People & Culture Business Partner/ HR Director

Hotwire; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hotwire is seeking a Senior People & Culture Business Partner/Director for a 1-year fixed-term contract. This strategic role involves managing HR initiatives, supporting leadership, and ensuring an effective employee experience, contributing to organizational goals. Candidates should have experience in HR consultancy within a professional services environment, applying UK employment guidelines and driving change.

Benefits

Well-being allowance or private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Headspace subscription

25 days' holiday

Early finish Fridays

Qualifications

• Experience as strategic HR Business Partner in professional services.
• Knowledge of UK Employment Law and regulations.
• Proven record in strategic workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to align HR strategy with business goals.
• Drive workforce and resource planning initiatives.
• Manage employee lifecycle processes and support Employee Relations.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

SENIOR PEOPLE & CULTURE BUSINESS PARTNER/DIRECTOR

(1 Year FTC maternity cover)

We would love you to join our UK team as Senior People & Culture Business Partner

Why this role?

Becoming the best agency and working to become the preeminent global tech comms Consultancy needs us to have the right people in the right place, at the right levels with the right skills. By proactively building relationships with and working with the business leaders to translate strategy into practical and workable people solutions, this role will provide value and have an impact on our business. This role will ensure all our people activities run smoothly to deliver a consistent employee experience and will actively partner with the UK Hotwire & ROI DNA leaders and managers to create an environment where all our people can be limitless. This role plays a key role on the UK Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), reporting into the Chief People & Culture Officer.

NB: It is a 1-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

Accountabilities

Think about the end goal (Strategic Partner)

• Support the UK and P&C strategic planning process identifying short- and long-term talent implications
• Drive workforce and resource planning; supporting the execution of short- and long-term resource plans
• Support line managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the function/business strategy
• Advise & lead on organisation design, execution of restructure plans and provide change management consultancy
• Lead a process that ensures that individual performance aligns to business performance; consistent and aligned individual target setting, monitoring and performance evaluation quarter on quarter and year on year
• Implement Enero, Group and Regional initiatives; feed into and support design when required
• Represent P&C and play an active role as part of the UK ELT and SLT, reporting on P&C initiatives and data, and providing strategic HR support where required
  
  

Grow and keep our people (Employee Champion)

• Produce talent development plans to meet capability requirements and support the business leaders to provide employees with development opportunities that enable them to meet current and future performance standards
• Monitor progress of learning transfer to workplace and level of capability improvement, planning corrective actions
• Identify capability gaps and development needs and plan functional training initiatives and priorities in line with annual plan
• Drive leadership, talent, and succession management activities within the UK enabling a local and global view of our most critical talent and strengthening our leadership bench
• Coach leadership and management, driving a culture where strong leadership and line management coaching permeates the organization, providing current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others
• Drive behavioral change in partnership with leaders, supporting the creation of a high-performance culture
• Develop and promote feedback mechanisms for employees to influence the continuous improvement of HR services and processes
  
  

Make things stick (Change Agent)

• Manage specific P&C projects as determined in the Global and Local Talent priorities and participate in functional and cross-functional Talent initiatives
• Manage the internal communications related to strategic P&C initiatives within the function, providing compelling stories for individuals and the organization as a whole and enabling a clear understanding of ‘what’,’ why’, ‘how’ and ‘when’.
  
  

HR operations expert (Do the basics well)

• Oversee the employee lifecycle processes and work closely with the P&C team and business leaders to provide a consistent experience
• Advise and support leaders on key areas of Employee Relations
• Review and benchmark the internal and external environment to continuously contribute to the improvement of HR policies and initiatives; ensure the UK is fully compliant at all times
• Maintain a knowledge of progressive HR practices and key trends
• Oversee and lead on all compensation and benefit processes for the UK, including the annual merit cycle
• Facilitate employee surveys; understand employee opinions, engagement drivers, and culture indicators and anticipate their needs and concerns
• Manage people data and reporting; works closely with the Global HRIS Coordinator to create monthly dashboards and management information reports
• Work with Global Chief People Officer to drive global projects and initiatives including reward strategies, integration initiatives, process improvement and employment programs.
  
  
  
  

You’ll Bring:

Experience of:

• Working as a strategic HR Business Partner in a leadership role, ideally in a professional services environment
• Applying UK Employment Law, guidelines and regulations
• Strategic workforce planning
• Coaching and consulting leadership on P&C matters
• Managing Employee Relations cases of varied complexity
• Stakeholder management
• Being a transformation and change agent
• Working globally, with different cultures and in different time zones
• Using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
  
  

Skills

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Ability work under pressure
• Business savvy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to influence stakeholders
• Good team working skills and the confidence to lead
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with the ability to work with all levels
• Strong attention to detail
• Adaptable to changing workloads
• Problem-solving approach to work
  
  

Why Us:

• Understanding that life doesn’t always fit around the 9-5; and that work/life balance is crucial
• Well-being allowance or private health care
• Freedom and support to be limitless within the business
• Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling sessions
• Headspace subscription
• A connected, courageous and friendly team creating adventurous work whilst still having a lot of fun
• An exciting and rewarding long-term career, bringing constant challenge and fresh opportunities as you develop
• The opportunity to have global reach within our offices
• Fantastic benefits, including early finish Fridays, 25 days’ holiday and great team socials
  
  

At Hotwire, we engage in Thoughtful Working, which encourages our employees to work in the best possible way for our clients, our team and ourselves, every single day.