People Business Partner

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Working hours: 35 hours, 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri with hybrid working available

In return for your HR Business Partner (or similar) experience, relationship-building brilliance and strong desire to flourish in a new job in 2025, we can offer a challenging senior role where you’ll partner with ‘Heads of’ and their direct reports, managing HR-related issues and acting as an employee champion and change agent.

Our growing non-corporate multi-site business (850 employees) encompasses operational and office-based environments meaning a varied and interesting workload and a collaborative 14-strong People team to be part of. There has never been a better time to join us as People Business Partner!

What you’ll be doing as People Business Partner

You will assess and anticipate ER/HR-related needs, communicating proactively with your People colleagues and managers and presenting to senior leaders.

Your remit includes: strategic planning, including reskilling, upskilling, retention and succession planning; guiding the People Advisor who reports into you on policies and more complex issues; supporting (and coaching) managers through performance management processes, and playing a part in succession planning initiatives.

Other rewarding areas of responsibility for our People Business Partner? Creating a framework of job families, levels and pay bandings to create a structure of transparency and career progression and supporting any organisational restructuring.

What you’ll need

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.

• Strong knowledge of HR practices, employment laws and regulations.

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• Full valid driving licence.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package that includes: company car; discretionary company bonuses; pension scheme (you contribute 5% of pay, Grundon matches this) with life insurance cover; 30 days’ annual leave (inclusive of 8 bank holidays), which will increase with service, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days' holiday

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

Ready to join us?

We interview as soon as strong applications come in, so don’t wait – apply now to become our next People Business Partner and start your journey with a supportive and forward-thinking team.

(Please note: No agencies)