Burman Recruitment
HR Partner
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HR Partner
Location: Hybrid working
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
Contract: Fixed Term - 6-month FTC
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced HR Partner to provide a proactive, customer-focused HR service, partnering with leaders across academic and professional services. You'll support a wide range of people initiatives, organisational change programmes and complex employee relations matters while helping deliver the organisation's People Strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior managers to provide strategic and operational HR advice.
- Manage complex Employee Relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, sickness, performance, redundancy and organisational change.
- Support restructuring, workforce planning and change management initiatives.
- Lead on safeguarding-related HR matters and ensure compliance with statutory guidance.
- Coach and support managers on people management and employment legislation.
- Develop and implement HR policies and best practice.
- Build positive relationships with Trade Unions and support consultation processes.
- Lead HR projects and contribute to continuous service improvement.
- Line manage and develop HR team members.
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About You
You'll have:
- Previous HR Business Partner or HR Manager experience within a complex, unionised environment.
- Strong Employee Relations experience, including complex case management.
- Excellent knowledge of UK employment law.
- Experience supporting organisational change and culture initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills.
- The confidence to build relationships and challenge constructively where appropriate.
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Desirable
- Experience within Higher or Further Education.
- Knowledge of safeguarding within an education setting.
- Experience with job evaluation and workforce planning.
- Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent).
Please note: This role requires an Enhanced DBS check due to safeguarding responsibilities.
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