Group HR Business Partner

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work, working in an open and supportive environment to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team. We are recruiting Group HR Business Partner to work closely with the Senior HR Business Partner for Business Operations. The Group HR Business Partner will provide HR support on all aspects of operational HR to specific departments within Business Operations.

Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• At least three years HR Generalist experience.
• Analyse and interpret HR Metrics as appropriate to identify issues and develop improvement plans where necessary.
• Manage the annual staff salary review process for designated department.
• Ensure delivery of the HR Strategy within allocated Business Operations departments in a way that takes into account the priorities and culture of the departments while striving for firm wide consistent practice.
• With support as required from the Senior HRBP, support the creation and delivery of a department talent management plan which aids the identification of high potential individuals and implements succession plans for key roles.
• Coach and influence managers from a people perspective, developing their people management/leadership skills and constructively challenging inappropriate behaviours/actions.
• Encourage the pursuit of excellence in performance at all levels.
• Act as primary point of contact and take responsibility for all core ER operational duties across designated departments including exit interviews, flexible working requests, performance management, grievance and disciplinary processes.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.