Strategic People Business Partner

Transport for Greater Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave starting at 28

Free travel on buses across Greater UK

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Pension scheme with life cover of 3x

Flexible and hybrid working

Job summary

Transport for Greater Manchester is seeking a Strategic People Business Partner to act as the senior People interface for an allocated function, working directly with the Exec team to provide independent, evidence-based advice and challenge.

You will translate business priorities into workforce and organisation design, lead complex change and strategic People programmes, and bring together expertise from across People teams and wider corporate functions to deliver joined-up solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior People/HR business partnering experience in a large, complex, unionised organisation.
• Experience translating business strategy into people/workforce plans and leading organisational change.
• Strong organisational design and workforce planning capability with commercial awareness, sound employment relations knowledge, and excellent communication skills.
• A relevant degree or equivalent experience, and MCIPD/FCIPD or equivalent are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and constructive challenge to senior leaders.
• Translate business priorities into workforce, organisational design, leadership, capability, culture and colleague priorities.
• Use workforce analytics and organisational insight to identify risks and opportunities and lead complex change.
• Bring together expertise from across People teams and wider corporate functions to deliver joined-up solutions.

Skills

Senior stakeholder management

Strategic People partner

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Communication skills

Employment relations

Education

Degree or equivalent

MCIPD/FCIPD or equivalent

Job description

Are you an experienced strategic People professional who can turn organisational priorities into practical workforce solutions, influence at senior level, and use evidence to shape complex decisions?

We’re looking for a Strategic People Business Partner to join TfGM’s People Directorate. Working closely with senior leaders, you’ll provide strategic advice and constructive challenge, shape and deliver people priorities, and lead complex organisational change and strategic People activity.

Your Role

As Strategic People Business Partner, you’ll be the senior People interface for an allocated function, working directly with our Exec team, building trusted relationships with senior leaders while providing independent, evidence-based advice and challenge.

You’ll translate business priorities into workforce, organisational design, leadership, capability, culture, inclusion, and colleague priorities. You’ll use workforce analytics and organisational insight to identify risks and opportunities, lead complex change and transformation, and bring together expertise from across our specialist People teams and wider corporate functions to deliver joined-up solutions.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

You’ll join TfGM’s People Directorate, working across our People teams and alongside senior leaders throughout the organisation.

This is an opportunity to influence people priorities at a strategic level, contributing to workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, transformation, leadership capability, inclusion, culture, and colleague experience. You’ll work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, bringing together the right expertise to support the delivery of TfGM’s priorities.

What you'll bring

You’ll bring extensive senior People/HR business partnering experience gained in a large, complex, unionised organisation, with a strong track record of influencing and constructively challenging senior leaders.

You’ll have significant experience of translating business strategy into people and workforce plans, leading organisational change and strategic People programmes, and using workforce insight to influence decisions. You’ll combine strong organisational design and workforce planning capability with commercial awareness, sound employment relations knowledge, and excellent communication skills.

A relevant degree or equivalent experience, and MCIPD/FCIPD or equivalent are essential.

What we can offer you

This is an opportunity to have a strategic impact across TfGM, working alongside senior leaders on complex workforce, organisational, and transformation priorities.

This is a permanent role with a salary of £61,586 - £69,319 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel for your commute, and access to our Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
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