Human Resources Business Partner

Cowi; Glasgow; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

COWI is recruiting a Human Resources Business Partner to partner with our UK&I leaders. Based in Derby or Glasgow, the role blends office and home hybrid working, supporting performance, talent, and employee relations while helping to implement the people strategy across the UK & Ireland.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to enhance capability and engagement. The ideal candidate brings robust HRBP experience, UK employment law knowledge, and outstanding stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Significant HR/People & Organisation Business Partner experience in a complex organisation.
• Extensive knowledge of employee relations and handling complex cases.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law.
• Ability to interpret people data and provide meaningful business insight.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting acquisitions and integration activities.
• Fully CIPD qualified or chartered member or equivalent.

Responsabilités

• Strategic Business Partnering: advise leaders on people-related matters and align people priorities with business objectives.
• Leadership Development & Coaching: support onboarding and development of leaders and drive leadership initiatives.
• Talent Management & Succession Planning: participate in talent reviews and succession planning.
• Performance & Employee Experience: guide on performance processes and employee engagement initiatives.
• Employee Relations: manage complex ER matters with risk-based guidance and compliant practices.
• Organisational Change & Integration: support design and change programmes including post-acquisition integration.
• Data, Governance & Compliance: analyse people data and ensure governance and compliance.

Connaissances

HRBP experience

employee relations

UK employment law

data interpretation

stakeholder management

acquisition support

communication skills

leadership coaching

Formation

CIPD qualification

Description du poste

Human Resources Business Partner

Derby or Glasgow

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to partner our leaders to achieve business objectives? Can you provide guidance on performance management? Are you an experienced HR professional? Then, read on. This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

To work alongside our business leaders and offer trusted guidance on people matters, we are seeking an HR Business Partner to join us. Working on the implementation of COWI's people strategy across the UK & Ireland business, you’ll support the Head of Engineering and partner closely with our senior leaders to enhance business performance, leadership effectiveness and employee engagement.

Based in either Derby or Glasgow, with occasional travel to our other UK offices the selected candidate will help shape organisational capability, improve leadership performance, support talent development, ensuring consistent application of people policies and practices. The role will also support business change, acquisitions and post-acquisition integration activities as required.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Strategic Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on all people-related matters.
• Partner with leaders to align people priorities with business objectives and support the implementation of the COWI People Strategy across the business.
• Translate business needs into practical people solutions that enhance organisational performance.

Leadership Development & Coaching

• Coach and support leaders to build leadership capability and effectiveness, including supporting the onboarding and development of new leaders.
• Facilitate leadership development initiatives in line with the COWI Leadership Pipeline.
• Challenge and shape leadership behaviours to promote a high-performance culture.

Talent Management & Succession Planning

• Support talent reviews, initiatives and succession planning activities, that support employee growth and retention.
• Identify workforce capability needs and development opportunities.
• Partner with leaders to build diverse talent pipelines aligned with future business needs.

Performance & Employee Experience

• Provide guidance on performance management processes and capability development.
• Support leaders with employee engagement initiatives and action planning activities.

Employee Relations

• Manage complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence management cases.
• Provide risk-based advice to managers in line with employment legislation and company policy.
• Support organisational change and consultation processes where required.
• Ensure a fair, consistent and pragmatic approach to employee relations

Organisational Change & Integration

• Support organisational design and change programmes, ensuring effective communication and change management practices are embedded throughout projects.
• Provide people support during acquisitions and post-acquisition integration activities.

Data, Governance & Compliance

• Analyse people data and provide insight to support business decision-making.
• Monitor trends relating to attrition, engagement, absence and performance.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies and governance requirements.
• Support implementation of global people processes and initiatives.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• Significant HR/P&O Business Partner experience within a complex organisation.
• Experience working with leaders to provide guidance, support, and shape key decisions.
• Extensive knowledge of employee relations and experience handling complex cases.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law.
• Ability to interpret people data and provide meaningful business insight.
• Highly developed skills in communication, building relationships, and managing stakeholders.
• Experience supporting acquisition and integration activities.
• Fully CIPD qualified/chartered member or equivalent
• Solid communication, persuasion and relationship-building skills.

Desirable

• Experience within engineering, consultancy, construction or professional services environments.
• Experience working within a matrix or international organisation.