HR Business Partner - London Locations

HRLife are excited to be supporting a well-known business to find a proactive HR Business Partner for three of their key London locations. You will be responsible for building great relationships, adding value, and supporting employees and managers through a period of change.

Role Overview

Reporting to the HR Director, you will partner with key stakeholders to support the delivery of strategic and operational people initiatives, providing HR Business Partner support across the full employee lifecycle. Ideally, you'll have experience of working in a multi-site business and have previously worked with hourly paid populations and shift working environments. This is a great opportunity to really make your mark, bring ideas, embed new ways of working, and contribute to the performance of the business.

This is a broad generalist role where no two days are the same and therefore requires someone who is flexible, data-driven, and can get into the detail and work operationally as well as think strategically.

Key Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, influencing business decisions through a people-focused lens and partnering on key strategic priorities and high-impact projects
• Leading the development and execution of the people agenda, designing initiatives that drive performance, accelerate business growth, and enhance organizational capability
• Owning all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including absence management, complex ER cases, workforce planning, learning and development, talent, and performance management
• Providing strategic direction and insight on organizational design, coaching leaders to manage change effectively and mitigate risk
• Acting as a trusted advisor and coach on complex employee relations matters, guiding managers and employees inline with employment law and company policies
• Managing the end-to-end onboarding experience, ensuring new starters are fully integrated and inducted effectively to ensure high engagement and retention
• Partnering with Centres of Excellence to design and implement company-wide HR initiatives, translating organizational strategy into actionable, people-focused solutions
• Driving a data-led approach by leveraging HR metrics and analytics to generate actionable insights, measure people performance, and inform strategic decision-making, enabling leaders to improve outcomes and drive business results
• Supporting organizational development initiatives, collaborating with the HR Director to design, plan, and execute change programs that enhance business performance and employee experience
• Delivering and embedding HR projects and initiatives
• Driving continuous improvement in employee relations practices, coaching managers to make the right decisions on complex ER cases
• Leading the execution of the annual engagement strategy, ensuring high visibility, robust stakeholder engagement, and measurable impact through Employee Opinion Surveys, Pulse Surveys, Exit Surveys, and the implementation of resulting action plans
• Championing the employee recognition programme, ensuring it's embedded effectively
• Influencing and guiding leaders to create a culture of listening and continuous learning to adopt best practices and foster a high-trust, high-performance environment
• Managing and developing the HR Co-ordinator