People Business Partner

United Infrastructure Ltd; Stretford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Additional holidays on probation

4 days in the office, 1 day from home

Job summary

United Infrastructure Ltd is seeking a skilled People Business Partner to work with pillar leaders and line managers in Trafford, applying people practices to deliver the business strategy. You will use data, metrics and evidence to inform decisions and drive change across the pillar.

This role involves TUPE consultations, restructures and succession planning, plus partnering with senior stakeholders to identify current and future skills needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR business partnering and generalist HR practices.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and its application to employee relations.
• Knowledge of TUPE, settlement negotiations and redundancy campaigns.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence at senior levels.
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiation and change-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted partner to pillar MD and SLT, guiding people practices and employee relations.
• Lead and coordinate TUPE consultations and transfers, ensuring legal compliance and risk minimisation.
• Partner with leaders to identify current and future skills needs aligned with strategy.
• Use data insights to drive talent development, succession planning and workforce planning.
• Provide guidance on restructures, succession planning and change management.
• Support recruitment, training and workforce planning across the pillar.
• Coach line managers to motivate teams and lead effectively.
• Analyse HR metrics and compare against KPIs.
• Assist with rollout of training related to people practices.
• Ensure compliance with United Infrastructure people policies.

Skills

UK employment law

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Change management

Negotiation

Influencing

Education

CIPD Level 7 or equivalent

Job description

Our People Business Partners work closely with business leaders and line managers to build capabilities, plan and manage talent, and develop approaches that achieve shared organisational objectives.

You will work closely within your business pillar and help it to implement the business strategy from a people perspective, using your stakeholder engagement skills to develop meaningful relationships with key people in the pillar, and other people teams in the organisation. Skills in relationship building and influencing are essential. You will also need to be able to use data, metrics and evidence to inform and drive decision making and change across your business area.

Please note that this role will be based in Trafford; however, regular travel to other sites will be required.

• Acting as a trusted partner to the pillar Managing Director and Senior Leadership team to provide guidance on people practices and employee related issues
• Lead and coordinate TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) consultations and transfers ensuring compliance with legal requirements and minimizing risk.
• Partner with business leaders to identify current and future skills requirements aligned with business strategy.
• Use data-driven insights to guide talent development, succession planning, and workforce planning.
• Providing guidance on people practices such as restructures and succession planning
• Bringing people expertise and developing solutions to help the business area to deliver its strategy
• Acting as a local point of people expertise for specialist teams that are implementing new people approaches
• Working with the pillar management teams to make sure employees have the skills and resources they need to achieve their objectives
• Developing plans for recruitment, training, restructuring and succession and supporting relevant staff to implement these
• Coaching Line Managers on ways to motivate their employees and lead more effectively
• Analysing human resource metrics and comparing results to key performance indicators
• Resolving complex employee relations issues and addressing grievances in consultation
• Providing leadership and guidance on the people aspects of change management
• Championing the EDI agenda
• Assisting with the roll-out of training specific to people practices
• Providing guidance to the pillar on United Infrastructure people policies

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or proven HR experience at Business Partner level, including generalist HR
• Solid grasp of current UK employment law and the ability to apply this to employee relations cases
• Knowledge and experience of TUPE, settlement negotiation and managing redundancy campaigns
• Ability to challenge in a robust yet constructive manner, exercising diplomacy and tact where required
• Superb problem-solving skills
• A good understanding of the many disciplines within HR, including diversity and inclusion, performance management, compensation and benefits, talent management, employee and union relations, etc.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to develop good work relationships across the business
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise workloads effectively
• Strong data interpretation skills and the ability to work accurately, with excellent attention to detail
• A high level of discretion and confidentiality

Additional information

UI Benefits Include:

• - Opportunity to purchase additional holidays upon successful completion of probation
• - Health cash plan
• - 4 Days in the office, 1 day from home (This role involves regular travel)

Join us at United Infrastructure today and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.