HR Business Partner

3 days ago


Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Howden Group Holdings Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our growing People team within the Consumer & Local Commercial division of Howden UK & Ireland as an HR Business Partner. This role is responsible for proactively supporting the business by building strong and trusted relationships with the management population across a national Branch Network, developing local people plans, and supporting the delivery of the broader People agenda.

Key Responsibilities
  • Coach and develop the management population to improve individual and organisational management capability.
  • Ownership of local day-to-day operational HR support to leaders on the full range of people issues, including performance management, contractual terms, company policy and process, remuneration, case management, and organisational/change management.
  • Provide trusted expert advice to leaders on complex employee issues, including grievance, capability, absence, and disciplinary cases, redundancy, TUPE, settlement agreements, and ET claims.
  • Identify common training needs to develop tools, processes, and solutions to improve capability.
  • Proactively support the development of a performance culture through working with leaders to ensure they fully appreciate their contribution and importance of behaviours to support this.
  • Effectively use HR data to proactively identify trends and shape service accordingly.
  • Contribute to the delivery of talent plans and succession plans for the business to build sustainable people capability.
  • Provide advice and guidance to leaders on the effective management of change and support the delivery of associated HR actions and plans.
  • Act as subject matter expert in business projects with people implications, such as acquisitions, change, and restructures.
What We Offer
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), pro-rated for part-year service.
  • A set of core benefits, designed with your health and financial protection in mind:
    • Life Assurance up to 4x salary, protecting your loved ones in case the worst should happen.
    • Contributory pension scheme – 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution, rising to 5% & 5% in April 2025.
    • Access to a host of lifestyle and financial benefits that you can choose from:
      • Discounts on gym membership across the UK.
      • Salary sacrifice schemes – Travel Insurance, Cycle to Work, Car leasing, Technology purchase.
      • Access to discounted personal health policies – Critical illness, private medical, dental plans.
      • A range of insurance products available commission-free, including home, motor, travel, and specialist vehicles.
      • Access to hundreds of high-street retailer discounts.
      • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees outside of work.
Howden Group Holdings is an Equal Opportunities Employer

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working.

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)


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