HR Business Partner

James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is looking for a HR Business Partner for a temporary six-month contract. The role involves providing expert HR advice, managing employee relations, and ensuring legal compliance in HR policies. Candidates should be CIPD qualified with at least 5 years of HR experience, particularly in employee relations and recruitment. The position offers hybrid working with a daily rate of £230 for 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or working towards, with significant HR experience (generally over 5 years).
• Strong experience in employee relations, recruitment, policy development, and providing managerial advice.
• Proven track record in supporting organizational change, including restructuring.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert HR advice across the company and partner organisations.
• Manage an employee relations caseload including grievance, disciplinary and performance issues.
• Ensure HR policies are developed and implemented in compliance with legal standards.

Skills

CIPD qualified

HR experience (typically 5+ years)

Employee relations expertise

Recruitment knowledge

Policy development experience

Change management skills

Sound knowledge of employment law

Excellent communication skills

Relationship-building skills

Project management skills

Job description

We are working in partnership with a public sector organisation based in Warwick, who are recruiting for a HR Business Partner on a temporary six-month contract.

The role is paying £230 per day and includes hybrid working.

Duties will include (but are not limited to) :

• Providing expert advice on employment and recruitment matters across the company and partner organisations, applying best practice and constructively challenging where appropriate
• Managing an employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance and performance issues
• Ensuring legal compliance by keeping professional knowledge up to date and leading the development, review, and implementation of HR policies
• Supporting management activity, including reorganisations and workforce remodelling, aligning outcomes with service needs, strategic priorities, and legal requirements
• Building positive and effective relationships with employees and trade union representatives to support service development, manage change, and resolve conflict
• Leading and embedding the Corporate Equality & Diversity Strategy and Apprenticeship Scheme, ensuring compliance, inclusion, and effective workforce development
• Maintaining accurate HR systems, reporting, and workforce data, and support delivery of the People Strategy to achieve corporate objectives

Skills, knowledge and expertise required :

• CIPD qualified (or working towards) with significant HR experience (typically 5+ years) in a professional HR role
• Strong experience in employee relations, recruitment, policy development, and advising managers across a range of people issues
• Proven ability to support organisational change, including restructuring and workforce initiatives
• Sound knowledge of employment law, equality legislation, and experience working in a unionised environment
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to operate at all levels and manage competing priorities
• Experience of job evaluation, coaching, mediation, or delivering HR training (desirable)
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills, with political awareness and a flexible approach to work (desirable)

Working hours :

• 35 hours per week (Mon-Fri)