Senior HR Business Partner
Location: Sheffield / London / Hybrid Working
(Expectation that you will attend an office 2 days per week)
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Salary: £77,500 - £95,000 Depending on Experience
Key Benefits
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- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
- 15% employer pension contribution
- Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
- Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more
British Business Bank
At the British Business Bank, our mission is to make finance markets work better for smaller businesses across the UK. As part of this commitment, we’re building an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can thrive and bring their best selves to work.
We’re now looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our team to cover a 12 month Fixed Term Contract – someone who combines strong HR expertise with a comprehensive understanding of regulatory frameworks and SMCR. A passion for shaping a high-performance culture and a people-centred approach is required.
The Role
As a Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP), you’ll play a key role in delivering proactive, generalist HR support across the organisation, helping to ensure that our people strategy aligns with business priorities. Working in a FCA-regulated environment, you'll advise and guide on HR practices that meet the requirements of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), FCA Conduct Rules, and wider compliance standards.
Acting as a trusted strategic partner to business leaders, you’ll provide insight, coaching, and challenge where needed. You’ll support organisational change initiatives, lead on complex employee relations matters, and contribute to a workplace culture that values fairness, accountability, and wellbeing.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Providing expert HR guidance aligned with business plans and the Bank’s people strategy
- Supporting regulated processes including SMCR responsibilities, fitness and propriety assessments, and regulatory training expectations
- Leading or advising on consultations, engagement processes and organisational change programmes
- Building strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the Bank, coaching and influencing to drive effective people outcomes
- Managing complex employee relations issues, ensuring compliance and compassionate resolution
- Supporting the implementation of people policies, new processes and HR initiatives to meet evolving regulatory and organisational needs
- Championing inclusive practices and contributing to a culture where all colleagues feel valued, respected and supported
What We’re Looking For
We’re keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate:
- Significant HR generalist experience at a senior level, ideally within financial services or another FCA-regulated environment
- A solid understanding of SMCR, FCA Conduct Rules, and HR compliance requirements in a regulated context
- Experience managing complex and sensitive ER cases, with a strong working knowledge of UK employment law
- The ability to coach, challenge and influence senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility
- A strategic mindset with the ability to align people plans with business goals
- Experience delivering HR solutions during periods of organisational change
- A practical understanding of project management and policy implementation
- Experience of developing and leading Workforce Planning initiatives
About British Business Bank
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The British Business Bank is an established and influential institution with a key mission of driving sustainable growth and prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. It plays a vital role in supporting access to finance for smaller businesses, facilitating their development and contributing to the transition towards a net zero economy.
Since its inception in 2014, the British Business Bank has functioned as a government-owned economic development bank, operating independently to fulfil its objectives. It collaborates with over 200 delivery partners, including high street, digital, specialist, and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds, as well as fintech platforms, to implement its programs effectively.
With offices in Sheffield and London, the British Business Bank currently employs approximately 550 individuals.
As an organisation that values flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, the British Business Bank introduced a hybrid-working model in 2020. Our colleagues typically spend an average of 2 days per week working in our offices, striking a balance between the advantages of remote work and the benefits of in-person collaboration. The successful candidate for this role should be able to commute to our office (unless specified).
At the British Business Bank, we aim to represent the communities we serve, firmly believing that different perspectives make us stronger. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds.
As a Disability Confident employer, we commit ourselves to having an inclusive, equitable and accessible recruitment process supporting applicants and employees, making reasonable adjustments whenever it is feasible.
