People Business Partner

Eversheds-Sutherland; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Pension and financial wellbeing

Job summary

Eversheds Sutherland is seeking two People Business Partners on a 12-month contract in Birmingham, Manchester, or Leeds. You will advise practice groups on People strategy, lead talent and succession planning, and drive performance cycles, salary reviews, and organisational change to support business growth.

You will partner with Partners and senior leaders to translate business needs into People initiatives, using data to guide decisions and foster a high-performing team culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a generalist HR business partner.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; able to tie people decisions to business outcomes.
• Experience delivering core People cyclical processes such as performance management, promotions and salary reviews.
• Ability to coach and build credibility with Partners and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of practice groups and People priorities.
• Support talent and succession planning and strengthen future talent pipelines.
• Deliver key cyclical People activity including performance management, promotions and salary reviews.
• Support organisational change considering People, capability and business needs.
• Advise on complex employee relations matters with senior colleagues where required.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Stakeholder management

People analytics

Performance management

Job description

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Location: Birmingham, GB Manchester, GB Leeds, GB

Company: Eversheds Sutherland

Team: People

Location: Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds

Duration: 12 month contract

We're looking for two People Business Partners to join our People team on a 12 month contract basis. In this role, you will act as a key strategic advisor to the Commercial Advisory or Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice groups.

What Success Looks Like

During this contract, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Build trusted relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders, providing commercially focussed People advice and support.
• Deliver key People priorities across talent, performance, reward and organisational change.
• Use People insight and data to support decision-making and shape high performing teams.

Who You'll Be Working With

You will be part of our People team, working closely with Practice and Product Group Heads to support their strategy and growth planning. There are two positions available, with the successful candidates reporting into one of two Senior People Business Partners.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will:

• Develop a clear understanding of your practice group and People priorities.
• Support talent and succession planning, identifying development priorities and strengthening future talent pipelines.
• Deliver key cyclical People activity, including performance management, promotions and salary reviews.
• Support organisational change, considering the impact on People, capability and business needs.
• Advise on complex employee relations matters, using sound judgement and collaborating with specialist colleagues where required.
• Use People data to identify trends and inform People decisions
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and contribute to People projects.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience in a generalist HR business partner role, ideally in a professional services setting.
• Excellent commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to link people decisions to business outcomes.
• Experience of delivering core People cyclical processes, including performance management, promotions, salary review and talent planning.
• The ability to coach and build credibility at Partner and senior leadership level.
• A pragmatic and solutions-focussed approach, with the ability to balance strategic priorities with hands‑on delivery.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build effective relationships across the wider People function.

We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package designed to support you both professionally and personally, including:

• Flexible and hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office)
• Health and wellbeing support, including private medical insurance and critical illness cover
• Pension, insurance and financial wellbeing support
• Opportunities to contribute through pro bono and community initiatives
• Structured development, mentoring and learning opportunities

Inclusion

“Inclusive” is one of our core business values and we believe the most effective teams are shaped by a diversity of backgrounds and lived experiences. We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, ensuring that everyone can perform at their best.

We’re proud of the progress we’ve made in building an inclusive firm. Our approach has been recognised externally, including being named ESG Firm of the Year at the Legal 500 UK ESG Awards and receiving DE&I: Law Firm Initiative of the Year for our Eversheds Sutherland Unlocked programme. In addition, we’ve been recognised in the Stonewall Top 100 Employers list with Gold-level accreditation for LGBTQ+ inclusion. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining disabled talent, and to creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

If you require any adjustments to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, such as additional time or support with assistive technology, or would like to discuss flexible working arrangements, please let us know.

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