Human Resources Business Partner

3 weeks ago


York, United Kingdom Brainkind Full time

People & Organisational Development Business Partner – North of England


North of England (covering North East, North West and our services in Glasgow)


Up to £51,000 per annum DOE


Hybrid Working



Are you a passionate Business Partner working within a People Services department? If so, we would love to hear from you as we restructure our department by splitting out ER casework and Business Partnering so have some brand new roles to fill.


Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly enthusiastic about the jobs they do – you will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.


MAIN PURPOSE:


This crucial role will shape and deliver a commercially focused, compliant and appropriate people plan to support their services and departments to achieve organisational success.

You will implement the organisation’s people strategy and policy, leading change and driving the adoption of people policies and processes across your services and departments.

You will be an integral partner in order to drive performance and continuous improvement through insights and develop people management capability across your areas to support the success of the organisation’s strategy.

You will act as a change champion working within your region to support organisation change processes to ensure successful implementation and embedding of new ways of working.


MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES


To work in collaboration with Department, Service/Area Managers and Service Directors to identify and forecast people management needs, including for example, resource planning, retention and absence strategies and support the development of customised people plans to meet these needs, linking with other internal colleagues where appropriate i.e.. L&D and CRT

To utilise HR data and analytics to identify trends, measure HR effectiveness, and inform decision making, providing insights and recommendations to drive continuous improvement in HR and business outcomes.

  • To enhance commercial thinking through key people measures & insights
  • To lead and facilitate change management initiatives, ensuring effective communication, stakeholder engagement, and adoption of change to minimise resistance and maximise organisational effectiveness.
  • To drive and implement people strategy at a local level; monitor compliance and influence and engage teams to make improvements where necessary.
  • To support the design and implementation of organisation wide OD initiatives including performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, and culture change.

To act as coach and critical friend for senior teams, actively challenging norms and existing practices to drive continuous improvement.

  • To provide support to Managers for resource strategy planning, key recruitment, talent planning (performance, talent, succession, L&D)

To facilitate and encourage an effective employee relations culture, where issues are dealt with promptly and effectively to reduce the need for formal interventions.

  • To provide feedback, insights & learning back from operational teams to feed into the wider organisational people strategy.
  • To support the wider strategic people objectives; carrying out project work that may span the whole organisation.
  • To coach, support and develop the Assistant People Business Partner (where applicable)



About you


  • to a degree/comparable NVQ level equivalent, preferably with Level 7 CIPD.
  • in a true business partnering role.
  • to date knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice and ability to practically implement.
  • in implementing organisational change with demonstrable positive results.
  • of line managing team members and being involved in their development and regular reviews.
  • oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels within an organisation.
  • to analyse information and comfortable to communicate in a compelling way, while simplifying complexity to suit all audiences.
  • to coach line managers to use their judgement and make the right decisions for employees and the people we support



Benefits include:

  • A competitive salary of up to £51,000 per annum DOE
  • 38 Days annual leave per year
  • Group life assurance.
  • Eye voucher scheme
  • Company Pension
  • Long service and staff awards
  • Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted eating out and shopping.
  • Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.

**Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.



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