HR Advice Partner

Leeds – hybrid

Part-Time – 18.75 hours a week

Permanent

 

Summary

We are currently seeking a HR Advice Partner to join our team based in Leeds. This will be supporting our Central Functions i.e., Finance, ICT, HR, Legal, Marketing . This role will be part-time – 18.75 hours a week and we are open to having a discussion on how that would be set up across the week.The role will be a great opportunity for someone who has been in a similar role and who is now seeking to embrace a new challenge and grow within a new organisation.

Some of the key deliverables will include:

• Develop and deliver people plans aligned to organisational goals.
• Work closely with business leaders to understand priorities, challenges and workforce requirements.
• Provide expert advice on complex ER cases including disciplinary, grievance, performance, and absence cases, ensuring a fair and legally compliant approach.
• Coach managers on effective people management practices.
• Coach and support managers in identifying and developing their people to build high performing teams including performance management, succession, and talent management.
• Provide analysis and insight using accurate people data to support decision making.
• Ensure a fair and legally compliant appropriate aligned with UK employment law and our policies, procedures and practice. Strong audit capability; challenging where appropriate.
• Proactively identify where value can be added and opportunities for the continuous development of improved HR service provision across the business area.
• Implement and support overall Induction processes.
• Support the identification of required training and partner with L&D team to deliver solutions that build capability and support career progression.
• Promote a culture of wellbeing, inclusion and high performance..
• Lead on the implementation of the engagement survey results to develop action plans to address issues and build engagement.
• Partner with the Reward and Benefits team to ensure salaries and benefits remain competitive against current market.
• Support organisational changes such as restructures, role redesign and redundancy processes leading consultation processes ensuring all statutory requirements are met and facilitating smooth change management ensuring employee engagement through transitions.

What we’re looking for:

• A strong HR generalist with a proven record of delivering in a multi-regional business.
• Ideally has supported Central Functions/Shared Services models.
• Able to apply a strong commercial focus and influence key business decisions to ensure pragmatic people outcomes.
• Proven to be able to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
• Demonstrable examples of' thinking outside of the box', provide hands - on support and challenge managers / the status quo when necessary.
• Proven experience in Talent Management – identifying, developing and retaining talent, including succession planning and leadership development
• Able to manage partnerships with the People Services Team and other specialist teams (L&D, Talent Acquisition, Reward and Benefits, Early Careers Partners, Payroll & Finance).
• Proven mediator, able to resolve disputes proactively and effectively.
• Excellent communicator – in all media with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and concisely
• Highly proficient in IT (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and very comfortable working in an IT driven environment
• Willing to support business areas outside of own direct functional responsibility to achieve the overall departmental objectives
• Able to successfully manage business change.
• CIPD qualified or working towards.

Next Steps: 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

About Us: 

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. 

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. 

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be. 

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