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This role is home-based, with nationwide travel expected

Salary up to £50,000 plus company car or car allowance

40 hours per week Monday – Friday

About the role:

As a HR Business Partner (HRBP), your role is to provide a strategic HR service to senior managers, fostering a culture of empowerment within operational management. You will actively contribute to the HR agenda and participate in regional and divisional operational meetings. Additionally, you will play a key role in developing HR policies, procedures, and operational strategies to align with the Companies goals and objectives. Your main locations will cover Milton Keynes, Peterborough, South Cambs, Rotherham, Darlington, Leeds, and Gloucester.

Principal Accountabilities:

• To provide clear and concise strategic advice to senior management covering all aspects of workforce planning, talent management, performance management, succession planning, and organisational design.
• Manage end to end TUPE processes, ensuring legal compliance and smooth employee transitions during business transfers, mobilisations, and demobilisations
• Lead on restructures from planning through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, effective stakeholder engagement, and compliance with employment legislation.
• Provide expert advice, guidance, and hands on support on complex employee relations matters, including dispute resolution, grievance handling, disciplinary processes, and conflict management.
• Support and guide senior management in developing effective trade union relationships, and, where appropriate, establish positive and productive employee forums to foster open communication and collaboration.
• Partner with leadership to design and implement employee engagement and retention strategies that enhance organisational performance.
• Ensure all HR policies, procedures, and practices are aligned with operational requirements and local agreements.
• Collaborate with Management teams to create people plans and support the identification and development of succession pipelines.
• Leverage HR data and workforce analytics to inform strategic decision making, identify emerging trends, and recommend targeted interventions that support business objectives.
• Experience of providing remote and face-face employment advice to managers at all levels
• Full driving licence and be able to travel nationwide
• Experience of working within the public and private sector to include local government, central government and housing associations / management
• Experience of large restructure and change management programmes
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and managing multiple work streams effectively
• Experience in all key areas of the principal accountabilities
• You will have current experience working across the whole HR function and have up to date knowledge on employment law
• In depth knowledge and experience of operating at a senior management level in HR
• Ability to empower, influence and persuade senior management on complex HR employee relations issues
• Significant Regional HR experience
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Problem solving, analytical and negotiation skills
• Customer focused and driven to provide good customer service
• MCIPD qualified/membership & current experience of working across the whole HR function
• Be able to evidence experience and knowledge of small- and large-scale entire TUPE processes

Benefits we can offer you:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holiday
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
• Family friendly policies

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your license over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.