HR Business Partner

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Department: Business Support

Location: Manchester, UK

Description

Please note: Applications will be reviewed week commencing 6th January 2025.

Empowering organisations to achieve their highest potential.

At Alcumus ISOQAR, we draw on our experience, knowledge, and ambition to empower organisations to achieve their highest potential. Through a portfolio of progressive solutions, we work with customers to strengthen their business through ISO certification, ISO training and consultancy, all delivered by our in-house expertise.

We are passionate about ensuring our People team delivers high-quality, value-added services across the business with a relentlessly positive, can-do attitude, even in the most demanding situations. As a people-centric company, we place great importance on behaviours and being part of a dedicated and professional team.

The HR Business Partner will provide efficient and effective HR support, offering managers advice, guidance, and coaching on policy and legislation to help them manage their teams effectively. The role also involves tackling diverse and challenging generalist and administrative HR tasks to support organisational performance through our people. Reporting to the HR Director, the HR Business Partner will contribute to a variety of projects across the full HR remit.

What That Means Day To Day

• Partner with line managers to drive exceptional performance through people initiatives and expert HR advice.
• Track and analyse key metrics like absence, turnover, and retention, delivering insightful reports and action plans for improvement.
• Support with initiatives related to Onboarding, Wellbeing, Employee Relations, Learning & Development, Performance Management, and Change Management, while ensuring HR policies and practices align with best standards.
• Assist with recruitment and onboarding, fostering a positive candidate experience and ensuring smooth transitions for new hires.
• Advise on policy interpretation, support organisational change, and ensure compliance with employment legislation.
• Utilise HR systems, create reports, interpret data and create actionable insights.
• Identify development needs, collaborate on plans to improve performance, and strengthen manager and colleague relationships.
• Oversee and lead on HR casework, including investigations, grievances, and disciplinary processes.
• Deliver training to enhance managers' confidence and management skills
• Support employer branding efforts to position the company as an employer of choice.
• Manage HR administration and process improvement for greater efficiency.
  
  

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience in an HR Business Partner or Advisory role, with a proven ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels. Personable and results-oriented, you will bring a practical and logical approach to solving problems, combined with a high level of attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining integrity and discretion in all matters. Adaptable and resilient, you will thrive in an ambitious and evolving organisation, demonstrating the ability to prioritise effectively, work with ambiguity, and maintain focus even when faced with setbacks or challenging situations.

You will possess strong influencing and persuasion skills, alongside hands-on experience with HR systems and a solid understanding of employment legislation. The ability to design and implement policies is essential, as is a willingness to identify and address your own development needs to expand your skills and knowledge. Proficiency in IT systems, including MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and the ability to draft reports and presentations, is also required with a keen eye for detail and strong administration skills. A background in CIPD Level 5 or an HR related degree, along with presentation skills, would be advantageous.

What You'll Get In Return

Alcumus has a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:

Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits

🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave

🌴Generous annual leave

🏥 Healthcare Plan

💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community

🚗 Car Allowance (role specific)

🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme

Future Planning

💰Pension scheme with employer contributions

🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary

💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback

🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don't feel you meet all the requirements?

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self To Work.

Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:
• An initial discovery call with the recruiter
• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
• Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you'll be working with closely in the role
  

We're keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.