Human Resources (HR) Business Advisor

Deutsche Bank; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled HR Business Advisor to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to provide strategic HR advice and support on people issues, culture change, and talent management. You will play a vital role in performance improvement projects and implementing best practices within the Business Advisory Centre. With a commitment to employee development and well-being, this organization offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a range of flexible benefits, making it an exciting opportunity for HR professionals looking to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Hybrid Working Model

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits including Retail Discounts

Gym benefits

CSR programme with volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Proven ability to partner with challenging client groups.
• Experience in managing employee relations and restructuring initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with business leaders to implement HR initiatives.
• Managing investigations and conflict resolution.
• Supporting performance management activities.

Skills

HR Experience

Employee Relations Management

Performance Management

Change Management

Talent Development

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title Human Resources (HR) Business Advisor

Location Birmingham

Corporate Title Associate/ Assistant Vice President

Working as part of the United Kingdom & Ireland (UKI) Business Advisory Centre, interacting with a broad spectrum of stakeholders and your allocated client group to provide HR advice and support on people issues, culture change and global processes such as the annual compensation cycle and talent management.

You will work collaboratively with key HR functions to deliver a high quality of service to clients. You will be a key contributor to the development of the Business Advisory Centre through involvement in performance improvement projects and implementation of best practice initiatives across the team.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Partnering with the business and Business Partners, in implementing the HR People agenda initiatives; providing advice to employees and managers on people topics and executing lifecycle process tasks both effectively and efficiently

• Executing change initiatives in new organisational models, restructuring, near shoring and deliverables; also coordinating key projects including diversity and retention initiatives

• Supporting performance management activity, for example, annual performance reviews, feedback activity and management of underperformance

• Employee relations cases; including management of investigations, facilitating conversations with respect to conflict/dispute resolution and consequence management

• Heavily involved in the year-end compensation process, including reviews of fixed and variable pay audit checks, providing advice to the business and running spend analysis

Your skills and experience

• A depth of experience within HR, proven ability to partner with and provide solutions tochallenging client groups as they experience significant change

• Experience of working within a complex and matrix organisation and experience of developing talent within HR

• Ability to develop effective relationships with the business and across the HR team to leverage results

• Experience in managing employee relations cases; as well as complex restructuring initiatives and redundancy cases

• Proven process mind-set and ability to prioritise and manage high volumes within a high-pressure environment

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role, we can discuss and support you with the process

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.