Human Resources Business Partner

1 month ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff University Full time

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Human Resources team as a HR Business Partner. Working onsite and at home, you will work closely with senior management in the Professional Services and the central HR function to provide leadership and operational management to deliver a professional HR service. You will help shape, guide and deliver professional strategic HR advice and support, fully participating in decisions concerning strategic development, implementation, change management and organisational effectiveness.

You will be an experienced senior HR professional, acknowledged for successfully leading HR projects, facilitating changes positively, with a strategic mind-set and the ability to lead your team in supporting complex cases and delivering HR excellence. You will be CIPD qualified with recent, demonstrable knowledge and experience of employment legislation and practice and an individual who enjoys helping to enhance management capabilities.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed-term until 31 July 2026.

Salary: £59,421 per annum (Grade 8).

Date advert posted: Friday, 5 April 2024

Closing date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Job Description

  • A strategic partner for HR for Professional Services and Taith.
  • Provide the Professional Services senior management team (Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Directors) with professional strategic HR advice and support on the full range of HR issues and delivery of creative HR solutions, frameworks and approaches which meet changing workforce requirements.
  • Manage and lead the Professional Services HR Team and support the Departmental HR contacts where applicable.
  • Manage the University apprenticeship provision working with external apprenticeship providers to identify appropriate development and training opportunities.
  • Manage and develop the Professional Services Mentoring scheme for all Professional Services Staff
  • Work with the Professional Services Transforming Services HR team in providing advice and guidance to Programme leads managing large scale change in accordance with University policies and recast transforming services objectives.
  • Working within the University's policies to support senior managers in the Departments in planning and delivering effective change management and increase performance of Professional Services, including effective communications with trades unions, managers and staff as required.
  • As a member of the HR Leadership team to proactively represent Professional Service HR challenges in a professional and collegial manner whilst also providing leadership through effective strategic decision making.
  • Within the framework of HR policy and processes, deliver creative solutions, frameworks, supportive practices and approaches, to meet changing external legislative and internal institutional demands and act as a point of expertise for specialist advice for employees, managers, members and external stakeholders.
  • Lead on key HR operational changes to support the People Strategy.
  • Contribute to the leadership and on-going development of the HR function by active participation and collaboration with senior colleagues in the HR Senior Management team; contributing to the development of strategy, policy and plans and in the delivery of key projects.

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