Senior HR Business Partner

Comex2000uk; Leeds; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Comex 2000 seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to shape and deliver people strategies that drive business performance. You’ll advise senior leaders and lead recruitment to attract top talent.

You’ll enhance leadership capability, improve the employee experience, and support culture initiatives with expertise in talent, ER, design, performance, and change.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a HR Business Partner spanning complex functions.
• Proven track record in designing and delivering HR strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Strong leadership in change and transformation across fast‑paced environments.
• Advanced analytical capability with data-driven decision making.
• Experience with modern HR technologies and AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic HR partner to senior leaders shaping people strategy and organisation design.
• Lead workforce planning and HR process improvement to support growth and efficiency.
• Oversee Recruitment ensuring high-quality sourcing, selection and onboarding.
• Develop recruitment strategies aligned with employer brand and diversity goals.
• Provide coaching on performance management, career development and team capability.
• Be senior contact for complex employee relations issues and fair resolutions.
• Lead change initiatives including restructures and operating model redesign.
• Partner with Finance on headcount planning, budgets, and cost management.
• Produce reporting and insights to guide resource allocation and planning.

Skills

HRBP

Influencing skills

HR strategy design

Change leadership

Analytical capability

Prioritisation

HR technology

Job description

We’re the team behind the UK’s telecom networks—building,upgrading, and keeping the country connected! From fibre installs to 5Grollouts, we make it happen with innovation, speed, and a smile. If you love achallenge and want to be part of something big, Comex 2000 is the place to be.

We’re looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to shape anddeliver people strategies that drive business performance across high ‑ impactfunctions. You ’ ll act as a strategic advisor tosenior leaders while leading our Recruitment function to attract and retain toptalent.

With expertise in talent, employee relations, organisationdesign, performance, and change, you’ll enhance leadership capability, improvethe employee experience, and support company-wide people and cultureinitiatives.

What you’ll do

Strategic HR Partnership

• Serve as the strategic HR partner to seniorleaders, providing insight on people strategy, organisation design, change, andtalent to drive business performance.
• Lead workforce planning and continuous HRimprovement, ensuring recruitment and people strategies support growth,engagement, and operational effectiveness.

Talent, Development & Recruitment Leadership

• Overseethe Recruitment function, ensuring high-quality sourcing, selection, andonboarding.
  
• Developrecruitment strategies that support business objectives, employer brand,and diversity goals.
  
• Drivesuccession planning and identify high-potential talent across thebusiness.
  
• Guidemanagers on performance management, career development, and teamcapability building.
  

Employee Relations & People Experience

• Actas a senior point of contact for complex employee relations issues,ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant resolution.
  
• Supportinvestigations, disciplinaries, grievances, and conflict resolution.
  

Change, Transformation & Organisational Effectiveness

• Leadcomplex change initiatives, including restructures, capabilitydevelopment, and operating model redesign.
  
• Applychange management best practice to ensure successful adoption and strongstakeholder engagement.
  
• Partnerwith Finance on headcount planning, budgeting, and workforce costmanagement.
  
• Monitorpeople-related spend to ensure alignment with priorities and financial frameworks.
  
• Providereporting and insights that guide resource allocation and organisationalplanning.
  

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a HR Business Partner , leadingcomplex functional areas and delivering strong capability across employee relations,talent, performance, and organisational development
  
• Exceptional influencing skills , with the ability to shape decisions atsenior and enterprise level while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality,and strong stakeholder relationships
  
• Proven track record in designing and delivering HR strategies that alignwith business objectives and drive measurable performance and cultural impact
  
• Strong leadership in change and transformation , includingdelivery of cross-functional projects in fast‑paced, high‑growth, and ambiguousenvironments
  
• Advanced analytical capability , including interpreting people metrics,generating insights, and presenting data-driven recommendations to seniorleaders
  
• Resilient, adaptable, and able to prioritise effectively in time‑sensitiveenvironments with shifting priorities
  
• Experience with modern HR technologies , including emerging AI tools