HR Business Partner

Biffa; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Biffa is seeking an HR Business Partner to provide strategic advice and support to senior leadership teams. The role involves managing significant HR projects, employee relations support, and promoting talent management within a trade unionised context. Join us in transforming how we think about waste and making a positive impact on our employees and the environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in trade unionised environments.
• Support for senior management in negotiations.
• Strong understanding of HR practices and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational HR advice to senior leadership.
• Manage TUPE transfers and local consultation exercises.
• Promote employee engagement initiatives and support line managers.

Skills

Employee Relations

Performance Management

Talent Management

Succession Planning

Trade Union Engagement

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The HR Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic HR advice to senior operational stakeholders and implementing the divisional HR and balanced business plans.

Your core responsibilities

1. Provide strategic and operational HR advice to the divisional Senior Leadership Team and their Regional Management teams, attending senior leadership meetings and operations meetings as required.
2. Support in the delivery of large-scale TUPE transfers and manage local consultation exercises (e.g., redundancies, pay negotiations, organisational change, etc.).
3. Provide employee and industrial relations support, focusing on trade union engagement, high-level grievances, disciplinaries, and employment law situations.
4. Support regional management teams in implementing key employee relations projects and activities.
5. Work with operational teams to develop succession plans and drive management development.
6. Promote and drive employee engagement, assisting with engagement plans.
7. Develop and coach line managers for effective people management, mitigating ER risks.
8. Implement the Divisional HR Strategy aligned with the Division’s Balanced Business Plan (BBP).
9. Lead people analytics initiatives to enhance management decision-making.
10. Lead change management and organisational development initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience delivering projects in a trade unionised environment, including restructures, organisational change, TUPE, and acquisitions.
• Ability to support senior managers in trade union negotiations and activities.
• Strong understanding of performance management, talent management, and succession planning.

Biffa – we’re changing the way people think about waste

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether turning it into sustainable power, recycling, or keeping streets clean, we see every day as an opportunity to improve lives. Our 11,000+ employees trust us for rewarding careers that are challenging and engaging.

We value diversity and equality, believing different perspectives foster a creative and effective environment.