Senior Group Manager - HR ( HR Business Partner - Ipswich)

WNS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to drive transformative HR initiatives in a dynamic environment. This role offers the chance to build trusted relationships with senior leaders while delivering impactful HR solutions that enhance both employee engagement and business performance. You will be a thought-leader, leveraging your expertise in change management, organizational design, and talent analytics to foster a diverse talent pipeline. If you thrive in a fast-paced, complex matrix environment and are passionate about making a difference in HR, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR business partner with strong people management skills.
• Expertise in redundancy, TUPE & HR strategy and thorough knowledge of labour legislation.

Responsibilities

• Drive change and develop a people plan to optimize employee and business performance.
• Lead strategic people initiatives, collaborating with senior partners for business strategy.

Skills

People Management

Analytical Skills

Change Management

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources

CIPD qualified (or equivalent)

Tools

HR Metrics

Talent Analytics

Job description

Senior Group Manager - HR (HR Business Partner - Ipswich)

Company Description
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence. We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services, and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 60,000+ employees.

Job Description
As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will have the opportunity to drive change and need to be comfortable within a complex setup. You will have to be proactive and adaptable when working with the business to develop and deliver a people plan, identifying and delivering solutions that optimise both employee and business performance. We will rely on you to be a thought-leader in all aspects of your role, bringing sound judgement and fresh ideas across a variety of HR projects and programmes within the business. You will lead on various strategic people initiatives, working in collaboration with senior partners to develop, deliver, and embed business strategy and organisational change.

This role forms part of the larger WNS organisational matrix and plays a very key part of a smaller, local leadership team in Ipswich where there is a need for a ‘roll sleeves up, can-do approach and mentality’ within the office.

• Building trusted advisor relationships with senior leaders in the business.
• Accountable for the delivery of all cyclical people-related activities including performance, reward, promotion, talent identification, and succession planning within the business.
• Using your extensive skills, knowledge, effective judgement, and business acumen to make an impact in key areas such as change management, organisational design, employee engagement, strategic workforce planning, talent analytics, and management, all the while ensuring fairness and consistency runs throughout.
• Supporting the building of a strong, diverse talent pipeline.
• Demonstrating the successful delivery of HR activity and evidence of a client-centred approach.
• Experience of creating compelling proposals and business cases that succinctly articulate recommendations and actions.
• Experience of operating with a COE model and how to leverage those relationships to deliver large-scale projects.
• The ability to interpret data and use this to spot trends and make decisions quickly.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced and complex matrix environment.
• Accomplished at communicating, influencing, coaching, challenging, and managing senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as an HR business partner.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Analytical and goal-oriented with knowledge of HR budgeting.
• Expertise in redundancy, TUPE & HR strategy.
• Demonstrable experience with HR metrics.
• Thorough knowledge of labour legislation.
• Full understanding of all HR functions and best practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field.
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent) would be beneficial but not essential.

Additional Information
Full-time role for Ipswich location. HRBP/HR Manager will work very closely with senior stakeholders & senior HR leaders. Ability to interact globally, building trusted relationships & trusted advisor is the important aspect of this role.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Human Resources
• Industries: Outsourcing/Offshoring