People Business Partner

Syme Drummond Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic organization in Glasgow is seeking a People Business Partner for a 6-month FTC, with the potential for extension or permanence. This hybrid role requires a leader to manage TUPE processes and complex employee relations in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have deep expertise in organisational change and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact in a critical organizational transition period.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing TUPE processes end to end.
• Ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders effectively.
• Experience in a fast-paced commercial environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead large volume TUPEs and organisational change initiatives.
• Handle high-risk complex employee relations matters.
• Coach and influence stakeholders during transitions.

Skills

Deep expertise in TUPE

Organisational change

Employment law knowledge

Calm and credible partnership

Solutions-focused mindset

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

People Business Partner

6-month FTC, potential to extend or go permanent

Glasgow (Hybrid, circa 1-2 days on-site)

Salary up to £55000 DOE

We’re looking for a confident, impact-driven People Business Partner to lead high-stakes organisational change, major TUPE programmes and complex ER activity across a fast-paced, commercial environment.

This is a critical role at a pivotal moment: you’ll step straight into transformation work, partnering closely with leaders to shape and deliver people change that genuinely moves the business forward.

What you’ll lead on

• Large volume TUPEs from end to end
• Organisational change, restructures and reorganisation activity
• High-risk and complex ER matters, ensuring commercially sound, pragmatic outcomes
• Coaching and influencing senior stakeholders through ambiguous, fast-moving change
• Using people data and insights to inform decisions and strengthen organisational effectiveness
• Setting the tone for a fair, inclusive, high-performance culture during periods of transition

What you’ll bring

• Deep expertise in TUPE, organisational change and ER - this is essential
• A calm, credible partner who can challenge, influence and advise at a senior level
• Experience operating in a high-paced, commercial setting with shifting priorities
• Strong employment law knowledge and a practical, solutions-focused mindset
• The ability to manage sensitive, business-critical situations with confidence and clarity
• Can work autonomously and also collaboratively, and hit the ground running
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent degree-level qualification)

Why this role?

You’ll have the autonomy, visibility and influence to make a significant impact within a short timeframe, with scope for the role to extend or become permanent as transformation continues.

If you’re a seasoned People Business Partner who thrives on change and wants to lead meaningful, business-critical work, we’d love to hear from you.

We are ideally looking for someone with immediate availability to start during a busy period of change.

Apply now this one will move quickly!