Oakleaf Partnership
HR Business Partner - 9 month FTC
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HR Business Partner - 9 month FTC
Oakleaf Partnership is partnering with a fast-growing, private equity-backed financial services business to appoint an experienced HR Business Partner.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a business at a pivotal stage of its growth. Following a period of significant expansion, the organisation is investing in its People function and is looking for a commercially focused HR Business Partner to support senior leaders across a client-facing division.
Reporting into the Chief People Officer, you'll act as a trusted adviser across the full employee lifecycle, partnering with stakeholders to deliver pragmatic HR solutions that support business performance. This is a broad generalist role, combining strategic business partnering with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Key responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to provide commercially focused HR support aligned to business objectives.
- Build trusted relationships, coaching and influencing managers on a broad range of people matters.
- Lead on complex employee relations cases, providing pragmatic, solutions-focused advice.
- Drive performance management and support the development of high-performing teams.
- Support organisational design, talent and succession planning initiatives.
- Review, develop and implement HR policies and people processes.
- Coach managers to build leadership capability and confidence.
- Contribute to wider people projects, organisational change initiatives and continuous improvement across the HR function.
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About you
We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner who enjoys working closely with the business and building credibility with senior stakeholders.
You'll bring:
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- Proven HR Business Partner experience within a fast-paced environment.
- Strong employee relations expertise.
- Experience coaching and influencing managers and senior leaders.
- A track record of delivering people initiatives that support business objectives.
- A commercially minded, pragmatic approach with the confidence to challenge constructively.
- The ability to balance strategic partnering with a hands-on, delivery-focused mindset.
- Experience within Financial Services or another regulated environment would be highly advantageous.
What's on offer
- Salary circa £80,000
- Hybrid working (3 days per week in the office).
- Flexible location - Leeds, Harrogate, Brighton or London
- The opportunity to work closely with an experienced Chief People Officer and play a key role in shaping the People agenda during an exciting period of growth.
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