HR Business Partner

Creating Safer Workplaces for Everyone. We want to create a better working world by building a global network of responsible buyers and suppliers. Alcumus SafeContractor takes the pain out of compliance for over 50,000 organisations globally, helping them protect their people, their operations, and the planet. We support our network of hiring clients, suppliers, and contractors by keeping them compliant with the standards that matter most, from health and safety and sustainability to ethical behaviour.

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives on providing strategic, commercially sound advice while staying hands-on with day-to-day HR operations? In this role, you’ll be the trusted partner to managers and employees, helping them navigate challenges and achieve their goals. If you’re driven by empowering people and playing a key role in a company’s success, we’d love to hear from you!

What that means day to day:

• Building strong relationships – Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to understand business needs and provide expert HR guidance.
• Solving people challenges – Proactively identify issues and implement innovative, tailored solutions.
• Developing leaders – Coach managers to retain top talent, ensuring robust succession and development plans.
• Leveraging data for impact – Use people analytics to spot trends, enhance organisational health, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Shaping the future – Offer expertise in organisational design and integration projects.
• Optimising performance – Help the business manage attrition, absence, and performance to foster a high-performing culture.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• HR expertise – A solid background in an HR/People function with proven experience as an HR Business Partner, including handling complex employee relations (ER) cases.
• CIPD Level 5 or above – A strong foundation in HR best practices and strategic people management.
• Change & transformation leadership – Recent experience in developing and implementing robust strategies for managing complex change processes.
• Employment Law expertise – Excellent knowledge of employment law with the ability to navigate complex workplace issues with confidence.

What you’ll get in return:

• Alcumus has a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week.
• We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:

• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare Plan
• Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life Assurance – 3X base salary
• Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
• LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work. Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:

• An initial discovery call with the recruiter
• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
• Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.