Lead Hr Business Partner

Esland; Ambergate; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work from Belper

28 days annual leave

Car allowance

CIPD development

Employee benefits

Job summary

Esland is seeking a Lead HR Business Partner to lead four HR Business Partners and own key casework across disciplinary, grievance and capability matters. You will bridge HR with safeguarding, handling LADO referrals and staff allegations with the HR Director.

Expect to split time between the Belper office and homes or schools to support managers and resolve issues early. Reports to the HR Director and supports tribunal processes.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or CIPD Level 5 with substantial senior HR experience.
• Experience leading or supervising HR Business Partners or advisers.
• A track record of owning complex employee relations casework end to end.
• Deep, current knowledge of UK employment law and the ACAS Code.
• Confidence with safeguarding-linked HR, including LADO and allegations against staff.
• Credibility and resilience with senior stakeholders, and the nerve to challenge a decision.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as the role involves site travel.

Responsibilities

• You will lead our four HR Business Partners, and you will personally hold the casework that cannot be handed on.
• Disciplinary, grievance, capability, dignity at work.
• You are also the senior link between HR and safeguarding; you own the people side of LADO referrals and allegations against staff.
• Spend time with managers; some days at our Belper office and others at homes or schools.
• Report to our HR Director and support tribunal and settlement matters with her.

Skills

CIPD Level 7

Senior HR exp

HR casework ownership

UK Employment Law

LADO safeguarding

Stakeholder mgmt

Driving licence

Job description

Lead HR Business Partner Esland•Belper, Derbyshire, GB

Description

At Esland, your work changes children's lives. We provide the care, education and therapeutic support that helps vulnerable young people turn the curve on their futures.

This role keeps that work safe. Our managers deal with difficult people situations, often at short notice and often with a safeguarding edge. They need someone who will get those decisions right, quickly and fairly, so their attention can stay where it belongs.

Your role

You will lead our four HR Business Partners, and you will personally hold the casework that cannot be handed on. Disciplinary, grievance, capability, dignity at work. The ones with real consequences attached.

You are also the senior link between HR and safeguarding. That means you own the people side of LADO referrals and allegations against staff, working alongside our safeguarding leads and the HR Director.

Expect to spend your time with managers, not only with policy. Some days you will be at our Belper office. Others you will be in one of our homes or schools, helping a manager hold a fair line when it would be easier not to. The best measure of your first year is fewer issues escalating at all, because managers handled them earlier and better.

You will report to our HR Director and support tribunal and settlement matters with her.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• CIPD Level 7, or CIPD Level 5 with substantial senior HR experience
• Experience leading or supervising HR Business Partners or advisers
• A track record of owning complex employee relations casework end to end
• Deep, current knowledge of UK employment law and the ACAS Code
• Confidence with safeguarding-linked HR, including LADO and allegations against staff
• Credibility and resilience with senior stakeholders, and the nerve to challenge a decision
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as the role involves site travel

What we offer

• salary up to £55,000 per annum, plus £3,000 car allowance
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and your birthday off
• Hybrid working from our Head Office in Belper, 2-3 days per week
• A team of four HR Business Partners to lead, coach and develop
• Serious, varied casework across 64 residential homes, 5 assessment homes and 5 schools
• Direct access to the HR Director and our senior leadership team
• Funded professional development, including CIPD
• A wide range of benefits, including our employee assistance programme, 24/7 GP access, the Green Car Scheme, a Health Cash Plan, and retail and gym discounts
• Real scale, 850 plus colleagues, with a people function close enough to the business to change things

With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 65 residential children’s and assessment homes, and five schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire regions of England.

This also includes our Esland online school accessible to children throughout the UK which helps to deliver education to children missing education by utilising our specialised Turning the Curve education programme.

With over 800 team members and over 200 young people supported we strive to help our children achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.

Full-time