People Business Partner

United Infrastructure Group; Trafford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension scheme

Health cash plan

Medicash

4 days in the office, 1 day from home

Job summary

United Infrastructure is seeking a People Business Partner to work closely with pillar leadership, shaping people strategies and handling employee relations. You will use data and stakeholder engagement to develop capacity, plan talent, and drive change across the business area.

You will lead TUPE processes, advise on restructures, and partner with leaders to forecast skills and workforce needs while championing inclusion and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or proven HR experience at Business Partner level, including generalist HR
• Solid grasp of UK employment law and ability to apply to employee relations cases
• Knowledge and experience of TUPE, settlement negotiation and managing redundancy campaigns
• Ability to challenge in a robust yet constructive manner with diplomacy
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Understanding of HR disciplines including diversity and inclusion, performance management, compensation and benefits, talent management, employee and union relations
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to build cross-business relationships
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and ability to prioritise workloads
• Strong data interpretation and attention to detail
• High discretion and confidentiality

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted partner to pillar MD and SLT on people practices and employee issues
• Lead and coordinate TUPE consultations and transfers, ensuring legal compliance
• Partner with leaders to identify current and future skills aligned to business strategy
• Use data insights to guide talent development, succession and workforce planning
• Provide guidance on restructures and succession planning
• Develop people solutions to deliver the pillar's strategy
• Serve as local people expert for teams implementing new approaches
• Work with pillar management to ensure staff have necessary skills/resources
• Develop plans for recruitment, training, restructuring and succession
• Coach Line Managers on motivating teams and leadership
• Analyze HR metrics and compare to KPIs
• Resolve complex employee relations matters and address grievances
• Provide leadership on people aspects of change management
• Champion the EDI agenda
• Assist with rollout of people practice training
• Provide guidance on United Infrastructure people policies

Skills

Relationship building

Influencing

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decision making

Change management

HR generalist

Collaboration and teamwork

Negotiation

Communication

Prioritisation

Discretion and confidentiality

Education

CIPD Level 7 or equivalent HR senior partner experience

Tools

HRIS knowledge

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:

• 26 Days holidays plus bank holidays
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays upon successful completion of probation
• Health cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Medicash
• 4 Days in the office, 1 day from home (This role involves regular travel)

Plus more.

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.