Regional HR Partner - North of England (Field-Based)

Middlemore; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Middlemore is hiring a Regional HR Business Partner – North England, field-based across the Midlands, East and North Wales, and the North of England. The role shapes a new People Partnering model, partnering with the Chief People Officer and senior leaders to drive performance, talent and commercial thinking.

You will focus on strengthening leadership capability, workforce planning and aligning people strategy with business goals across ~1,000 colleagues in the region.

Qualifications

• Proven generalist People/HR business partnering experience within a multi-site, field-based organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen, including ability to understand P&L and translate challenges into people solutions.
• Experience of workforce planning, talent management, succession planning and capability development.
• Track record of supporting business improvement and turning around underperforming sites.
• Credibility to coach, influence and challenge senior operational leaders.
• Strong UK employment law knowledge and experience managing complex employee relations cases.
• Confidence using people and business data to inform decisions and measure impact.
• Practical, solutions-focused mindset and ability to look beyond traditional HR processes.
• Energy, independence and flexibility to spend significant time out in the business.
• Experience in healthcare, dental, optical, veterinary, retail or hospitality environments would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Strategic business partnering with senior operational leaders across the region.
• Drive performance by identifying leadership, team and capability gaps and delivering targeted people plans.
• Develop a robust regional workforce plan using data to identify future requirements.
• Lead talent and succession planning to strengthen retention and development.
• Coach and challenge senior leaders to improve accountability and team effectiveness.
• Approach employee relations pragmatically to resolve issues early and effectively.
• Use people and business metrics to identify priorities and demonstrate measurable improvements.
• Shape and own the regional people strategy with autonomy.

Skills

Stakeholder management

HR business partnering

Workforce planning

Change management

Data-driven decisions

UK employment law

Coaching & leadership

Field-based experience

Multi-site operations

Job description

Middlemore is hiring a Regional HR Business Partner – North England, field-based across the Midlands, East and North Wales, and the North of England. The role shapes a new People Partnering model, partnering with the Chief People Officer and senior leaders to drive performance, talent and commercial thinking.

You will focus on strengthening leadership capability, workforce planning and aligning people strategy with business goals across ~1,000 colleagues in the region.