The Role

You’ll partner with operational leaders and managers across the region, providing commercially focused HR advice and helping deliver the people agenda across a diverse and operational workforce.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with senior operational leaders to develop and deliver effective people strategies.
• Providing trusted advice on employee relations, performance, absence, organisational change and workforce planning.
• Supporting managers through complex HR issues and ensuring consistent application of policies and employment legislation.
• Leading and supporting organisational change, restructures and transformation programmes.
• Using people data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Coaching and developing managers to build HR capability across the region.
• Working collaboratively with the wider HR team to deliver regional and organisation-wide people initiatives.

About You

We’re looking for a confident HR professional who can operate comfortably at both strategic and operational levels.

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or similar role.
• Experience supporting operational, field-based or geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge.
• The ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders while building trusted relationships.
• Experience of organisational change, workforce planning and people initiatives.
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• A pragmatic, commercially focused approach with the confidence to get involved and make things happen.
• Trade union experience would be useful, but is not essential.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience.

This is a permanent, regional role offering up to £56,500 plus company car or car allowance, covering the Midlands and other geographical areas.

If you are interested in this opportunity please apply now!