Senior HR Business Partner

Sullivan Brown Resourcing Partners - HR Recruitment Experts

Newcastle upon Tyne

Hybrid

GBP 54,000 - 66,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £60,000 per annum

28 days annual leave

Company-related bonus

Other impressive benefits

Job summary

A leading HR recruitment firm in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to enhance its employer brand and manage HR activities. You will lead recruitment, onboarding, and employee engagement efforts while reporting to senior leadership on key HR metrics. The ideal candidate will have an SME background, a CIPD qualification, and knowledge of international employment trends. This hybrid role offers a salary up to £60k, 28 days leave, and other impressive benefits.

Qualifications

Experience as an HR Business Partner with a broad range of HR activities, preferably from an SME organisation.
Strong self-starter with creativity to enhance employer brand.
Up-to-date knowledge of current employment legislation and HR approaches.

Responsibilities

Lead all recruitment activities within the Group.
Manage onboarding process for new hires.
Coordinate employee engagement survey programme.
Lead continuous improvement and formalisation of HR policies.
Lead performance management process for compliance.
Regularly report to senior leadership on KPI metrics.

Skills

HR activities

Team leadership

Employer branding

Performance management

Employee engagement

Education

CIPD or equivalent qualification

Job description

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We are super excited to be recruiting a Senior HR Business Partner for this forward-thinking, innovative and well-established organisation based in Newcastle upon Tyne. We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner who has experience across a broad range of HR activities, ideally from within an SME organisation and is now looking for the next step to grow their career. If you are a self-starter who can bring great ideas and creativity and enable this organisation to enhance its employer brand, maximise its talent, level up performance and execute plans quickly and effectively, this role could be for you. This is a standalone role reporting to an inspirational CFO. You will lead all recruitment activities within the Group, including liaising with hiring managers to set role briefs, hiring timelines and identify key stakeholders, as well as managing candidate pipeline and interview scheduling.

This role is fundamental in managing the onboarding process for new hires, ensuring they enjoy the best possible experience of joining. Engagement is a key focus so you will co‑coordinate their employee engagement survey (twice yearly) programme, administering the survey, collating responses and disseminating to the leadership team, along with all company follow‑up on key actions arising. Leading on continuous improvement and formalisation of HR policies, including the staff handbook, and communicating key updates to the wider team you will also take a lead on the performance management process, ensuring 100% compliance and early intervention for any non‑performing individuals.

As Senior HR Business Partner you will regularly report to the senior leadership team on KPI metrics which demonstrate the impact of HR‑related activity and report on people metrics as part of ongoing CSR reporting requirements.

As an experienced Business Partner you will demonstrate generalist experience gained from within an SME, tech would be great but this can be flexible. With a CIPD or equivalent qualification you will bring up-to‑date knowledge of current employment legislation, trends and HR approaches. If you can also bring experience of working within a company with a multi‑site, international representation. US and France / Germany preferred then that would be hugely exciting!

In return, this role offers a salary of up to £60k per annum, 28 days annual leave, a company‑related bonus plus several other impressive benefits. The role is hybrid and requires you to be onsite at their stunning Newcastle city centre based office two days per week.

Responsibilities

Lead all recruitment activities within the Group, including liaising with hiring managers, setting role briefs, hiring timelines, managing candidate pipeline and interview scheduling.
Manage onboarding process for new hires to ensure a positive experience.
Coordinate employee engagement survey programme (twice yearly), administer surveys, collate responses, disseminate to leadership and follow up on key actions.
Lead continuous improvement and formalisation of HR policies, staff handbook, and communicate updates to the wider team.
Lead performance management process to ensure 100% compliance and early intervention for non‑performing individuals.
Regularly report to senior leadership on KPI metrics demonstrating HR impact and people metrics for CSR reporting.

Qualifications

Experience as an HR Business Partner with a broad range of HR activities, preferably from an SME organisation.
Strong self‑starter with ideas and creativity to enhance employer brand, maximise talent utilisation, level up performance and execute plans quickly and effectively.
CIPD or equivalent qualification; up‑to‑date knowledge of employment legislation, trends, and HR approaches.
Experience in multi‑site, international representation; preferred experience in the US, France, or Germany.

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