HR Business Partner

Overview

As an HR Business Partner, you will partner with leaders across a national charity to provide strategic HR advice and coaching on complex people matters. You will lead a team of HR Advisers, ensuring high-quality service, and drive change initiatives such as TUPE and restructures in collaboration with cross-functional teams. You’ll align people plans with the wider HR strategy while supporting managers to build capability and confidence. This role offers meaningful impact in a socially focused organisation with a strong emphasis on collaboration and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and managers across the organisation to provide expert HR support
• Coach and develop managers to enhance their people management capability
• Lead and develop a team of HR Advisers to deliver a high-quality HR service
• Lead on complex change processes, including TUPE transfers and restructures
• Work collaboratively across HR, Services, and Implementation teams to implement change
• Ensure activities align with the wider people strategy and HR best practices

Key requirements

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent HR experience
• Experience delivering a business partnering service in a large, complex national organisation
• Experience in the not-for-profit sector
• Experience managing complex employee relations and organisational change (TUPE and restructures)
• Experience working with trade unions and/or staff representatives
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to coach and develop managers

• relationship-building
• coaching ability
• influencing skills
• clear communication
• stakeholder management

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