Human Resources Business Partner (9 month FTC)

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Charles River Laboratories has an exciting opportunity to join the Human Resources Department based in Tranent, East Lothian. We are seeking a trusted HR Business Partner to deliver HR services throughout our organisation on a 9 month Fixed Term Contract. This position will play an integral part in supporting the achievement of HR strategies and business objectives. This is a hybrid role (3 days/week onsite) reporting to the Associate Director, Human Resources.

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Supporting employees throughout the full cycle of the employee journey from onboarding to offboarding.
• Business partnering with internal stakeholders to provide commercially focused support and guidance.
• Managing complex employee relations cases and providing advice and guidance.
• Assisting with performance and absence management casework.
• Analyzing and making suitable recommendations in line with process improvement, digitisation and streamlining.
• Analyzing insights from key HR data to diagnose trends that impact business performance.
• Providing additional support to the wider HR team as and when required.
• Assisting with succession planning.
• Production of regular HR metrics and analysis.
• Reviewing and enhancing HR policies and employee experience.
• Compliance with Employment Law.
• Supporting talent management and employee engagement activities.
• Assisting with annual budget, bonus planning and salary planning.
• Developing and managing effective working relationships throughout the organisation.

The following are minimum requirements related to the HR Business Partner position:

• A minimum level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent (or working towards this).
• An established record of success working in an HR Generalist/HR Business Partner role.
• A confident, flexible team player with excellent communication and organisational skills.
• The ability to build strong relationships on all levels, and adaptable to different ways of working, influencing, and leading.
• Excellent IT, administrative and analytical skills.
• Robust knowledge of employment law.
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills.
• A flexible approach to work and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, complex and evolving environment with the ability to deliver against challenging deadlines.
• Must be able to travel to the Tranent site.

Candidates must have full and permanent Right to Work in the UK as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

The salary range for the role is £35,000 - £45,000/annum + bonus + benefits. Please note that the salary varies within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.