HR Business Partner

Job Overview:

To build positive and effective partnering relationships with assigned client groups and wider business to support the delivery of comprehensive and robust HR services.

Ensure that managers and employees are aware of the policies and procedures and able to operate them effectively and make sound judgement on issues to find workable solutions. To support business requirements in a full range of Business Partnering responsibilities including recruitment, retention, training and development, well-being, employee relations.

Seeking and creating opportunities for positive change within a developing environment across the Low Carbon Solutions Business Line, as required.

To participate in the continual improvement of the services provided by the Human Resource Department in an evolving function and organization.
 

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Building strong, credible relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enable understanding of the operational and strategic challenges and support needed.
• Partnering with Functional Leads, COE’s and stakeholders to successfully deliver HR strategies to support business performance and organisational strategic delivery.
• Partnering with functional leads to deliver change management initiatives across the UK and Europe - including planning and implementing organisational and people change, working across business functions to develop ideas, consult and advise on translating vision into actionable plans.
• Partnering with COE’s and functional leads to deliver local and global L&D and workforce planning strategies such as functional reviews, international transfers, succession planning, talent reviews and skills gaps analysis exercises.
• Designing and leading the implementation and delivery of engagement and retention strategies in partnership with COE’s, Functional Leads and line managers. 
• Leading and supporting local and global HR initiatives and projects. 
• Partnering with functional leads in setting and managing headcount and staffing budgets. 
• Proactive ER management - taking a data led approach to identify employee relations trends, recommending solutions, and coaching line managers to take any actions required to proactively mitagiting ER issures. 
• Own the end-to-end employee life cycle – partnering with line managers and acting as a single point of contact for employees within client group.
   

Essential Qualifications and Education:

Education & Training

• Must be degree educated or equivalent work experience 
• CIPD (Level 5 or 7) or working towards completion of a recognized HR Qualification is preferrable.

Experience

• Delivering HR in complex, international matrix organisations
• Good all round, diverse relevant experience gained at Business Partner level 
• Redundancy processes, collective consultations, grievance, disciplinary, employment tribunal
• Organisational change – participating and representing
• Resourcing experience – interviewing and providing guidance to those hiring
• Ability to question and challenge where this is necessary 
• Working experience at HRBP level in an Engineering or Construction environment preferable

Skills  & Knowledge

• Ability to work accurately and at pace with a group of managers of varying seniority.
• Grounded and commercially driven knowledge of relevant employment law interpretation and application.
• Ability to research, develop and promote/implement new policy or projects
• Solution driven ability to work with managers/teams.  Willing to ‘own the problem’ and find creative solutions.
• Ability to interpret situations, present solutions and understand impacts of decisions taken
• Strong organizational and co-ordination skills.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• IT literate

Behavioural Skills

• Excellent influencing, negotiation and relationship/partnering skills (with both internal customers and external  suppliers)
• Resourceful and use own initiative
• Good interpersonal skills – ability to deal with individuals at all levels within the organisation and assert themselves when necessary.
   

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