We are pleased to be partnering with a long-established organisation to recruit a permanent HR Business Partner into a newly created role within their HR team. A truly collaborative environment where people development and well-being are genuinely at the forefront of their operations, this generalist role will work closely with the Head of HR to deliver their HR strategy, improve organisational performance, assist in transformation projects and be responsible for their social impact agenda.

We are looking for candidates with strong business partnering experience, proven stakeholder management, experience of utilising data and metrics to drive performance and engagement, a hands on approach and progressive character.

Hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office) plus excellent benefits. Based on the outskirts of Watford in a remote location candidates MUST drive and have access to their own transport.

Role overview:

• Provide guidance, coaching and advice to leaders and their teams implementing best practices in HR and driving a culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary contact for employee inquiries including people policies and procedures, employee benefits, and workplace matters.
• Provide advice and solutions to people leaders on employee relations, disciplinary, grievance, sickness and performance issues.
• Partner with leaders and line managers to identify and address organisational development and workforce development needs.
• Embed compliance and governance across People processes such as IR35, GDPR, PSA, internal audit and ad hoc projects.

• Assist in the implementation and execution of our new performance management approach and processes. Identify opportunities for colleague development and growth.
• Provide timely data and insights on key people metrics. Use this information to inform decisions and approaches.
• Maintain strong partnerships with external partners to maximize their effectiveness.
• Play an active role in employee engagement: Contributing to the employee forum network, leading engagement survey activity and listening groups.

• Working with the Head of People on our salary review and benchmarking processes for competitive and equitable compensation practices.
• Support Head of People in developing the wider People Team capability, through knowledge transfer, workshops and coaching.
• Lead or support people projects including pay, reward or leadership development.
• Regularly review our benefits packages to ensure market-leading offerings.
• Produce workforce reports and use people metrics to identify trends and key priorities.
• Collaborate with the People Administration Specialist to ensure payroll, benefits, and bonus payments are accurate.

Candidate requirements:

• Car owner - ESSENTIAL
• Proven experience at HRBP level or equivalent
• Hands on, adaptable and detail orientated
• Ideally CIPD level 7
• Strong use of data and HRIS management
• Proactive in making positive changes to work processes and approaches.
• A good understand of employment law and best practices externally.
• A growth mindset and a desire to help the team continually improve.

Think Human Resources is the HR division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independently owned recruitment business.  The HR division is responsible for recruiting permanent, temporary and contract roles within the field of Human Resources including; HR Administrator, HR Assistant, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Head of HR, Employee Relations, talent, internal recruitment, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits/Reward and Recognition.

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