Senior HR Business Partner

Ipsum; Warrington; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension plan

Career development & qualifications

Virtual GP & mental health support

Cycle to Work

Discount club

Life assurance

Long service awards

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Ipsum is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to lead HR strategy for a defined North West region, partnering with senior leaders to drive business performance through effective people strategies.

You will oversee workforce planning, organisational development, employee engagement, leadership capability, and change management, delivering a high‑quality HR service while ensuring statutory compliance and policy adherence.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of employment law and partnering with leaders to drive people strategies.
• Experience leading organisational change, restructures, and TUPE processes; payroll exposure is beneficial.
• Experience using HR analytics to inform decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver people strategies aligned to business goals and regional priorities.
• Provide expert guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and organisational effectiveness.
• Coach and support leaders to strengthen leadership capability, people management skills, and team performance.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Drive organisational change initiatives, including restructures, acquisitions, integrations, and TUPE transfers.
• Support talent management, succession planning, and the attraction, development, and retention of key talent.
• Lead employee engagement, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion initiatives to enhance culture and employee experience.
• Utilise people data, HR systems, and workforce analytics to provide insight and inform business decision‑making.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, payroll governance, and HR best practice while driving continuous improvement across HR service delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Coaching leadership

Employee relations

HR analytics

HR systems

Excel

PeopleHR

Change management

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

PeopleHR

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: North West including regular business travel

Employment type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: Monday to Friday

What’s In It For You…

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
• 24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more !
• Life assurance cover
• Long service recognition
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Paid volunteering opportunities in your community

About The Role…

As the Senior HR Business Partner, you will act as the strategic HR lead for a defined region within the Ipsum Power Division, partnering closely with senior operational leaders to drive business performance through effective people strategies. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will provide commercially focused HR leadership across workforce planning, organisational development, employee engagement, leadership capability, and change management, ensuring divisional priorities are successfully translated into local action.

You will serve as a trusted advisor on all aspects of the employee lifecycle, balancing strategic influence with hands‑on operational support. Working alongside HR Business Partners and the Shared Services HR Administration Team, you will drive a high‑performing and inclusive culture, support organisational change, ensure compliance with employment legislation and company policies, and deliver a consistent, high‑quality HR service that enables business success.

As a Senior HR Business Partner you will…

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the people agenda across your region, partnering with leaders to drive business performance, organisational effectiveness, and employee engagement. You will combine strategic influence with operational excellence, ensuring people initiatives support both current and future business objectives.

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver people strategies aligned to business goals and regional priorities.
• Provide expert guidance on organisational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and organisational effectiveness.
• Coach and support leaders to strengthen leadership capability, people management skills, and team performance.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Drive organisational change initiatives, including restructures, acquisitions, integrations, and TUPE transfers.
• Support talent management, succession planning, and the attraction, development, and retention of key talent.
• Lead employee engagement, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion initiatives to enhance culture and employee experience.
• Utilise people data, HR systems, and workforce analytics to provide insight and inform business decision‑making.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies, payroll governance, and HR best practice while driving continuous improvement across HR service delivery.

About You…

You will be a commercially focused HR professional with significant experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner or HR Business Partner within a complex, multi‑site environment. CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent), you will have a strong understanding of employment law and a proven track record of partnering with senior leaders to drive people strategies that support business objectives. You will be experienced in leading organisational change, restructures and TUPE processes, with exposure to acquisition integrations being advantageous. Strong employee relations expertise, including managing complex cases, is essential, along with experience overseeing payroll activities and using HR analytics to inform decision‑making.

You will be an influential relationship builder with excellent stakeholder management, coaching and leadership skills. Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment, you will possess strong organisational skills, exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to data integrity. Proficiency with HR systems, ideally PeopleHR or a similar HRIS platform, alongside strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills, is required. A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK are essential for this role.

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