HR Business Partner

Position: Operational HR Business Partner

Location: Rickmansworth (With Hybrid Working)

Salary Guide: 55,000 - 60,000 Plus Car/Allowance, Bonus and Excellent Package

Our client is a leading Engineering Contractor which operates throughout the UK delivering projects within the water sector and they have a new opportunity for an Operational HR Business Partner for their offices/projects in the South/South East.

You will partner and offer extensive support to the business in all aspects of HR, focussing specifically on learning & development, coaching and talent management. You will be responsible for supporting the development and deployment of the People Plan and offer extensive support to the business in all aspects of HR focussing on succession & talent, learning & development and coaching.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop/support approaches that achieve shared organisational objectives
• Working with the central teams to design and implement key initiatives relating to areas such as talent, performance management, diversity and inclusion, wellbeing.
• In partnership with managers take ownership of implementing the people plan.
• Coaching Managers and individuals.
• Maintain positive relationships with the central HR functions.
• Supporting the HR service team to manage employee relations issues when required.
• Take an active role in future talent processes such as graduate recruitment.
• Undertake and lead HR project work as identified
• Work closely with the L&D team to provide support in the co-ordination of training & development for managers and their teams in line with performance management tools.
• Work with L&D team to ensure key deliverables are met, monitored and reported.
• Meet regularly with the Head of People to ensure the consistency and alignment of all HR processes and strategies (globally and locally).
• Maintain a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

You will either have experience as a Senior HR Advisor looking to utilise your skills and grow into an operational HR Business Partner position or you will be a successful HR Business partner looking to be integral to a high performing HR team. You will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong influencing skills a flexible approach, pro-active self-starter, action orientated, resilient with a can-do attitude.

• Ability to build and maintain core business relationships with key stakeholders
• Extensive senior Advisory/Partnering experience within a professional Human Resources function
• High level of educational achievement
• Extensive experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures
• Knowledge of employment law principles Excellent Microsoft skills; to include minimum intermediate level excel and word
• Fully CIPD qualified, preferably Chartered
• You will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong influencing skills a flexible approach, pro-active self-starter, action orientated, resilient with a can-do attitude