Senior Human Resources Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Blackfriars Station, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time

Senior Human Resources Business Partner

**Location**:
Blackfriars, GB

**Department Name**:
CL Business Partner - Sussex (109007) G5

**About Network Rail**:
Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. **Watch our video to find out more**

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

**Brief Description**:
We are recruiting for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our Southern Region HR Team on the Sussex Route.

This role reports into the Head of HR, and you’ll lead an HR Business Partner. This is an integral role, and you will be required to proactively lead on the needs of your dedicated client group, in order to improve business performance and deliver on the strategic people plan.

You’ll get the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with the wider HR Team on Regional initiatives as we continue to help drive performance across the Southern Region.

Whilst based at London Blackfriars, you'll have the opportunity of hybrid working, with the expectation that you are office/site based three days a week, and visible weekly in your client areas in Sussex.

**About the role (External)**:
**Your 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, Experience and Qualifications**:
Essential
- 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

Desired
- 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.

**Salary**: Band 3C £55,596 - £62,546 plus £3,270 Location Allowance

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