HR Business Partner 15 Month Fixed Term Contract

None; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in delivery services seeks a driven HR Business Partner for a 15-month contract. This role involves supporting senior leaders, enhancing engagement and culture within operations, and ensuring alignment of business goals. With a competitive salary, bonus, and comprehensive benefits, this position offers significant opportunities for impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Family friendly support

Generous sick pay

24/7 wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience as a HR Business Partner.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with trade unions.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR consulting to stakeholders.
• Develop people plans for transformational change.
• Ensure operational compliance and effectiveness.

Skills

Influencing

Relationship Building

Change Management

Critical Thinking

Coaching

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

Job reference 325009
HR Business Partner 15 Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £45,944 plus 10% annual bonus (subject to eligibility) 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata and company pension scheme.
15 Month Fixed Term,Full time
Location: Royal Mail, Cardiff Mail Centre, CF11 8TA. This is a hybrid/ field-based role with travel to Royal Mail operational sites across the whole of Wales as the business requires.

Are you a HR Business Partner looking to make an impact within a large value driven organisation?

We are looking for a driven and self-motivated HR Business Partner for the next 15 months to support senior operational leaders in building the capability of the operation to achieve and deliver short term business performance targets and the longer-term strategy.

This exciting and challenging role will allow you to play a significant part as we drive to improve engagement and the culture across our operations in Cardiff and surrounding geographical areas. Travel to Royal Mail operational sites covering the whole of Wales is expected in this role as the business requires.

About the role

• You'll provide informed HR consulting to stakeholders to ensure that business and people plan, and priorities are aligned for the next 15 months working alongside the Senior HRBP for Wales
• To create sustainable value through People Plans focused on transformational and cultural change.
• Ensuring strong controls and promote operational compliance to support operational process, effectiveness, and compliance.
• Subject matter expertise: Give Senior Operations team expert advice and guidance, using robust management information and high-quality reporting and planning to inform decision-making and action.
• You'll work with the Senior Operations Teams to promote a culture that delivers on promises and through this supports a more trusting workplace with improved relationships at all levels, you’ll ensure the minimum standards and services are provided as agreed, providing the link between the region and the function on any issues, changes and performance improvement required.
• You'll be key in collaborating with relevant stakeholders to ensure the appropriate governance and deployment of cyclical people processes including performance conversations, talent, and trust.
  

About You

To be truly successful in this role, you’ll need to have worked as a HR Business Partner and have experience of partnering with senior level stakeholders and demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV:

• Trusted advisor, able to influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders to effectively challenge and build trust.
• Previous experience preferably within a large operational people driven environment.
• Resilient and tenacious and to think critically and logically.
• Change management experience and supporting the deployment of change.
• Demonstrable experience in creating and delivering a people plan along with balancing multiple priorities at once.
• Deep understanding of business and commercial challenges and future business strategy and how these impact on the customer.
• A self-starter that can give direction and take direction when required.
• A coaching style that can adapt in approach to support and challenge operations to deliver HR priorities.
• CIPD qualified.
• Worked with trade unions.

Extra Benefits

•Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
•Supportive and generous company sick pay
•Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.The next stage of the selection process will be an interview consisting of competency based, role specific questions and a presentation.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

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