HR Business Partner in Harlow

Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week. (3 days office based, 2 days WFH)

Reports to: HR Manager

Location: Harlow, Essex. Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service to/from Harlow Town Train Station as well as free parking and EV charging on site.

Extra Information: Open to conversation on hybrid, flexible and compressed working arrangements.

About the role:

In this HR Business Partner position, you will be working hand-in-hand with members of the Senior Leadership Team, building strong relationships and really getting to grips with their needs. You will act as a trusted adviser, helping team managers stay on top of people processes, making sure everything runs smoothly and by the book. Whether it’s answering queries about HR policies or steering managers through challenges, you will be ready to offer sound advice at every turn. You will also collaborate closely with the talent and HR teams, making sure the organisation gets a proactive and effective HR service that supports everyone. On top of this, you will have the chance to take the lead on important people-focused projects and initiatives, driving positive change and helping the business move forward.

What you will be doing:

• Employee Relations: Build meaningful relationships with managers and key stakeholders, becoming their go-to person for all things HR. Be on hand to offer clear, practical advice and support on everything from employment policies and absence issues (including Occupational Health referrals), to disciplinary matters, grievances, performance management, restructures and redundancies—helping to steer managers through each step with confidence. Keep everyone on the right side of employment law, making sure managers stay fully compliant at all times. Take charge of communicating and managing any changes to employment terms and conditions, making sure everyone’s in the loop and understands what’s happening. Champion best practice in employee relations cases, always on the lookout for ways we can do things better and keep improving how we look after our people.
• Key Stakeholder Management: Get together regularly with key stakeholders for dynamic, forward-thinking meetings that drive real progress. Work shoulder-to-shoulder with stakeholders to bring people initiatives to life—think rolling out employee survey action plans, supercharging performance and development reviews, and pinpointing development needs to help everyone shine. Share insightful, meaningful data that sparks engaging conversations about where we can do better and seize new opportunities for improvement. Play an influential part in the Senior Leadership Team by championing the People agenda and making your mark in wider business discussions. Team up with the Training team to spot skill gaps and craft creative solutions that unlock development opportunities for colleagues.
• Information and Service Delivery: Keep our HR policies and procedures up to date, making sure they’re always in line with the latest changes in the law. Use practical, relevant HR data to help managers spot where things could be better and support them in boosting team performance. Take care to make sure all our HR information is accurate and reliable, so everyone can trust the data they’re working with.
• HR Projects and Initiatives: Get hands-on with bringing our HR annual business plan to life, making sure we all move in the right direction together. Take the lead on our blended working approach and run our twice-yearly reviews, involving everyone from all areas of the business. Team up with the HR Manager to keep our Employee Engagement plans fresh, forward-thinking, and packed with positive energy.
• Other duties: Play an active part in our HR Business Partner Forum and team get-togethers, bringing fresh ideas and energy to the table. Offer friendly, one-to-one support and practical coaching to new managers or those who’ve just stepped up, helping them settle in and succeed. Step in to lend a hand and cover for your HR teammates whenever it’s needed, making sure things always keep running smoothly.

Your experience:

• Must haves: CIPD qualification or equivalent HR qualification and/or experience. Experienced operational HR professional with proven track record of achievements. Confident and influential decision maker. Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation. Ability to prioritise workload according to business needs. High level IT skills, with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Ability to proactively analyse problems and develop practical solutions.
• Nice to haves: Familiar with using HRIS systems. Experience of delivering 1-2-1 and group training. Knowledge of payroll systems and procedures.

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we’d still encourage you to apply.

Benefits:

We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose. We fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.

Why choose us?

We want working for the Motability Foundation to be the best career move you’ve ever made. When you join the Motability Foundation you will join a group of people who are supportive, innovative and motivated to improve the lives of our beneficiaries. We value everyone’s unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. This is embedded into our values, Collaborative, Respectful and Evolving.

We bring our people together through our People Forum, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Social Squad and our Wellbeing Champions and our employee Spotlight Awards help us recognise the excellence and dedication of our staff. We are proud to be recognised as Disability Confident Leader, have attained Platinum Level Award for Investors in People and are members of the Business Disability Forum.

A career with Motability Foundation can offer you so much more than earning potential, we pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits. Some of these include:

• 26 days annual leave, plus the option to buy/sell up to five days.
• One wellbeing day for extra flexibility.
• Pension scheme - Up to 20%, including a 10% non-contributory contribution and matched contributions up to 5%.
• Life Assurance of four times your salary.
• Private healthcare through BUPA for you and your family, along with a Medicash Health Plan.
• Employee assistance programme: GP appointments, eye tests, flu vaccinations, sick pay and free gym and yoga sessions.
• Enhanced Parental Leave, including Adoption Pay.
• Free parking, EV charge points and a minibus service to/from the town centre and train station.
• Fresh fruit, breakfast snacks, and a Dress for Your Day dress code.
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, and we aim to be an employer of choice for candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential. We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing and when working with us, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you. To help us create an inclusive workplace we are committed to offering to interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.