Human Resources Business Partner Support (6 month secondment/FTC)

Human Resources Business Partner Support (6 month secondment/FTC)

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Brief Description
The Southern Region Human Resources function has a great opportunity to join the team as an HR Business Partner Support. The role is based at London Clapham, with an expectation to attend all the relevant sites: Feltham, Woking, Guildford, Waterloo, and Wimbledon when needed.

As a generalist, you would be expected to provide pro-active, value-add HR support which will consist of administrative tasks, analytical work, and ensuring line managers are equipped to carry out people management processes effectively.

You will be required to demonstrate you are customer-focused, confident to challenge, have ER knowledge, and are competent with the use of Excel. The opportunity would be suited to a current HR Administrator who is looking for a new challenge.

We are able to offer hybrid working, with the expectation that you are office/site-based 2-3 days per week.

About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities:

1. Provide proactive, professional HR Support to the HR Business Partner team/s and the business to facilitate the delivery of value-add HR and the delivery of the people/HR plans.
2. Support HR Business Partner teams in Talent Management, Workforce and Succession Planning and performance planning, maintaining appropriate data within the associated process.
3. Provide support for Organisation Change programmes, through the full development and implementation phases.
4. Provide project management support to the HR Business Partner team, tracking, measuring, and communicating through the project timeline.
5. Support the associated HR Business Partner team/s with research, reporting requirements, analysis, and production of reports to support the implementation of HR initiatives.
6. Seek, identify and develop solutions to continuously improve the HR support to the business.
7. Maintain up-to-date professional HR knowledge to input into the development of both operational and value-add HR initiatives.
8. Take ownership for delivery of assigned work within HR programmes/initiatives.
9. Support the associated HR Business Partner team/s with ad hoc administrative and operational HR activity.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
Essential:

1. Demonstrates strong customer service skills.
2. Experience of working within a large, complex and fast-moving organisation.
3. High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
4. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
5. Strong time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
6. Resilient, adaptable and flexible.
7. IT literate, strong Excel, Word and PowerPoint knowledge.
8. Experience of event coordination and facilitation.
9. Research and analytical skills.
10. Strong relationship-building skills.
11. Experience of supporting the delivery of HR initiatives and projects.

Desirable:

1. CIPD Qualified or relevant HR Support experience.
2. Graduate calibre.