At a Glance
- Tasks: Support organisational change and manage employee relations in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a dynamic company with a hybrid-working culture and a focus on people development.
- Benefits: Fixed-term contract with potential extension, competitive salary, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and to work closely with senior stakeholders.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by partnering with leaders and driving positive change.
- Qualifications: Experience in employee relations and strong knowledge of UK employment law required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 49546 £ per year.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded People Business Partner who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments. Working collaboratively as part of the People Business Partner team supporting the UK business, you will provide expert people advice and support on a broad range of employee relations and business change activities. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong employment law expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to deliver on organisational change. This is a fixed-term contract role initially for a period of 9-months, with opportunity to extend. Aptia operates a hybrid-working culture, and this role can align to any UK office. Preference is commutable distance of Glasgow City Centre.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Organisational Change: Support business transformation and change initiatives across the organisation. Partner with leaders to deliver organisational change programmes while maintaining employee engagement and mitigating risk. Develop communication and change management approaches that support positive business and colleague outcomes.
- Employee Relations & Case Management: Support the management of employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, performance management and absence matters, escalating any trends, insights or complex matters to the Senior People Partners. Provide pragmatic, risk-balanced advice to managers and leaders on employment law, policy and people-related issues. Ensure cases are managed effectively, consistently and in line with legal and regulatory requirements. Partner with legal counsel where required on complex and sensitive matters.
- Governance & Regulatory Support: Partner with business leaders and compliance teams to ensure people-related regulatory requirements are effectively managed.
- Stakeholder Management: Coach and support people managers to improve leadership effectiveness and confidence. Design and deliver interventions focused on manager capability, performance management and employee engagement. Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, helping them navigate challenging conversations and complex people decisions.
- Strategic People Partnership: Contribute to talent, succession and organisational development initiatives. Support the development and implementation of people policies and best practice frameworks. Identify trends and themes within employee relations activity, providing insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Here is what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Proven experience supporting complex employee relations activity within a fast-paced, evolving organisation.
- Strong experience managing organisational change, restructures and collective consultation processes.
- Sound understanding of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
- A track record of coaching and developing people managers to improve leadership capability and performance.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders.
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting regulated environments (desirable).
People Business Partner in Glasgow employer: Aptia Group
Aptia Group is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work culture that fosters professional growth and development in the field of pensions administration. Located in Solihull, employees benefit from a dynamic office environment where they can enhance their technical skills while contributing to meaningful projects. With a focus on teamwork and process improvement, this role provides a unique opportunity to thrive in a busy setting while receiving comprehensive support from colleagues.
