Strategic Workforce Partner

5 days ago


Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom Reed Full time

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Workforce Partner to work closely with senior leaders at Reed, providing strategic workforce interventions to support organisational objectives. This role involves leading on operational workforce matters, offering comprehensive HR support and advice to managers and staff, and being accountable for a specialist area of HR service provision.

This role will be working in the Social Care arm of our business and the role is predominantly very Employee Relations heavy, so we need someone that has a passion for Employee Relations but also someone that has the knowledge and understanding of redundancies, TUPE processes and organisational change.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate Organisational Change: Advise and support managers with service redesign to improve business effectiveness and service quality.
  • Provide HR Advice: Offer professional and timely HR advice to resolve employment relations issues and manage complex HR caseloads.
  • Lead HR Team: Manage a team of HR staff to ensure the provision of an excellent HR service, including recruitment, appraisal, and performance management.
  • Business Advice: Offer HR and business-related advice in connection with business tenders and workforce aspects of service transfer or new service implementation.
  • Employment Terms: Advise on employment terms and conditions and manage the provision of documentation required for the employee life cycle.
  • HR Information Systems: Manage effective HR information systems for timely and accurate database management and reporting.
  • HR Policies: Lead in the development and implementation of HR policies and practices.
  • Training and Development: Design and deliver training courses on all aspects of people management for managers.
  • Payroll and Pensions: Develop and maintain effective links with payroll and pensions providers.
  • Financial Management: Manage a delegated budget and be responsible for one or more specialist areas of HR service provision.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Relevant Degree level qualification or equivalent / Postgraduate Diploma in HR Management or equivalent.
  • CIPD qualified or significant demonstrable experience.
  • Extensive experience in an HR generalist role and providing specialist HR advice on complex employee relation matters.
  • Experience in writing and implementing HR policies, procedures, and guidance notes.
  • Sound knowledge of up-to-date employment law and related legislation.
  • Demonstrable experience in practical change management techniques and partnership working.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with HR Information systems.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade effectively.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to travel independently as required.


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