Hr Business Partner

HR Business Partner - 6 month FTC

IMServ is one of the UK’s largest independent energy data management providers. Delivering award-winning services to more customers in more places, meeting industry targets, and becoming a benchmark for excellence.

Purpose of the job

• Act as a champion for HR best practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the HR function.
• Supporting the People Experience team with our back to basis projects
• Assist with improving the reputation of the HR team following a number of redundancies within the business
• Asist with collaborate with the team in all aspects of HR
• Mentoring where necessary of the Hr Advisors new to role

Main responsibilities 

• Establishes a fair approach to employee-employer relationships, which builds strong empowerment and work ethic within the business at the same time as culture of trust and commitment to the business.
• Manage and support HR Advisors with ER case work
• Asist with change management strategies to facilitate smooth transitions during periods of organisational change. Conduct comprehensive analyses of critical roles within the organization, identifying key competencies, skills, and performance indicators.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment laws, regulations, and internal policies.  
• Review current policies where necessary
• Assist the Head of People Experience with payroll each month

Person specification 

• CIPD Level 5
• Proven knowledge of UK Employment Law and able to apply it to strategic decision making.
• Experience of managing complex employee relations work
• Commercial acumen – can partner with the business to deliver commercially focussed people strategies.
• Private Equity-backed businesses would be preferable, it is not a pre-requisite
• Experience of the Energy industry, corporate development activities, including mergers, joint ventures, and alliances all would be a plus.
• Ability to read an understand HR Metrics and give them meaning and apply them to strategy
• Previous proven budgetary experience
• Experience in streamlining HR processes with best practice ensuring a good end user experience.
• Able to empower and develop team members
• Experience of supporting organisations through growth, integration and cultural transformation.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills balanced with a high level of confidence to persuade and influence.
• Comfortable acting as a coach, confidante and sounding board to the HR team
• Grounded, collaborative, and comfortable engaging at every level of an organisation
• Line Manager experience desirable not essential