HR Business Partner – Strategic Workforce & Talent

Veolia; Watford; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Staff discounts

Health & wellbeing resources

24h virtual GP

Volunteer day

Training & development

Financial wellbeing program

Job summary

Veolia is seeking an HR Business Partner to provide guidance to leaders on people-related matters across municipal operations. The role focuses on ensuring the right people are in place to meet annual plans and future strategy, building strong relationships and driving People objectives.

The successful candidate will lead strategic workforce planning, succession, and stakeholder engagement while partnering with leadership to implement HR solutions and drive cultural change across sites in the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of complex workforce planning within a large matrix organisation.
• Experience mapping talent and succession planning.
• Strong stakeholder advisory capabilities at senior levels.
• Project management for strategic HR initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic workforce planning to maximise capability, engagement, and drive cultural change.
• Manage succession planning by identifying high performers and developing talent pipelines.
• Support annual pay, bonus, objective setting, and career pathway implementation.
• Lead Voice of Resourcers survey process and action planning.
• Partner with Senior Managers and their leadership teams to provide strategic HR solutions.
• Drive behavioural and cultural change initiatives to enhance employee capabilities.
• Leverage company analytics to inform stakeholder decision-making.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and ER team to deliver effective people solutions.

Skills

Workforce planning

Succession planning

Stakeholder management

Project management

Change management

HR analytics

Job description

Veolia is seeking an HR Business Partner to provide guidance to leaders on people-related matters across municipal operations. The role focuses on ensuring the right people are in place to meet annual plans and future strategy, building strong relationships and driving People objectives.

The successful candidate will lead strategic workforce planning, succession, and stakeholder engagement while partnering with leadership to implement HR solutions and drive cultural change across sites in the UK.