HR Business Partner - Maternity Cover

HR Business Partner

Location: Depending on client area; Birmingham, Manchester or London head office with travel as required

Hours: Full time, maternity cover contract – 12 months

Contract: This role will be working across the Education business unit

About the Role

To act as a strategic partner to business leaders, driving the execution of people and talent plans to enable performance, capability and growth with the client area.  To influence, have clear accountability and offer sound, knowledgeable advice through change management projects, mobilisations and demobilisations, restructure and day-to-day operational challenges

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leavers to deliver people plans aligned to strategic, commercial and operational priorities
• Execute workforce planning within the client area, ensuring the right structure, capability and capacity to meet current and future needs
• Drive performance and talent management activity, including goal setting, performance reviews, succession planning and development planning
• Coach and challenge leaders to improve leadership capability, decision making and team effectiveness
• Identify and address people related risks and opportunities using data, insight and business knowledge
• Support organisational change initiatives within their client area, ensuring effective implementation and adoption
• Manage and resolve complex employee relations matters with a pragmatice, business focussed approach
• Work in partnership with Talent, L&D, Reward, HR Ops and the HR Admin team to deliver integrated, fit for purpose solutions
• Embed and reinforce organisational culture, engagement and inclusion priorities at a local level
• Ensure consistent application of people policies and practices, balancing risk, fairness and commercial outcomes
• Be part of team projects and priorities to add value, continually improve our support and offering to the business and ensure all employees are inducted, onboarded, recognised and rewarded appropriately

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and you may be required to perform other duties, support and leadership depending on the needs of the business

Focus areas:

• 6 key areas of focus: Stakeholder Management; L&D; ER & Case Law; People Analytics; Projects; Managing self
• Visibility across all client sites and contracts

• This is a demanding and busy role in a fast paced environment which involves travel as required by the business needs
• Managing your workload and priorities effectively to support multiple managers and business leaders

What We're Looking For  

Essential:

• Multi-site HR Operations experience to include TUPE
• Demonstrable commercially focussed decision making
• Experience of supporting managers and taking ownership of all people-related decisions
• Able to communicate and influence positively and effectively across all level
• Taking responsibility for results, decision making and analysis
• Challenge the status quo, seeking new ways to improve how we work and work more efficiently and identify continuous improvement
• Ability to work positively and effectively within a wider team and coach and mento
• Prioritise tasks independently and adjust deadlines when needed
• Emotional resilience and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, commercially focussed environment
• Member status of CIPD or working towards – CIPD level 3
• 5+ years experience within an operational HR environment
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Desirable:

• CIPD level 5 or 7
• Bring fresh, practical ideas to help meet the needs of the operational leaders
• Confidence to challenge ways of working/thinking

At Dalkia, we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We ensure that every applicant is treated fairly and respectfully throughout our selection process. If you require any adjustments, please inform us in confidence. Our talent acquisition team is here to assist you.