Senior HR Business Partner - Multi-Site Hospitality

Watergate Bay Hotel; Newquay; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Watergate Bay Hotel is seeking a Lead HR Business Partner to join our team, spanning multiple sites around Newquay. This senior role blends strategic HR leadership with hands-on execution to drive people performance, culture, and organisational effectiveness in a fast-paced hospitality setting.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape the people strategy across sites, guide HR best practices and employment law, and lead engagement and talent initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior HR role, ideally within hospitality, retail, or a multi-site environment.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to influence at senior leadership level.
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex employee relations and organisational change.
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior operational leaders to deliver the HR strategy.
• Drive our training agenda.
• Drive engagement, culture, and performance across a multi-site operation.
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations, risk management, and UK employment law.
• Support organisational change, restructures, and transformation programmes.
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making and improve business outcomes.
• Support workforce planning, talent development, and succession initiatives.

Skills

Senior HR leadership

Resilience & adaptability

Commercial acumen

Employee relations

Change management

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Watergate Bay Hotel is seeking a Lead HR Business Partner to join our team, spanning multiple sites around Newquay. This senior role blends strategic HR leadership with hands-on execution to drive people performance, culture, and organisational effectiveness in a fast-paced hospitality setting.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape the people strategy across sites, guide HR best practices and employment law, and lead engagement and talent initiatives.