Strategic HRBP

Leaman Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Leaman Consulting partners with a values-driven, community-based organisation to recruit a relationship-led HR Business Partner. The role is embedded within communities, focused on strategic partnership, presence and trust rather than transactional HR work.

You will work with senior leaders to strengthen culture, leadership capability and employee experience through thoughtful, relational HR support and coaching. Hybrid working is offered, with on-site days and flexible time.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR Business Partner or senior HR advisory roles.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management.
• Calm, emotionally intelligent and professional approach.
• Ability to influence with diplomacy and credibility.
• Experience in complex, values-led or community-focused environments.
• Proactive, visible and solutions-oriented working style.
• Excellent communication and professional judgement.
• Ability to navigate sensitive situations with warmth and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships across a portfolio of communities and departments.
• Spend time visibly embedded within communities, understanding local dynamics and leadership needs.
• Support managers with people development, team effectiveness, onboarding, wellbeing and performance conversations.
• Provide coaching and practical guidance to stakeholders navigating people challenges and organisational change.
• Act as a connector between central HR and operational teams, ensuring consistency and trust.
• Support a culture of dignity, professionalism and psychological safety across the organisation.
• Escalate formal ER matters appropriately while maintaining supportive local relationships.
• Contribute to wider HR transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job description

A beautifully positioned opportunity has arisen for a relationship-led HR Business Partner to join a highly values-driven, community-based organisation undergoing an exciting transformation in its people function.

This is not a traditional operational HRBP role. Instead, this position is centred around presence, partnership and trust - supporting leaders across a network of established communities and acting as a visible, strategic people partner embedded within the organisation.

Working closely with senior stakeholders and leadership teams, you will play a key role in strengthening organisational culture, leadership capability and employee experience through thoughtful, relational HR support.

This role would suit an emotionally intelligent and commercially aware HR professional who enjoys building genuine relationships, working autonomously and influencing with warmth, credibility and calm authority.

The successful candidate will:

• Build trusted relationships across a portfolio of communities and departments


• Spend time visibly embedded within communities, developing an understanding of local dynamics and leadership needs


• Support managers and leaders with people development, team effectiveness, onboarding, wellbeing and performance conversations


• Provide coaching and practical guidance to stakeholders navigating people challenges and organisational change


• Act as a key connector between central HR and operational teams, ensuring consistency, alignment and trust


• Support a culture of dignity, professionalism and psychological safety across the organisation


• Escalate formal ER matters appropriately while maintaining supportive local relationships


• Contribute to wider HR transformation and continuous improvement initiatives

This role is intentionally non-transactional in focus. Recruitment, formal employee relations, payroll and policy ownership sit elsewhere within the HR function, allowing this position to focus fully on strategic partnership and people engagement.

You will also hold line management responsibility for a junior HR team member, providing guidance, mentoring and operational oversight.

We are looking for:

• Previous experience in a HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor capacity


• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills


• A calm, emotionally intelligent and highly professional approach


• The ability to influence with diplomacy and credibility


• Experience operating within complex, values-led or community-focused environments


• A proactive, visible and solutions-oriented working style


• Excellent communication skills and sound professional judgement


• Someone comfortable navigating sensitive situations with warmth, discretion and appropriate boundaries

The culture is collaborative, people-centred and deeply values-driven. This is an organisation where emotional intelligence, presence and integrity are genuinely valued, and where HR is seen as a trusted partner rather than simply a support function.

Hybrid working is offered, with a minimum of two days per week spent visiting assigned communities, one day in the North Finchley head office, and the remaining time flexible. The role is 35 hours per week Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm and early finishes on Fridays *1pm in the winter and 3pm in the summer months).

I have worked with them many times through the years growing the team and highly recommend them for a long term, sometimes chaotic and busy, but with such a friendly culture, role

Leaman Consulting are an equal opportunities employer.