HR Business Partner

Edwards & Pearce; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent HR consultancy in the UK is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner for a 12-13 month maternity cover. The ideal candidate will have broad generalist HR experience and be capable of effective business partnering with diverse operational stakeholders. Responsibilities include coaching in performance management, supporting workforce planning, and leading HR projects. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive and engaging organizational culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR business partnering in operational/technical environments.
• Ability to provide HR support on strategic issues affecting the business.
• Proven track record in performance management and talent strategy.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor on performance management and leadership practices.
• Support development plans including retention and succession strategies.
• Lead and support on complex employee relations cases.
• Use HR metrics for data-driven decision making.
• Assist with culture change and workforce planning.

Skills

Operational HR Business Partnering

Coaching and mentoring

Project management

Employment law knowledge

Data-driven analysis

Communication skills

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Overview

We are very proud to be partnering with our client on an exclusive basis supporting finding the right individual for this extraordinary business. This role offers the chance to be a true HR business partner to a business for the duration of maternity leave (12-13 months).

Role Requirements

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced operational HR Business Partner who has broad generalist HR experience and enjoys being a true business partner to an operational/technical business working with senior Leadership teams and can guide and support, finding key solutions to problems, making recommendations and the right judgement calls. The HRBP will have good business acumen and capable of providing real business partnering guidance and HR support on HR issues and processes that impact on the overall strategic plan working with many diverse operational technical stakeholders achieving credibility, respect and recognition as a true HR business partner to the team.

Key responsibilities

• Excellent coaching and mentoring on performance management, absence management and leadership practices working with all levels of operational stakeholders.
• Supporting on development plans (retention, succession, talent and workforce planning, HR policies + procedures).
• Lead and support on ER (some complex ER, casework, appeals, disciplinary hearings).
• Use HR metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities (capable of presenting data driven analysis and insights informing decision making).
• Assist with restructures, shift changes, culture change etc.
• Support Managers with compensation, performance, talent management.
• Support on workforce planning and talent strategy to meet the business needs.
• Keep up to date with employment law changes and lead on implementation.
• Experience with implementation of HR policies and procedures.
• Lead on HR projects.

The Candidate

• CIPD 5
• Prefer previous experience working in a true HR business partnering role to large numbers of diverse operational stakeholders in a health & safety critical environment.
• Excellent business acumen, strategic mindset and blue sky thinking.
• Capable of hitting the floor running and be able to achieve trust and credibility on all people matters.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, supporting and working with operational SLT Teams, Managers, Line-Leaders on performance and leadership practices.
• Highly developed project management skills.
• Excellent employment law background (strong with implementing HR policies and procedures).
• Excellent broad operational HR generalist background and capable of adapting HR knowledge and experience into a busy operational business.
• Capable of leading and implementing HR projects and HR initiatives.
• Experience working in a business partnering role without supervision.
• Experience using KPI's and HR metrics to identify risk/trends and apply data-driven analysis.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written at all levels).
• Enjoys being visible on an operational site and has a real interest in the process, employees and achieves credibility at all levels.
• Organised with good prioritising skills, able to work with a heavy diverse workload, enjoys a busy role, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy, willing to work at all levels to get the job done, a strong team player, and good listening skills.
• Full understanding of business values and capable of evaluating a business in the short and long-term to understand the best needs for the business.

The Organisation

Opportunities to work in organisations like this one few and far between. This company offers incredible strong values visible right across the entire business and an engaging and supportive culture at all levels - environments like this don't come up very often. Here is an opportunity to deliver your true HR business partnering skills and make a difference that will not only be rewarding and satisfying working with some truly incredible people but will offer great exposure and experience in a unique environment on a scale that is very hard to find elsewhere.

The Consultancy

Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer.