HR Business Partner

Title: HR Business Partner
Contract Type: Permanent, FT, 35 hours
Salary starting from 57,094 per annum (London weighted salary) or 49,502 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience
Grade: 10
Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford
Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 9 th November 2026
Interview Dates: 17 th and 18 th November 2026
Please click here for the role profile - HR Business Partner - Role Profile.docx

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.
Join our Business Partnering Team at L&Q
At L&Q, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As we continue to evolve and deliver our strategic priorities, we're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support leaders across the business and help create a positive, high-performing workplace where colleagues can thrive.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll work closely with managers and senior stakeholders, providing expert HR advice and partnering with the business to develop people capability, manage change, and drive organisational performance. You'll play a key role in delivering people-focused solutions that support our colleagues while ensuring we continue to provide excellent services to residents.
At L&Q, our purpose is to provide homes and services that people can be proud of. If you're a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys building strong relationships, influencing outcomes, and supporting organisational success, we'd love to hear from you.
Your Impact in the Role:
As an HR Business Partner, you'll work in partnership with leaders and managers to deliver effective people solutions that support business objectives and drive performance. You will report into a Senior HR Business Partner, supporting a dedicated area of the business and you will need to own actions/projects whilst appropriately escalating. In this role, you will:

• Provide expert HR advice and guidance to managers across the business on a wide range of people matters.
• Partner with leaders to build people capability and support the delivery of strategic goals and priorities.
• Analyse HR data and performance information and use insight to support business decisions and continuous improvement.
• Manage organisational change activity, including restructures, consultations and TUPE transfers, ensuring legal compliance and positive colleague experiences.
• Support the implementation of the HR Plan, delivering key people initiatives and projects within agreed timescales.
• Build strong and effective relationships with stakeholders across the business to deliver a customer-focused and commercially effective HR service.
• Work collaboratively with HR colleagues, including Recruitment and HR Advisory teams, to provide joined-up people support.
• Keep up to date with employment legislation and HR best practice, using your expertise to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• May, from time to time, be an escalation point to lead and support complex employee relations casework, helping managers navigate challenging situations with confidence.

By enabling managers and teams to perform at their best, you'll help create a culture where colleagues can succeed and residents receive excellent services.
What You'll Bring:
We're looking for a skilled HR professional who can balance operational delivery with strategic thinking while building trusted relationships across the organisation. You'll have:

• Significant experience operating in an HR Business Partner role within a large, complex, multi-site organisation.
• A proven track record of partnering with managers to improve performance, capability, and employee engagement.
• Experience leading large and complex organisational change initiatives, including consultation processes and TUPE transfers.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to provide challenge and support at all levels.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Extremely comfortable working with HR data and performance information, analysing and using insight to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver effective solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative approach and experience working closely with wider HR teams to deliver business outcomes.
• CIPD qualification Level 5/7 or equivalent professional HR accreditation.
• Strong experience managing high-volume and complex employee relations casework

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email (url removed)
About L&Q:
We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q - click here to read more.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here .
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.
Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!