
• Lead the update and rollout of a new Employee Handbook, ensuring compliant, clear policies
• Manage employee benefits and guide managers through absence and return-to-work processes
• Support managers with objective-setting, performance management and development initiatives

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in an HR BP role, ideally supporting or working with senior leadership teams
• Strong working knowledge of the full employee lifecycle and UK employment legislation/ employee relations
• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience
• Confident, self-sufficient operator, comfortable working autonomously in a hands-on, stand-alone role
• Experience supporting a growing or start-up-style business is advantageous
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills

What's on Offer

• 25 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Private Healthcare for you and your family
• Salary sacrifice schemes, laptop and phone provided
• Hybrid working pattern (office-based initially 3 days/week, reducing to 2 days a week once inducted)
• An autonomous and varied role in a fast-expanding company