Senior HR Business Partner

We're looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to support a large-scale operational business across the South of the UK. This is a highly visible role where you'll work directly with leaders and employees, influencing business decisions, driving engagement, and navigating complex people challenges.

This is not a role for someone who prefers to stay behind a desk. You'll spend the majority of your time out in the business, building relationships, coaching managers, supporting organisational change, and ensuring people strategies deliver meaningful results.

This role suits a business partner who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, has strong employee relations expertise, and are comfortable operating in a unionised environment.

What You'll Be Doing

As the senior HR lead for your business areas, you will:

• Partner with operational and senior leaders to drive people performance and business outcomes
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from recruitment to exit
• Lead complex employee and industrial relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance and consultation processes
• Build and maintain effective relationships with recognised trade unions
• Support organisational change initiatives, restructures and succession planning
• Provide expert advice on TUPE transfers and people-related risks
• Coach and develop managers to confidently handle day-to-day people matters
• Drive employee engagement and retention initiatives
• Act as a trusted advisor, challenging and influencing stakeholders where appropriate
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across HR processes and practices