Employee Relations Business Partner

Overview

As Senior HR Business Partner you collaborate with leaders to align people strategies with business goals, driving workforce planning, change, and talent initiatives. You’ll manage complex employee relations and coach managers on best practices to mitigate risk. You’ll support HR operations across the full employee lifecycle and lead projects to improve processes, embracing technology and AI to boost efficiency. This role sits at the core of people strategy in a complex organisation and offers meaningful impact through cross‑functional influence.

Pay / Benefits

• generous benefits
• car allowance

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to provide expert HR guidance and support objectives
• Manage complex employee relations cases (discipline, grievances, absence, performance, redundancy, TUPE)
• Oversee HR operations across recruitment to exit and ensure policy adherence
• Lead and support HR projects, change programmes and process improvements
• Review and optimise systems, workflows and ways of working; promote technology/AI
• Analyse HR data and produce insights to inform decision-making
• Ensure compliance with confidentiality and HSEQ standards

Key requirements

• CIPD Level 7 qualified and Chartered CIPD member
• Senior HRBP experience in a complex organisation
• Strong employee relations background with handling complex cases
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Exposure to organisational change and HR projects
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and coaching skills
• Ability to analyse HR data and support decision-making
• Independent with discretion and sound judgement

• stakeholder management
• coaching
• clear communication
• HR data analysis
• HR policy and compliance
• change management

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