Junior HR Business Partner

We are seeking an experienced, proactive, and commercially minded Junior HR Business Partner to join a fast-paced professional services organisation and play a key role in supporting its people strategy. This role would be an ideal fit for a Senior HR Advisor looking for their next step or an existing Junior HRBP looking for an exciting role within a successfully growing business.

This is a broad and varied generalist HR role, ideal for an HR professional who enjoys working closely with managers and stakeholders, providing practical and credible advice across the full employee lifecycle. This role requires a candidate who is confident and experienced using management information (MI), data, and analytics to identify trends, provide insight, and influence key business decisions.

You will work closely with the HR Manager and other HR professionals to deliver high-quality HR support, strengthen people practices, and contribute to key HR initiatives in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment. The role is for someone with experience in a busy professional services environment that has an emphasis on people and collaboration.

Salary: Up to £40,000
Location: Southend
Hybrid: 3 days in office/2 days working from home

Duties and responsibilities

• Providing professional, commercially focused HR advice and guidance to managers across the employee lifecycle.
• Supporting, coaching, and guiding managers with employee relations matters, including absence, disciplinary, grievance, welfare, and performance cases.
• Advising on HR policies, procedures, and processes, ensuring compliance.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders and partnering with managers to support effective people management and business performance.
• Analysing HR MI, people data, and KPIs, and identifying trends and translating data into meaningful insight and recommendations that support and influence the business.
• Development of HR dashboards, reporting, and people metrics.
• Assisting with recruitment and attraction activity, including pre-screening, interview coordination, salary benchmarking, and employer branding.
• Supporting reward and compensation activity, including pay reviews, bonus administration, and market benchmarking.
• Preparing accurate HR documentation, contracts, letters, and employee correspondence.
• Supporting onboarding, payroll-related processes, and wider HR administration.
• Supporting continuous improvement of HR processes, policies, and practices.
• Supporting learning and development initiatives and identifying development needs across the business.
• Supporting employee engagement activities, including surveys, focus groups, and feedback initiatives.