HR Advice Partner

Overview

HR Advice Partner – Leeds (hybrid) with travel in and around Manchester. Permanent role supporting the Engineering division and covering the Northwest region. Travel to sites in and around the Manchester area will be required.

The role is a great opportunity for someone who has held a similar position and is now seeking a fresh challenge and growth within a new organisation.

Responsibilities

• Translate the divisional people strategy into effective people plans at a regional level, influencing the overall regional strategy to create people-led solutions that drive performance.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with managers and the leadership team to provide high quality and compliant HR support and advice.
• Support the development of all managers in their people management responsibilities by providing coaching, guidance and feedback where required.
• Manage complex ER cases, working with Investigating, Hearing and Line Managers to provide coaching, support and advice.
• Coach managers on appropriate HR interventions.
• Coach and support managers in identifying and developing their people to build high performing teams, including performance management, succession and talent management.
• Provide (and analyse) accurate people data to enable recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with and implementation of policies, procedures and best practice, and maintain strong audit capability; challenge where appropriate.
• Proactively identify opportunities for value addition and continuous development of improved HR service provision across the business area.
• Implement and support overall induction processes.
• Support the identification of required training and coordinate with the L&D team to ensure relevant plans are in place.
• Lead on wellbeing and inclusion interventions including welfare and mental wellbeing.
• Lead on the implementation of pulse survey results to develop action plans that address issues and improve engagement.
• Work with the reward and recognition team to ensure salaries and benefits remain competitive against the current market.

Qualifications and experience

• A strong HR generalist with a proven track record delivering in a multi-regional business.
• Ability to apply a strong commercial focus and influence key business decisions to ensure pragmatic people outcomes.
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
• Demonstrable examples of thinking creatively, providing hands-on support and challenging the status quo when necessary.
• Proven experience in Talent Management, including identifying, developing and retaining talent, succession planning and leadership development.
• Able to manage partnerships with the People Services Team and other specialist teams (L&D, Talent Acquisition, Reward and Benefits, Early Careers Partners, Payroll & Finance).
• Proven mediator, able to resolve disputes proactively and effectively.
• Excellent communicator in all media with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and concisely.
• Highly proficient in IT (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and comfortable working in an IT-driven environment.
• Willing to support business areas outside of own direct functional responsibility to achieve departmental objectives.
• Able to manage business change effectively.
• CIPD qualification or working towards.

Next steps

As a business, we are on a journey to build a culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We will outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of GBP 500m and 3,000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

We work across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry. Our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach enables us to work on ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is valued here, and we offer a clearly defined development path with regular reviews, training and ongoing support to help you become the best you can be.