Job Summary
Part‑time HR Business Partner – Hockley (covering clients within Essex). 21 hours a week – 3 days onsite. Salary: £45,000‑£60,000 (pro‑rata).
Responsibilities
- To work collaboratively with HR Service Delivery, partner with fellow HR Business Partners and Senior HRBPs to deliver a comprehensive, high‑quality operational HR service that enhances manager capability, promotes HR best practices, and upholds a strong HR customer brand across the business, embedding the overall People strategy to aligned business area.
- Responsible for the executing and implementation of core Strategic HR initiatives with the Senior HRBP, covering talent and succession planning, performance management, reward and recognition, wellbeing, engagement, policy development, resourcing, and organisational effectiveness.
- Engage with key stakeholders for aligned business areas supporting the business transformation agenda. Deliver change management support, advise on business improvement initiatives, procedures and policy that enhance organisational effectiveness, optimise performance, and strengthen employee engagement across the business.
- Proactively apply, monitor, analyse, and interpret HR metrics and management information, providing data‑driven insights and actionable recommendations to the Senior HRBPs to drive improvement and business performance.
- Partner with the ER and case management team to ensure alignment with policy application, maintain knowledge of challenging ER matters and act as the escalation point for complex or high‑risk matters to safeguard the business's reputation.
- Work in collaboration with HR colleagues such as the wider Partnering community, COEs and Learning to design and deliver targeted HR training and guidance to build manager competence and confidence in people management, ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance with HR policies and practices.
- Accountable for the promotion of effective use of HR systems and processes with line manager, signposting and assist with knowledge development to improve data integrity, and the overall employee experience.
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders, assess headcount requirements against budget and work with the recruitment team to support resourcing needs, ensuring timely, high‑quality delivery and alignment with organisational workforce plans.
Qualifications
- Part or fully CIPD qualified (Level 5 or above).
- Experience of stakeholder partnering, to elevate the employee work experience and fulfilment through work.
- Broad generalist HR experience including managing relationships, performance management, knowledge of current UK employment legislation, employee relations, TUPE, redundancies & restructures.
- Knowledge of change management and ability to assist with large inter‑departmental projects.
- Business and commercial awareness.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- High level of interpersonal skills with the ability to work with various management teams, building effective relationships to be able to objectively challenge and influence change.
- Ability to analyse and interpret key HR metrics and management information to diagnose business / organisation / employee relations / engagement issues.
- Continuous learning attitude in order to develop skills further for future succession planning.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working in line with role requirements.
- An inclusive workplace.
- Excellent package with solid basic, strong bonus and company benefits including:
- Competitive holiday entitlement, two days special leave per annum for volunteering, additional holiday purchase scheme, flexible retirement plan, wellbeing schemes to support your physical, emotional and financial health including Employee Assistance Programme, financial protection, life cover and will writing, medical protection, gym, travel and retail discounts, and more.
- Company car / car allowance (role‑specific), cycle to work scheme.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunities employer. We are open to discussing adjustments.