Human Resources Business Partner

Contract: Duration: 3 Months

Location: Exeter, UK (Hybrid - 40% on site/office presence. This may vary to more onsite presence depending on the position.)

Pay Rate: £22.20 per hour via PAYE OR £28.91 per hr. via Umbrella

MAIN PURPOSE

The Business Partner (BP) works with the designated business units, (internal clients) to establish effective partnering arrangements to ensure open and continuous dialogue that promotes understanding of their business needs and priorities in the context of the overall corporate plan, goals and objectives including the development of a culture to support the management and deployment of the right people with the right skills being in place at the right time.

Through a thorough understanding of business needs the BP will champion the needs of customer requirements within the HR unit and ensure these are represented in the development and implementation of the HR Strategy and consistent with legislative requirements and the transformation and systems approach to change and continuous improvement.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand the business areas, their strategies and plans and barriers to sustainable high-level performance.
• In conjunction with HR colleagues, create, agree and manage the service level agreement and key performance indicators for the designated business areas.
• Drive business performance through creation and delivery of HR strategy and solutions which minimise waste and optimise value to enable the effective and efficient delivery of business outcomes.
• Design and deliver internal projects in conjunction with HR and communications colleagues to drive employee engagement across the businesses.
• Develop the recruitment and succession plan in line with the business strategy to replace and develop staff at all levels and across all designated areas of the Council.
• Working with managers, design and implement the learning and development plan to address key areas of need and align staff skill, knowledge and capability with service goals and objectives.
• Encourage managers to have clear discussions with staff about their development needs and participate in designated support programmes linked to organisational outcomes and goals.
• Through appropriate organisational design strategies ensure that the Council is always making the best use of its resources including managing recruitment and succession planning activities to achieve the right outcomes.
• In collaboration with managers support the improvement of the Council’s performance through optimising the organisation structure and ensure that structural change is effectively managed to achieve Corporate Plan aims and objectives.
• Work with managers to quickly resolve individual performance, capability, health and conduct issues.
• Ensure managers are aware of market factors that impact on the attraction, engagement, retention, development and performance of staff through a clear understanding of the business area performance goals, customer needs etc.
• Through supporting, developing and coaching managers support them to resolve complex employee relations issues.
• Ensure the development and use of appropriate interventions to manage and resolve conflict.
• Lead on consultations and foster constructive working relationships with trades unions and employee forums as appropriate.
• Support managers and HR colleagues with all TUPE related activities, including undertaking due diligence, coordinating consultation processes, preparing and issuing required employee liability information, managing measures discussions, and ensuring full compliance with statutory obligations throughout the transfer.
• Any other duties commensurate with the role.

Qualifications & Knowledge

• ‘A’ level education or equivalent.
• Grad CIPD or equivalent experience +3 years.

Special Requirements & Skills

• Previous work experience in a diverse HR unit covering the full remit of issues.
• Experience of providing business focused HR advice to a wide variety of managers providing innovative solutions to issues including during periods of organisation wide change.
• Managing casework including disciplinary, capability, grievance, absence etc.
• Experience of producing HR policies and procedures and presenting verbal and written reports to a variety of audiences.
• Understanding of employment legislation, best practice and case law.
• Experience of stakeholder management and/or partnership working.
• Experience of working as a Business Partner within a professional HR unit.
• Ability to support, guide and coach managers, peers and team members.
• Ability to work under pressure with tact, diplomacy and integrity.
• Self-motivated with ability to work on own initiative.
• Approachable and professional.
• Actively seek to continuously improve and develop the way in which HR is developed to meet business needs.
• Take responsibility for own CPD and adopts a “can do” attitude at all times.

If shortlisted, a recruiter from the team will contact you within 24–48 hours for an initial discussion. The call will come from a Manchester number (either 0161 or +44 161).