HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner, Group

Office Location: Triton Street/Hybrid working

At Hays, we believe in being long-term partners with our people as well as our customers. Together, we will work for your tomorrow, and the possibilities are endless.

Your New Role

The new HR Business Partner, Group will be responsible for delivering proactive, commercial, and effective HR partnering to enable the strategic priorities of Hays. This role supports several of our Group functions, for example Technology, Group Finance, Group Marketing, Group People, Company Secretariat & Legal, and Group Product, Innovation & Data.

Reporting into the Head of HR. Group you will act as a thinking partner, key advisor and collaborator to these senior management teams, many of which are in different phases of evolution and change. You will work closely with them to shape, develop and deliver HR plans and solutions that drive the required business outcomes, enhancing employee experience and fostering a high performing culture.

Key Result Areas:

Business Relationships & Strategic People Planning

• Build and maintain key business relationships with key stakeholders and the wider People team
• Understand the business challenges, opportunities and context of the areas you support to ensure that you are a valued thinking partner, developing fit for purpose people plans and delivering relevant advice and guidance
• Provide advice and guidance to the leaders on employment matters, influencing management around the people agenda to maximise performance
• Understand and input into the future organisation design for business functions, providing information and data to support OD decisions and lead the planning and delivery of associated people changes
• Act as a change agent by supporting organisational changes such as restructuring, or process improvements

Performance Management & Development

• Champion a high-performance culture through the effective management of goals/performance reviews, personal development plans etc.
• Support managers in conducting performance discussions and implementing performance improvement plans when necessary, building managers knowledge, skills and behaviours to create high performing teams

Talent Management & Recruitment

• Support the delivery of fit for purpose onboarding and induction to colleagues in Group teams
• Review exit data to identify areas for improvement where appropriate
• Collaborate with business to embed our talent strategies, succession plans, and workforce planning to ensure the right talent is in place to meet current and future business needs
• Identify high-potential employees and ensure development plans are in place to nurture their skills and career growth.

Knowledge, qualifications and experience

• Experience operating as a HR business partner to senior stakeholders, ideally in a federated global organisation going through organisation change around processes, technology and people
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, able to communicate and partner effectively with a variety of stakeholders in different functions
• Good commercial acumen, leadership and transformational skills
• Experience of delivery of Organisation Design change and other people-impacting change projects
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Pragmatic: able to deliver HR guidance in a fast paced, complex environment, and communicates clearly and openly to win support.
• Able to problem solve and challenge the 'norm' whilst operating to HR best practice guidelines
• Comfortable with analysing data, identifying trends and making appropriate recommendations
• CIPD qualified desirable but not essential

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrates behaviours that support and reflect the Hays values - a team player
• Analytical
• Highly organised
• A true advocate and role model for equity, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing
• Commercial
• Strong intellect balanced by pragmatic, solution-oriented approach
• Excellent personal presentation and communication skills
• Able to effectively manage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Personal credibility, professional, approachable and outgoing
• Complete discretion and confidentiality

What you will get in return

• Competitive compensation and reward package
• Stimulating and rewarding work at a time of significant organisational change.
• An inclusive culture built on rewarding success and the opportunity to influence your future career path.
• Flexible hybrid working patterns.
• Broad range of employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Community of internal support networks
• Paid volunteering day for all employees under our Working for Your Tomorrow Initiative

Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let's work together to create it!

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.