Senior HR Business Partner

Arriva UK Bus Limited; Southend-on-Sea; Híbrido; GBP 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Arriva UK Bus Limited is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to align people strategy with regional operations in the Southern Counties. You will advise senior leaders, drive organisational development and serve as a trusted partner across the business.

You will lead change programmes, manage employee relations, and champion an inclusive culture while analysing HR data to enable evidence-based decisions and sustainable performance.

Formación

• Significant HR experience within a large, complex operation.
• Experience as Senior HRBP or equivalent leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER practices.
• Proven ability to lead organisational change and transformations.
• Experience in talent development and employee engagement initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and data-informed decision making.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with senior leaders to develop HR strategies aligned to regional and business objectives.
• Provide expert guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, and talent management.
• Lead complex employee relations matters with fair, compliant outcomes.
• Support organisational change programmes, restructures, and transformations.
• Drive talent acquisition, succession planning, retention, and leadership development.
• Champion employee engagement and foster an inclusive high-performing culture.
• Analyse people data and HR metrics to identify trends and risks.
• Collaborate with Reward, L&D, and Recruitment to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and company policies.

Conocimientos

Strategic HR leadership

Employee relations

People data analytics

Stakeholder management

Organisational design

Change management

Educación

CIPD Level 7

HR degree

Descripción del empleo

Arriva UK Bus is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Senior HR Business Partner to play a key role in delivering our people strategy across our Southern Counties region. Reporting to the HR People Operations Director, you will be a trusted advisor to senior operational leaders, providing strategic HR guidance and driving initiatives that support business performance, employee engagement, organisational development, and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly capable HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building high-performing teams and creating positive workplace cultures.

About the Role

As Senior HR Business Partner, you will act as a key strategic partner to the operational business, ensuring HR initiatives are aligned with business objectives. You will support significant people projects, lead organisational change programmes, and provide expert advice on all aspects of employment relations and people management. You will play a pivotal role in developing management capability, supporting talent development, and ensuring the delivery of a professional, customer-focused HR service.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and implement HR strategies aligned to regional and business objectives.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, talent management, employee relations, and change management.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Support organisational change programmes, restructures, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive talent acquisition, succession planning, retention, and leadership development activities.
• Champion employee engagement initiatives and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Analyse people data and HR metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with central HR functions including Reward, Learning & Development, and Recruitment to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies, and best practice HR standards.
• Promote Arriva's values and support the continuous improvement of people processes across the business.

About You

We're looking for a strategic HR professional with the credibility and expertise to influence at a senior level and deliver impactful people solutions.

• You will have: Significant HR experience within a large and complex operational environment.
• Proven experience in a Senior HR Business Partner or equivalent leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Experience leading organisational change, restructuring, and transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable success in talent management, organisational development, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge and influence constructively.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make evidence-based recommendations.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification (or equivalent experience) is highly desirable.
• A degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline is desirable.

Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day. The activities of Arriva are divided into four business units: UK Bus, UK Trains, The Netherlands and Mainland Europe. Arriva has passenger transport operations in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and also operates a rolling stock leasing company in Romania.