Senior HR Business Partner
Manchester City Centre (Hybrid)
Circa £60,000 per annum
Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (18 months)
Job Description:
Are you a senior HR leader looking for an opportunity to shape people strategy whilst leading a high-performing HR function?
We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to provide strategic HR leadership across a complex organisation. This is a highly influential role, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive organisational performance, support transformational change and ensure the delivery of a proactive, commercially focused HR service.
Leading a team of HR Business Partners, who in turn manage HR Advisors, you will play a key role in setting direction, developing capability and ensuring consistency of HR delivery across the business. This position requires a confident and credible HR professional with experience operating at a senior level, managing multi-layered HR teams and supporting executive leaders through significant organisational change.
This role offers a blend of strategic and operational responsibility, with a focus on leadership, workforce planning, organisational development, change management and complex people matters.
The role involves:
Leading, developing and supporting a team of HR Business Partners to deliver a high-quality HR service across the organisation
Providing leadership and oversight to wider HR teams, ensuring effective management and development of HR Advisors through the HRBP structure
Acting as a strategic partner to senior leaders, influencing business decisions and aligning people plans with organisational objectives
Leading workforce planning, organisational design, succession planning and talent management initiatives
Driving organisational change, restructures, consultation exercises and transformation programmes
Coaching and supporting leaders to build high-performing, engaged and inclusive teams
Providing oversight and guidance on complex and high-risk employee relations matters and employment law issues
Using people data, metrics and insights to influence decision-making and improve organisational performance
Identifying opportunities to improve HR processes, policies and ways of working
Supporting the delivery of key HR projects and contributing to the wider people strategyYou’ll need:
Significant experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner, Head of HR, HR Manager or equivalent senior HR leadership role
Proven experience managing HR Business Partners and developing high-performing HR teams
Strong leadership capability with the ability to coach, mentor and influence managers at all levels
Experience partnering with senior executives and stakeholders to deliver organisational objectives through people strategies
Strong knowledge of organisational change, transformation, consultation and workforce planning
A track record of leading complex people agendas across large or multi-site organisations
Excellent understanding of employment law and HR best practice
Commercial awareness with the ability to balance strategic objectives and people priorities
Experience using HR data and analytics to inform business decisions and measure impact
CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent senior-level HR experience
Current CIPD membership preferred
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
A pragmatic, resilient and solutions-focused approach
This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview.
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