HR Business Partner

I'm keen to connect with an experienced HR Business Partner ready to step into a dynamic, people-focused role on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a fantastic chance to join an organisation based in King's Lynn, offering a competitive salary of £57,745 with a hybrid setup requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on driving modern HR practices and supporting organisational change.

As the HR Business Partner (Operations), you'll lead a operational HR team to deliver a progressive, proactive people service rooted in innovation, insight, and best practice. You'll champion colleague engagement, foster a performance-driven culture, and partner with leaders to create a great place to work-all while navigating change management initiatives, such as structural reorganisations, with confidence and expertise.

• Lead and inspire the HR team to deliver forward-thinking priorities, blending proactive strategies with responsive support, and leveraging modern technology to streamline processes.
• Empower colleagues with seamless access to top-notch HR services, promoting self-service where it adds value.
• Drive the use of systems to minimise admin, maintain high-quality data, and generate insights that shape service improvements and strategic people agendas.
• Support the development of a learning culture, overseeing innovative training solutions, and embed an engaging performance management process with two-way feedback.
• Provide expert guidance to leaders on HR matters-think coaching, policy interpretation, and employment law-while managing relationships with unions and external legal advisors.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding with a focus on best practice, ensuring colleagues feel welcomed and valued from day one to their final goodbye.
• Contribute to pay, reward, and benefits strategies, offering research and insights to inform decisions.
• Monitor HR trends, KPIs, and demand data, using this to propose enhancements and elevate the employee experience.

• Proven experience delivering contemporary HR services, including systems implementation and tech-driven solutions.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, best practice, and innovative HR approaches, with the ability to advise at all levels.
• Expertise in change management-think organisational restructures or process overhauls-delivered with a strategic mindset.
• Chartered CIPD membership (or equivalent experience) and a track record of leading and motivating a team.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and coaching skills, paired with the ability to manage budgets and mitigate risks.
• A curious, can-do attitude-resilient, pragmatic, and always eager to innovate.

• Experience in a regulated or people-centric sector.
• Familiarity with developing EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) initiatives.

Benefits:

• Salary of £57,745
• Full time of 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday
• Hybrid Working - 3 Days in the office & 2 Days at home
• Great Pension Scheme
• Customer focused, team working environment
• Employee discount perks including 100s of high street discounts

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.