HR Business Partner

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Salary - Up To £45,000, Plus Benefits

Sale based, with hybrid working

Permanent contract, full time with flexible approach

Our client is looking to recruit a HR Business Partner (HRBP) to join the People team. Working within the financial services sector, you’ll be an integral part of the leadership team and the key HR contact, providing your expert guidance, insights and challenge to the functions you’ll support.

You’ll be working in a fast paced, supportive and collaborative environment, that doesn’t stand still. You will need to possess experience of training design and delivery. You’ll also have a passion and ideas in the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion, with expertise in co-ordinating and implementing an EDI strategy.

Brief Job Description For The HRBP

• Accountable for decisions which shape, recommend and agree the function’s people strategy, process and policy.
• Support the operating model design for the functions and ensure alignment to organisational design principles.
• Aid the decision making of senior management on resource management, appointments, compensation, people costs, employee relations, retention, recognitions and leadership.
• Plays an active role in supporting and guiding leaders through ER issues in line with company policy.
• Consider risk and reward when making business decisions, while ensuring that effective and proportionate risk management processes and controls are in place at all times in compliance with relevant risk methodology.
• Participate as an active member of the aligned function(s) senior leadership team, supporting people strategies and plans and working with them to deliver business priorities through their people.
• Provide counsel and tools to leaders with a focus on driving the organisation’s leadership, securing succession and developing potential, employee engagement and culture.
• Develop and drive delivery of people strategy, including performance management, organisational effectiveness, organisational design and managing and implementing change.
• Actively promote and contribute towards the equality, diversity and inclusion strategy for the group, ensure the EDI is understood and embedded in our culture.
• Ensure the function has the capability required to deliver business priorities today and for tomorrow, attracting a talented, diverse future workforce.
• A focus on developing others, to include delivering training in house and sourcing external training partners.
• Scanning the external horizon and working with the parent company, Aviva to identify new ideas/opportunities in support of business priorities/growth, aligned with the people strategy.
• To lead specific people change projects in the business and within the functions as required.
• To drive forward effective internal communications for their colleagues, sharing information and educating as required.
  

Key Requirements

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent.
• Training analysis, design and delivery.
• Stakeholder management and relationship building is key to be able to influence agendas and decision making.
• Immediate decision-making day to day, in line with priorities, and delegated decisions to senior leadership team.
• Coaching skills - the ability to develop people and leaders at all levels.
• Time management, organisation, prioritisation and planning skills - the ability to work to tight deadlines, under pressure and with a sense of urgency.
• Communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Self-motivated and able to work at pace and with energy and have an ability to work flexibly and adapt to ever changing demands.
• Excellent knowledge of employment law - up to date and abreast of changes in legislation.
• A solid background and knowledge in generalist HR areas, including recruitment & selection, handling complex & sensitive people issues, attendance management and developing people.
• Strong organisational awareness.
• Forward-thinking mindset and an ability to develop new ideas, be creative and join the dots of seemingly disparate activities.
• Work effectively on multiple initiatives and comfortable to make decisions and use independent judgement
• Understanding of the risks faced by the business and functions, the tolerance for those risks and the controls required to manage and mitigate these risks within appetite.
• Subject matter expertise in equality, diversity and inclusion, knowledge of EDI legislation.
• Understanding of the financial services industry and advice process is desirable.
  

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Employee discount schemes
• 4 x life assurance
• Company contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, with ability to purchase holidays up to 31 days
• Private Medical Insurance
  

Our client is committed to Treating Customers Fairly. As part of your role, it will be your responsibility to work within the principles of TCF which would be specific to your role and department.

Our client are an equal opportunity employer, committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Applications are encouraged from all candidates and they would encourage you to let them know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you think that you are suitable for this role, please apply now!