HR Business Partner

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HR Business Partner (Maternity Cover) - Manchester

Reporting into Hannah Bloxham Group Chief People Officer

At the front line of strategic HR delivery the HR Business Partner acts as the primary point of contact for the business leaders they support and are responsible for collaborating with HR colleagues across the function in deploying the full range of Group and business specific HR products and processes in an integrated fashion to help shape and drive overall business performance. The incumbent will partner with assigned business areas to define people priorities help shape people decisions bringing to life Group business and departmental people-related initiatives in a way that addresses and supports local business challenges.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A HR BUSINESS PARTNER WILL INCLUDE:

• Partner with business leaders to agree relevant people plans and priorities for their business areas aligned to the BFS People Plan and Cluster People plan (if appropriate).
• Work with individual leaders and People Managers to ensure organisation and team design is fit for purpose to meet future business plans ensuring accountabilities are clear and workforce interventions are identified and delivered within headcount/financial budgets.
• Understand and work with People Managers to design plan and implement the people elements of key Business Change projects.
• Drive and implement performance management within the teams working with People Managers ensuring strong performance is rewarded and underperformance is addressed. Coach people managers to develop knowledge and good performance management practice and further embed the PM processes.
• Work with business leaders to help define recruitment requirements and ensure plans are in place to meet business needs. Work proactively with People Managers to support Senior recruitment.
• Support Communication and Engagement implementation activity within the teams including review of Peakon data and agreeing action plans for improvement.
• In line with BFS and Group HR strategies and plans collaborate with Centres of Expertise (CoE) on key people deliverables including talent identification and development learning needs and interventions and application of reward and benefits policies.
• Act as escalation point for complex and contentious employee relations matters working with the relevant advisor/operations colleagues responsible for HR policies in the country in which the matter has arisen.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN OUR IDEAL HR BUSINESS PARTNER:

• Educated to degree level in Human Resources business or a related field or equivalent HR graduate/professional qualification desirable.
• Proven experience in HRbusiness partnering/HR generalist rolesin a commercial context including delivery of support insome orall ofthe following:talentreward employee relations reward andbenefitsandorganisation design and development.
• Knowledge of employment law regulations and best practicesin the countries in which your business leaders areoperating.
• Experienceofpartnering with senior leadersand providing strategic advice and support building andsustaining strong relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Experience with HRIS and other HR-related software.
• Excellent communication interpersonal and problem-solving skillsacross a range of seniorities withinan organisation.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Experienceparticipatingin and leading projectsadvantageousand collaborating with Centres ofExpertiseto provide seamless HR support.

Key Competencies:

• Highly organised able to work at pace managing multiple tasks/large volumes of queries and prioritiseaccordingly.
• High degree of emotional intelligence.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Collaborationeffective across wider business and HR departments.
• Adaptableand flexiblein a dynamic environment.
• Customer-focused approach to HR service delivery.A professional credibleorganisedand reliable team player with strong HR generalist technical skills.

Request the full role profile from the Talent Acquisition team by emailing Please speak to your current line manager to inform them of your interest

As best practice we would recommend all internal applicants to contact the hiring manager- Victoria Mumford Senior HR Business Partner for an informal chat and to confirm your interest for the role.

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