HR Business Partner (12 month FTC)

Equiniti; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan with employer match

Employee assistance programme

Flexible benefits plan

Generous leave

Job summary

EQ Retirement Solutions is seeking an HR Business Partner on a 12-month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover and support a significant period of business change. Hybrid role from either Liverpool or Crawley office.

The role partners with business leaders to deliver commercially-focused people solutions across the employee lifecycle, including the separation from Equiniti Group, and day-to-day HR initiatives.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have significant HR Business Partnering experience within a commercial organisation, with broad HR generalist know-how across ER, organisational design and talent management.

Responsibilities

• Translate the People strategy into practical plans aligned with business objectives.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

Employee relations

Organisational design

Talent management

Engagement

Workforce planning

TUPE transfers

Change management

Stakeholder management

Coaching and facilitation

HR data analytics

UK employment law

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

EQ Retirement Solutions is transforming the retirement and pensions markets with leading administration and technology solutions. With over 1200 employees globally, 189 years of knowledge and 11 million pension scheme members and policyholders, we are here to help people plan for a confident financial future by delivering innovative, reliable and customer-focused retirement services. Our teams are driven by a shared commitment to excellence, collaboration and making a real impact to the lives of our customers.

Role Summary

EQ Retirement Solutions is looking for an HR Business Partner on a 12-month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover and support a significant period of business change.

This role will be hybrid from either our Liverpool office or Crawley office.

The purpose of this role is to partner with business leaders to deliver commercially focused people solutions that support organisational performance, employee engagement and business objectives. In addition to providing broad HR Business Partner support across the employee lifecycle, the role will play a key role in supporting the separation of EQ Retirement Solutions from Equiniti Group, alongside the delivery of day-to-day operational and strategic people initiatives.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Partner with leaders and managers to translate the People strategy into practical plans and actions aligned with business objectives.
• Provide proactive HR support and challenge to leaders on organisational, people and workforce matters.
• Support the delivery of the EQ Retirement Solutions separation programme, including organisational design, employee transitions and people-related change activities.
• Act as a key People lead on TUPE projects, consultation activity and employee transfer arrangements.
• Support and advise managers through organisational change, restructuring and workforce planning initiatives.
• Lead and support complex employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, redundancies and settlement discussions.
• Support cyclical People activities including performance reviews, talent planning, succession planning, annual pay reviews and bonus processes.
• Coach, support and develop managers to strengthen people management capability and leadership effectiveness.
• Work with managers to identify people trends, workforce risks and opportunities using HR data and analytics.
• Produce and present people metrics, insights and board reporting to support informed decision‑making.
• Partner with Resourcing, Reward, Learning & Development and People Services colleagues to ensure an integrated approach to people management.
• Support business cases, change programmes, acquisitions, disposals and other strategic business initiatives where required.
• Ensure People policies, practices and decisions are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation and company standards.
• Champion a positive, inclusive and high‑performing culture across EQ Retirement Solutions.

The duties and responsibilities outlined above are to be regarded as broad areas of responsibility and do not necessarily detail all tasks which the post holder may be required to perform.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

The ideal candidate will have the below skills, capabilities and attributes

• Significant HR Business Partnering experience within a commercial organisation.
• Strong HR generalist knowledge across employee relations, organisational design, talent management, engagement, reward and workforce planning.
• Demonstrable experience supporting organisational change, consultation exercises and TUPE transfers.
• Experience of managing complex employee relations cases and providing pragmatic, commercially focused advice.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly at senior leadership level.
• Excellent coaching and facilitation skills.
• Experience of analysing workforce data and translating insights into meaningful actions and recommendations.
• Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and HR systems, including Workday.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results within a fast‑paced environment.
• Highly organised, responsive and resilient, with strong attention to detail.

Preferred

• Experience supporting business separations, carve‑outs, mergers or acquisitions.
• Experience within pensions, financial services or another regulated environment.
• Experience working within a unionised environment.
• Experience supporting large‑scale organisational transformation and change programmes.
• Knowledge of project management principles and change methodologies.

What We Offer

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• Health and Wellbeing - Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover
• Flexible Benefits - The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off - Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
  

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre‑employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks