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HR Business Partner
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An exciting opportunity to join a community focused, not-for-profit organisation who are currently seeking a HR Business Partner (maternity cover), to join their busy department.
Welcoming team in a pleasant, stimulating work environment.
Your New Role
As HR Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering a value-adding, customer-focused people service across the organisation. You'll partner with managers at all levels, providing expert guidance across the full HR remit while line-managing the HR Advisor and supporting apprentices. This is a role where you'll influence, coach, challenge and shape people practices, ensuring the business attracts, develops and retains high-quality talent.
To be a success, it is essential you have highly developed advisory and influencing skills and proven experience operating as a trusted business partner.
Main responsibilities include:
- HR partnering - coach, mentor and advise managers on complex HR matters, ensuring compliance and minimising risk.
- Employee relations - lead on attendance, grievance, disciplinary and performance management cases, ensuring consistency and best practice.
- Policy development - review, update and embed HR policies in line with legislation and organisational needs.
- Stakeholder engagement - build strong relationships with managers, colleagues, trade unions and external partners.
- Change management - advise on restructures, organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Workforce planning - support managers to plan future capability needs and recruit colleagues aligned to organisational values.
- HR metrics & reporting - analyse data, identify trends and provide monthly statistics including absence and turnover.
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Line Management
- HR systems oversight - ensure accurate, secure and compliant record-keeping in line with data protection requirements.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience) with strong operational HR delivery experience.
- Substantial experience in all aspects of employee relations - including discipline, grievance, absence and performance management.
- Experience reporting to/working with Senior Management, Boards or Committees and Unions.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to present / challenge information and to operate in a business partnering capacity.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues and internal and external customers.
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Benefits
- Opportunity to shape and influence people strategy across a values-driven organisation.
- Autonomy to lead on key HR initiatives and projects.
- 24 days holiday plus BH
- Pension Contribution (4 ½ - 6% employer contribution)
- Flexible/Hybrid Working
- Free Parking
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- A role that offers genuine impact, visibility and progression potential.
- Plus, others.
What you need to do now
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