Human Resources Business Partner

Posted 4 days 19 hours ago by ENGINEERINGUK

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Hampshire, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, RG213
Job Description

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Brief Description

Join Our Team as a Human Resources Business Partner at Network Rail!

Are you passionate about driving a high-performance culture and making a real impact on people's lives? We at Network Rail are looking for a dynamic and proactive Human Resources Business Partner to join us on a permanent basis at our Basingstoke office where you'll be the heart of our Wessex operational teams, working closely with senior leaders to deliver our People Plan and HR strategy. If you're ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you!

About the Role:

As a Human Resources Business Partner, you'll work under the direction of the Head/Senior HR Business Partner to provide value-added HR support to our business leaders. You'll be instrumental in implementing our HR strategy, focusing on talent management, succession planning, and change management to drive business objectives and foster a high-performance culture and provide expert HR support across a range of operational and strategic initiatives.

We offer flexible/hybrid working arrangements, with 3 days per week in the office, with the opportunity to work around the patch to support the business.

This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to grow, lead, and innovate in an organization that keeps the country moving.

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Apply today and be part of something bigger.

Key Accountabilities

  1. Working closely with the supported business, to implement and deliver the HR Strategy/People Plan to include talent, succession planning and change management, in order to support the delivery of business objectives and drive a high-performance culture.
  2. Work closely and build strong relationships with members of the supported business senior leadership team and other relevant stakeholders. Coach, advise and challenge, where appropriate, business leaders on short and medium term HR issues as required.
  3. Provide operational HR support on (for example) organization change, senior appointments, salary and bonus, graduate or apprentice programmes.
  4. Successfully deliver client responsive, cost-effective and integrated people solutions that address key business objectives, gaining acceptance from key stakeholders.
  5. Reinforce the ownership of people management by the business and line managers and support the HR delivery model.
  6. Work with the broader HR function, including Centres of expertise, HR Direct and HR shared services teams to provide the best solutions for the business.
  7. Work with appropriate Union representatives to support the business in delivering business solutions.
  8. Liaise with HR Business Partners in other areas of the business in order to work collaboratively on cross business/geographical issues.

Essential Criteria

  1. Demonstrates strong business/commercial approach and understanding of business needs.
  2. Proven experience of working in partnership and building strong working relationships with senior managers in order to improve people management.
  3. Passionate about customer service with ability to articulate previous achievements through business deliverables.
  4. Knowledge and experience of implementing best practice HR solutions to drive a high-performance culture.
  5. Experience of coaching and influencing senior managers.
  6. Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively with all levels of an organization.
  7. Understands how to work with the business to identify, develop and retain talent.
  8. Excellent technical HR Knowledge - CIPD qualified or relevant experience to demonstrate level of competence.
  9. Proven track record of operating in a complex working environment.
  10. Involvement in organization change programmes e.g. TUPE, Organisation re-design, redundancy programmes, etc.
  11. Graduate calibre.

Desired

  1. MCIPD/post-graduate human resources qualification.
  2. Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to successful conclusion.
  3. Experience of managing projects to successful conclusion.
  4. Experience of working within a unionised environment.

Key Leadership Capabilities

  1. Influencing others
  2. Creating solutions
  3. Understanding others
  4. Making things happen
  5. Thinking flexibly
  6. Customer focus