HR Business Partner

Our client is looking to recruit an experience HR Business Partner to join their team.

The role requires an experienced HR generalist with proven experience and skills and is ideal for a professional with strong experience in payroll, pensions, ER cases and is also adept at running investigations.

The successful candidate will operate in a generalist HR environment, providing expert support to the business and the HR team, ensuring smooth and effective HR operations across the organisation. The successful candidate will have the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, demonstrate good communication and demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge and experience with up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to performance management and offboarding
• Processing monthly payroll and pensions and working with the finance team to ensure that this is completed effectively every month.
• Collaborate with finance and payroll providers to ensure timely salary payments and correct deductions (e.g., tax, pension contributions, benefits).
• Advising managers on recruitment and selection strategies
• Support with the implementation and delivery of the People Strategy and plan
• Monitoring key recruitment metrics, such as turnover and retention rate
• Address day to day HR issues as they arise
• Maintain accurate and confidential HR records and databases
• Providing advice and playing a major role in work reviews and change processes
• Using HR information systems and analytics tools to generate reports and insights on key HR metrics (e.g., turnover, absence rates, employee engagement)

Managing staff relationships, responding to any queries or problems that they have and managing their expectations

• Monitoring, reviewing and updating all HR policies and ensuring these are in line with current legislation
• Supporting the HR team with various capability investigations, including grievance and disciplinary. This will include conducting thorough and impartial investigations into employee relations issues, ensuring alignment with best practice and legal requirements, maintaining confidentiality and fairness.
• Support managers to reduce sickness absence through active management of long- and short-term sickness cases.
• Driving the business performance in relation to the organisation’s objectives
• HR Projects: Support on a range of projects, such, Engagement, Wellness, D&I initiatives.
• Acting as the point of contact for hiring managers, employees and other HR team members
• Promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, and employee well-being within the organisation.

Requirements

• Analytical mindset with experience in HR reporting and data analytics
• Level 5 CIPD
• Minimum 4 years within a generalist role
• Solid evidenced experience in the application of company policies and procedures and HR best practice.
• The courage to challenge or influence to allow the right decisions to be made
• Proven experience in handling complex Employment Relations cases

Salary 50K + 24% bonus