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About The Company
The Portfolio Group is a renowned international recruitment and talent solutions provider specializing in connecting top-tier professionals with leading organizations across various sectors. With a strong reputation for delivering tailored recruitment strategies, The Portfolio Group supports clients in industries such as engineering, infrastructure, technology, and consultancy. Committed to excellence, integrity, and innovation, the company prides itself on fostering long-term partnerships and delivering exceptional value to both clients and candidates. Their global reach and deep industry expertise enable them to identify and attract the best talent, ensuring organizations meet their strategic objectives and sustain competitive advantage.
About The Role
We are delighted to be partnering with a leading international engineering and project management organization as they continue to strengthen their People function with the appointment of an experienced People Business Partner. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a dynamic, high-profile environment that plays a critical role in delivering complex, high-value programs across highly regulated sectors. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing strategic HR guidance and hands-on support across the full employee lifecycle.
The People Business Partner will be instrumental in shaping and executing the organization’s people strategies, influencing decision-making processes, and ensuring best practices are embedded throughout the business. This role combines strategic influence with operational delivery, requiring a proactive, commercially minded HR professional who is adept at managing complex employee relations, organizational change, workforce planning, and talent initiatives. The position offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on both business performance and employee experience.
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Qualifications
- CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent, with Chartered CIPD membership.
- Proven experience as a senior HR or People Business Partner, ideally within consultancy, engineering, infrastructure, nuclear, or other highly regulated project-based environments.
- Extensive expertise in employee relations, including managing complex and sensitive cases independently.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application in a corporate setting.
- Experience supporting organizational change, restructuring, and transformation initiatives.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels.
- Analytical skills with proficiency in using people data to support strategic decision-making.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to develop and implement people plans aligned with overall business objectives, ensuring strategic coherence and operational effectiveness.
- Provide expert HR advice and challenge to stakeholders at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
- Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary procedures, grievances, performance management, absence issues, restructures, redundancies, and TUPE processes.
- Support organizational change initiatives, workforce planning, and transformation programs to drive business agility and resilience.
- Analyze people data and trends to inform strategic decisions, identify risks, and uncover opportunities for talent development and process enhancement.
- Champion consistency and best practices across HR policies, processes, and practices to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
- Coach and develop managers to build leadership capabilities and effective people management skills, fostering a high-performance culture.
- Contribute to wider HR projects, including organizational design, talent management, diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) initiatives, and process optimization.
- Promote the use of technology, data analytics, and emerging tools such as AI to enhance HR services and support business outcomes.
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Benefits
- Competitive base salary of £75,000 per annum.
- Car allowance of £5,000 annually.
- Hybrid working model with regular presence in a modern Central London office located in Covent Garden.
- Opportunity to influence and shape strategic people initiatives at a senior level.
- Exposure to complex and meaningful projects within a growing international organization.
- A collaborative and innovative culture that values expertise, continuous learning, and improvement.
- Access to professional development resources and career progression opportunities.
Equal Opportunity
The Portfolio Group and its client are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity and equal opportunity. They believe that a diverse workforce enhances innovation and performance, and they actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristic protected by law. The organization is dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable recruitment process and a supportive working environment for all employees.
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