HR Partner

HR Partner

Location: Hybrid working

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Contract: Fixed Term - 6-month FTC

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced HR Partner to provide a proactive, customer-focused HR service, partnering with leaders across academic and professional services. You'll support a wide range of people initiatives, organisational change programmes and complex employee relations matters while helping deliver the organisation's People Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior managers to provide strategic and operational HR advice.
• Manage complex Employee Relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, sickness, performance, redundancy and organisational change.
• Support restructuring, workforce planning and change management initiatives.
• Lead on safeguarding-related HR matters and ensure compliance with statutory guidance.
• Coach and support managers on people management and employment legislation.
• Develop and implement HR policies and best practice.
• Build positive relationships with Trade Unions and support consultation processes.
• Lead HR projects and contribute to continuous service improvement.
• Line manage and develop HR team members.

About You

You'll have:

• Previous HR Business Partner or HR Manager experience within a complex, unionised environment.
• Strong Employee Relations experience, including complex case management.
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience supporting organisational change and culture initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills.
• The confidence to build relationships and challenge constructively where appropriate.

Desirable

• Experience within Higher or Further Education.
• Knowledge of safeguarding within an education setting.
• Experience with job evaluation and workforce planning.
• Chartered MCIPD (or equivalent).

Please note: This role requires an Enhanced DBS check due to safeguarding responsibilities.