Human Resource Business Partner

Tata Consultancy Services; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop provided

Phone provided

Extensive training resources

Discounts within Tata network

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services, Peterborough, is seeking a Human Resource Business Partner to partner with business leaders and managers, delivering a proactive HR service aligned to business objectives across the full employee life cycle.

You will lead talent, performance and engagement initiatives, provide expert ER guidance, and support transformational change while coaching senior managers to build leadership capability in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as HR Business Partner or strategic HR lead in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice with ER case handling.
• Experience supporting restructures, TUPE transfers and business transformation.
• High commercial acumen balancing business priorities with people risk.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and influencing at senior levels.
• Ability to interpret people data to identify trends and inform decisions.
• Strong communication and written documentation skills.
• Resilient, pragmatic and solution-focused with sound judgement.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders translating priorities into people plans.
• Lead the people agenda across accounts including talent, performance and succession.
• Provide guidance on complex employee relations, ensuring fair outcomes.
• Support change programmes including restructures and TUPE; manage risks.
• Coach senior managers to strengthen leadership and drive high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with HR teams to deliver joined-up recruitment, reward, learning and mobility.
• Use HR analytics to inform decisions and improve retention and performance.

Skills

HR business partner experience

UK employment law

Stakeholder management

Coaching & influencing

Data-driven decision making

People analytics

Communication skills

Change management

Strategic partnering

Tools

HR systems

Reporting tools

Job description

Role: Human Resource Business Partner

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Peterborough

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Are you looking to leverage your skills in partnering with business leaders and managers?

We have a great opportunity for you – Human Resource Business Partner!

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Gain access to endless learning opportunities.
• Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.

The Role

As a Human Resource Business Partner, you will be partnering with business leaders and managers to deliver a proactive, commercial HR service aligned to business objectives and provide confident, pragmatic advice across the full employee lifecycle, including performance, absence, conduct, grievance and capability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to business leaders, translating business priorities into pragmatic people plans that support growth, performance, productivity and organisational effectiveness.
• Lead the delivery of the people agenda across assigned accounts or business units, including talent management, performance, succession, engagement, organisational design and workforce planning.
• Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters, including conduct, grievance, capability, absence, performance, consultation and other sensitive casework, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
• Support organisational change programmes such as restructures, TUPE transfers, consultation activity and business transformation, ensuring people impacts are effectively managed and risks mitigated.
• Coach and influence senior managers to strengthen leadership capability, improve people management practice and embed a high-performance, inclusive culture.
• Partner with specialist HR teams and business stakeholders to deliver joined-up solutions across recruitment, reward, learning, mobility, compliance and employee experience.
• Use people data, insights and trend analysis to inform decision-making, identify risk, improve retention and performance, and recommend continuous improvement actions.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders to understand business priorities and shape commercially focused people solutions.
• Develop and deliver people plans aligned to business strategy, covering workforce planning, talent, succession, engagement, organisation design and capability building.
• Lead complex employee relations activity end-to-end, balancing legal compliance, policy application, employee experience and business outcomes.
• Provide strategic and operational HR input to change initiatives including restructures, TUPE, consultation, redundancy, integration and transformation programmes.
• Coach, challenge and support leaders and managers on people-related decisions, building confidence and capability in performance management, engagement and risk management.
• Analyse HR metrics and themes such as attrition, absence, ER trends and capability gaps, presenting insight-led recommendations to support business decision-making.
• Ensure effective implementation of HR policies, governance standards and UK employment legislation, identifying opportunities to improve process efficiency and reduce organisational risk.
• Work collaboratively with centres of expertise, shared services and wider business teams to ensure a seamless and consistent colleague experience.
• Lead or contribute to HR projects and strategic initiatives within agreed timelines and budgets, delivering measurable business and people outcomes.
• Maintain the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality and integrity while representing HR internally and externally.

Key Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Proven experience as a HR Business Partner or in a similar strategic HR role within a complex, fast-paced and matrixed environment.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice, with demonstrable experience of managing complex employee relations cases and organisational change.
• Experience supporting restructures, consultation processes, TUPE transfers and business transformation initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to balance business priorities, people risk and employee experience in decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills, with credibility to work effectively with senior leaders and managers at all levels.
• Ability to interpret and use people data to identify trends, diagnose issues and recommend evidence-based solutions.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to handle sensitive conversations, present recommendations clearly and produce high-quality written documentation.
• Resilient, pragmatic and solution-focused, with sound judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-pressure environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and comfortable working with HR systems, reporting tools and confidential employee data.

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion motto is ‘Inclusion without Exception’. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected across our workforce implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

You’ll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join (these are optional). Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include 12 employee networks such as gender diversity, LGBTQIA+ & Allies, mental health, disability & neurodiversity inclusion and many more, as well as health & wellness initiatives and sports events and we sponsor the London Marathon.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

Next Steps

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.