Senior HR Business Partner

Stratton HR; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 10%

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Life assurance x4

Medicash healthcare plan

Auto enrolment pension

Team social activities

Opportunity to work with growing multi

Industry-diverse client base

Job summary

Stratton HR, a Bicester-based consultancy, seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to join our team. This role combines strategic advisory work with hands-on HR support across diverse clients, including periods of growth, transformation and change.

You will partner with senior leaders, lead complex HR projects, and bring expert advice on employment law, recruitment, and people strategy. Hybrid role with UK travel required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a HR Business Partner in fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to lead change and organisational design initiatives.
• Track record delivering strategic recruitment solutions with senior leaders.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance priorities with pragmatic HR advice.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building with senior leaders.
• Ability to operate in high-intellect, fast-moving settings.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and driving projects to implementation.
• In-depth knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent; commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted adviser across multiple clients during growth and transformation periods.
• Lead complex HR projects and support organisational change.
• Provide expert advice on employment law, talent acquisition and people strategy.
• Deliver high-quality day-to-day HR support for client organizations.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Stakeholder management

Project management

Employment law

Talent acquisition

People strategy

Organisational change

Education

CIPD Level 7

Job description

Bicester based, Hybrid working with travel to client sites

We're looking for an exceptional Senior HR Business Partner to join our team. If you're an experienced HR professional who enjoys working at pace, loves solving problems and believes great people practices drive commercial success, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for someone who is naturally curious, resilient and adaptable, with the confidence to partner with senior leaders and the credibility to influence decision-making and be a trusted challenger. You will thrive on variety, enjoy building strong relationships and be excited by the opportunity to support ambitious businesses as they grow and evolve.

If you're someone who rolls up their sleeves, builds trust quickly and wants to make a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Who we are:

Stratton HR is a passionate and high-performing HR Consultancy team, delivering first-class HR support to clients across a wide range of sectors. We partner with businesses to provide expert support across the entire employee lifecycle including talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, reward, organisational design, and learning & development. We’re at our best when we are partnering with high growth businesses developing people solutions that support businesses to grow.

Our team thrives in an environment that is fast-moving, solution focused, and constantly evolving—where no two days are the same. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality work that makes a genuine difference to our clients.

Who we are looking for:

You will act as a trusted adviser across multiple clients, supporting them through periods of growth, transformation and change, providing commercially focused, practical HR solutions that enable organisational success.

You will play a key role in leading complex HR projects, supporting organisational change and providing expert advice on employment law, talent acquisition and people strategy. Alongside project work, you will also provide high-quality day-to-day HR support.

This is a consultancy role where confidence, adaptability and exceptional relationship-building skills are essential.

What you need to be successful:

• Significant experience operating as a HR Business Partner within a professional or financial services business or similarly fast-paced, knowledge-based environments.
• Strong experience leading strategic initiatives around organisational change, organisational design, transformation or culture change initiatives.
• A proven track record of delivering strategic recruitment solutions, partnering with leaders to attract high-calibre talent and improve hiring outcomes.
• Excellent commercial awareness and the ability to balance business priorities with pragmatic HR advice.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build trusted relationships and influence senior leaders and business owners. Outgoing, confident and naturally engaging.
• The credibility and presence to operate successfully within high-intellect, ambitious and fast-moving environments.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, clients or business areas whilst maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead complex people initiatives from concept through to implementation.
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent experience), alongside a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle, with flexibility to travel to client sites across the UK when required.

What you get in return:

• Up to 10% performance related bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Birthday day off
• Life assurance x 4
• Medicash healthcare cash plan (includes retail, travel and gym discounts)
• Auto enrolment pension
• Regular team social activities
• The opportunity to work in a growing business, with clients across multiple industries

Please include your current remuneration details on your CV!