Senior Human Resources Business Partner
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Location
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/14/2025
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Description
Location
Derby, GB
Department Name
OA HR HR EM (901012) G5
About Network Rail
Join Network Rail - Where People and Connections Matter
Vacancy : Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Location : London, Bedford or Luton
Salary : £55,596 to £63,797
Role Type : Permanent
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here - At Network rail you will have a clear development path with access to training and additional qualifications. You can enjoy a range of employee benefits, such as up to 28 days annual leave, 75% of Leisure Travel and Season Ticket for travel, a range of pension options, flexible and agile working arrangements, healthcare, discounts on shopping, gym memberships and much more.
At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team - you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway. Click here to learn more.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments click here. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process.
If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Brief Description
The Senior HR Business Partner will play a pivotal role as a trusted partner to the route’s senior leadership team, proactively identifying and addressing the people-related needs of the business to enhance overall performance. In close collaboration with the wider HR function, the Senior HRBP will drive the implementation of the People Plan and HR strategy, aligning them with the route's strategic goals. Key responsibilities include leading critical workstreams such as talent and succession planning, employee relations, performance management, employee engagement, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), while leading the delivery of HR projects that align with business priorities. The Senior HRBP will provide expert coaching to senior & mid-level leaders, enhancing leadership capability, strengthening people management practices, and fostering a high-performance culture across the business.
The Senior HRBP will be responsible for developing and mentoring the HR Business Partner team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing HR function. This includes building capability within the team to drive strategic HR initiatives and provide effective support across the route.
A key focus of the role is to elevate the people management skills of line managers, promoting accountability, leadership effectiveness, and organisational success. The Senior HRBP will also deputise for the Head of HR as required, taking on leadership responsibility across the broader HR agenda.
This role demands a strategic, solution-focused approach, leveraging commercial insight and resilience to address both operational and long-term people challenges, while influencing at all levels of the organisation to deliver measurable business impact.
About The Role (External)
Key Accountabilities
Job Skills, Experiencer and Qualifications
Research suggests that individuals from underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a job if they don't meet all the listed criteria. We are building a diverse and inclusive place to work where people of all backgrounds can thrive. We encourage you to apply for this role. If this isn’t the job for you, there may be other roles available in the wider team
How To Apply (External)
Salary: £55,596 to £63,797
Closing date: 27th May 2025 . - Late applications will not be accepted.
Click apply now to apply.
You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Derby, GB
Department Name
OA HR HR EM (901012) G5
About Network Rail
Join Network Rail - Where People and Connections Matter
Vacancy : Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Location : London, Bedford or Luton
Salary : £55,596 to £63,797
Role Type : Permanent
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here - At Network rail you will have a clear development path with access to training and additional qualifications. You can enjoy a range of employee benefits, such as up to 28 days annual leave, 75% of Leisure Travel and Season Ticket for travel, a range of pension options, flexible and agile working arrangements, healthcare, discounts on shopping, gym memberships and much more.
At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team - you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway. Click here to learn more.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments click here. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process.
If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Brief Description
The Senior HR Business Partner will play a pivotal role as a trusted partner to the route’s senior leadership team, proactively identifying and addressing the people-related needs of the business to enhance overall performance. In close collaboration with the wider HR function, the Senior HRBP will drive the implementation of the People Plan and HR strategy, aligning them with the route's strategic goals. Key responsibilities include leading critical workstreams such as talent and succession planning, employee relations, performance management, employee engagement, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), while leading the delivery of HR projects that align with business priorities. The Senior HRBP will provide expert coaching to senior & mid-level leaders, enhancing leadership capability, strengthening people management practices, and fostering a high-performance culture across the business.
The Senior HRBP will be responsible for developing and mentoring the HR Business Partner team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing HR function. This includes building capability within the team to drive strategic HR initiatives and provide effective support across the route.
A key focus of the role is to elevate the people management skills of line managers, promoting accountability, leadership effectiveness, and organisational success. The Senior HRBP will also deputise for the Head of HR as required, taking on leadership responsibility across the broader HR agenda.
This role demands a strategic, solution-focused approach, leveraging commercial insight and resilience to address both operational and long-term people challenges, while influencing at all levels of the organisation to deliver measurable business impact.
About The Role (External)
Key Accountabilities
- Working closely with the supported business area/s to develop, drive and implement the HR Strategy/People Plan to include talent, succession planning and change management, in order to support the delivery of business objectives and drive a high performance culture.
- Act as an integral member of the business leadership team, building strong relationships with senior business leaders and other relevant stakeholders. Coach, advise and challenging thinking in addition to co-development, design and execution of integrated medium to long term people initiatives to meet current and future business needs.
- Act as a change agent; lead, support and contribute to change programmes, driving and championing the implementation of HR solutions within the supported business area, gaining acceptance from key stakeholders.
- Proactively manage trade union relationships, working with the Employee Relations team, appropriate HR Business Partners and managers across the business.
- Reinforce and support the ownership of people management by the business and line managers and the HR Business Partner model.
- Influence the centres of expertise development of strategy and policy through sharing business/functional requirements and inputting into development and execution planning.
- Work in collaboration with; Centres of Expertise, HR Shared Services, HR Direct and HR Business Partner teams to proactively identify and influence changes that improve HR service.
- Liaise with HR Business Partners in other areas of the business in order to work collaboratively on cross business/geographical issues.
Job Skills, Experiencer and Qualifications
- Demonstrates strong business/commercial approach and understanding of business needs.
- Proven experience of working in partnership with senior business leaders in order to improve people management.
- Passionate about customer service with ability to articulate previous achievements through business deliverables.
- Knowledge and experience of implementing best practice HR solutions to drive a high-performance culture.
- Ability to establish professional credibility quickly.
- Experience of coaching, influencing and building strong working relationships with senior business leaders.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively with all levels of an organisation.
- Experience of working with senior leaders to identify, develop and retain talent.
- Excellent technical HR Knowledge - CIPD qualified or relevant experience to demonstrate level of competence.
- Proven track record of operating in a complex working environment.
- Broad experience of managing organisation change programmes e.g. TUPE, Organisation re-design, redundancy programmes, etc.
- Graduate calibre
- Experience of working within a highly unionised environment (Essential for roles supporting Maintenance & Operations Functions).
- MCIPD/post-graduate human resources qualification.
- Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to successful conclusion.
- Experience of working within a unionised environment.
- Influencing others
- Creating solutions
- Understanding others
- Making things happen
- Thinking flexibly
- Customer focus
Research suggests that individuals from underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a job if they don't meet all the listed criteria. We are building a diverse and inclusive place to work where people of all backgrounds can thrive. We encourage you to apply for this role. If this isn’t the job for you, there may be other roles available in the wider team
How To Apply (External)
Salary: £55,596 to £63,797
Closing date: 27th May 2025 . - Late applications will not be accepted.
Click apply now to apply.
You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
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