People Business Partner

Location: West Burton, UK

Working Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite

Contract Duration: 12 months

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced People Business Partner to provide trusted HR support and advice across a complex and fast-paced environment.

The role will focus on employee relations, HR projects, organisational development and people-focused programmes, while working closely with stakeholders to support effective people decisions and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice and support across employee relations matters, policies and UK employment law.

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels and provide practical, commercially focused HR guidance.

• Support and deliver HR projects, organisational development initiatives and people programmes.

• Analyse HR data and produce HR metrics, management information and data-driven recommendations.

• Support managers with employee relations, performance and people-related matters.

• Contribute to organisational change, transformation and culture initiatives.

• Support talent management, succession planning and workforce planning activities.

• Contribute to early careers and wider people development programmes.

• Support career architecture and grading frameworks where required.

• Manage multiple priorities and HR activities effectively within agreed timelines.

• Prepare reports, presentations and management information for stakeholders.

• Work collaboratively with HR and wider business teams to deliver people-focused solutions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience.

• Proven experience as an HR Advisor, Junior HR Business Partner or HR Business Partner.

• Strong employee relations experience.

• Sound understanding of UK employment law, HR policies and best practice.

• Experience delivering HR projects and organisational development initiatives.

• Strong analytical skills with experience producing HR metrics and management information.

• Ability to use HR data to provide data-driven recommendations.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

• Strong organisational and project management skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.

Desirable Experience

• Degree in Human Resources Management or a related discipline.

• HAY Job Evaluation accreditation.

• Experience with career architecture and grading frameworks.

• Experience supporting talent management, succession planning and workforce planning.

• Experience supporting early careers programmes.

• Experience leading organisational change, transformation and culture initiatives.

• HR experience within engineering, scientific, technical, energy, infrastructure, public sector or highly regulated environments.

• Strong HR analytics experience.