Nigel Wright Recruitment
HR Business Partner (Team Lead)
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HR Business Partner (Team Lead)
The Opportunity
We're partnering with a growing, multi-site organisation that is going through a significant period of transformation, integration and modernisation. Following a number of acquisitions and a recent move towards a single business structure, the People team is playing a key role in driving change, improving consistency and raising leadership capability across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional to step into a broad leadership role, reporting to the Director of People and managing a small HR team. The role is initially a 12 month FTC and offers genuine scope to influence, shape the function and make a lasting impact. This isn't a traditional HR operations role. The focus is on developing the People team, building manager capability and helping move the function from a reactive service model to a true business partnering approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a small team of People Advisors and HR administration colleagues.
- Support the development of the People team, empowering them to become more proactive business partners.
- Act as the escalation point for complex employee relations issues and provide expert employment law guidance.
- Build management capability, helping leaders become more confident and self-sufficient in managing people matters.
- Drive improvements to people processes, systems and overall service delivery.
- Support business-wide change, organisational design, restructures and TUPE activity.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to deliver practical people solutions aligned to business goals.
- Contribute to culture, engagement and leadership initiatives as part of the wider management team.
- Use data and insight to identify opportunities for improvement and drive business performance.
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Ideal candidate
- Previous experience as a Senior HR Business Partner, HR Manager, People Operations Manager or similar.
- Proven line management experience and a passion for coaching and developing others.
- Strong employee relations expertise and sound employment law knowledge.
- Experience operating within fast-paced, changing environments.
- Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with a hands-on approach.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience of organisational change, transformation, integration or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Able to work autonomously, take ownership and quickly build credibility with both managers and colleagues.
- CIPD qualification desirable.
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Summary
This is a rare opportunity to join a business at a genuinely exciting point in its journey. You'll inherit a well-regarded People function, lead and develop a capable HR team, and play a key role in shaping how the organisation supports its managers and employees in the future. This role will be based from a brand new Leeds office and offers flexible hybrid working options. If you're looking for a role where you can make a visible impact, develop your leadership credentials and help drive meaningful change in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply asap or get in touch for more details as this role will move at pace.
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