Human Resources Business Partner

We're looking for a confident and capable HR Business Partner, with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role, ideally within a large, complex organisation. This is a fully remote position with required travel nation wide on a very rare occasion, perfect for a proactive HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environments and has solid experience managing complex employee relations (ER) cases end-to-end. You'll partner with senior stakeholders across multiple business units, providing strategic and operational HR support that drives performance, engagement, and compliance. A deep understanding of HR best practices, employment law and solutions focused mindset is essential.

Duties to include:

• Provide specialist advice to the Bid team on HR elements of Bid proposals.
• Manage and coach direct reports in line with agreed objectives to deliver effective people solutions.

• Identify HR priorities from business requirements and plans translating them into effective HR practices and delivering people solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Provide strategic advice to leaders on optimal organisational models, reporting structures, and job roles to meet current and future business needs. Identifying and implementing workforce planning and talent management solutions aligned to organisational design.
• Influence leaders on HR trends and issues, helping to shape policies, projects and initiatives that enhance business performance.
• Define requirements and implement initiatives involving specialist colleagues for workforce planning, employee relations, organisation design, talent management.
• Providing expert HR advice and guidance to managers and colleagues on HR matters including complex casework, TUPE, performance, attendance and employee relations issues ensuring alignment with UK legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure efficient and effective management of people policies and procedures specifically regarding disciplinary and absence management; reporting and mitigating business risk.
• Proactive management of absence in liaison with Occupational Health and H&S/Wellbeing programmes; reducing absence and associated costs.
• Upskill and coach managers to independently conduct employee relations casework based on the circumstances of the case and business risk.
• Review and develop people policies in line with business need ensuring alignment with UK legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with managers to embed the performance management processes, ensuring that performance reviews and feedback are timely, constructive, and aligned with business needs
• Support managers with recruitment of key senior roles by participating in interviews and advising managers on recruitment decisions.
• Utilise HR data and analytics to make informed decisions and recommend improvements to HR processes, people strategies, and business performance.
• Provide specialist advice to the Bid team on HR elements of Bid proposals.
• Manage and coach direct reports in line with agreed objectives to deliver effective people solutions.

The ideal candidate will have:

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent HR qualification.
• Breadth of knowledge and business acumen obtained from significant experience of working in a HR Manager or Business Partner role.
• Experience of a variety of industries, public or private sector, with exposure to growth businesses and/or acquisitions.
• Experience of working in a unionised environment.
• Up-to-date practical application of current employment legislation including TUPE.

Leading and contributing to organisational development and change programs

What's in it for you?

• 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 28 days with service + bank holidays
• Pension scheme up to 6% of salary
• Car allowance - £6,143 per year
• Private medical insurance
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
• Employee referral programme
• Access to staff discounts with retailers

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