HR Business Partner

3 weeks ago


Bournemouth, Bournemouth, United Kingdom XC Trains Limited Full time

XC Trains Limited is seeking a skilled HR Business Partner to support our local leadership teams across Wales & West with all aspects of people management activities.

Our coverage spans across Bristol, Bournemouth, Reading, and Plymouth, and we welcome applications from any of these areas.

The successful candidate will work at both an operational and strategic level within the business, leading the design and delivery of the people plan, ensuring full alignment to the short, medium, and long-term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Supporting the relevant local leadership teams with all elements of people management activity, including but not limited to absence management, performance management, health, safety, and well-being, and equality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Representing the organisation at local stakeholder groups such as Women in Rail.
  • Ensuring effective and ongoing resourcing through robust workforce planning.
  • Leading the local employee engagement agenda, including the design and delivery of effective engagement and communications plans.
  • Building capability levels through effective training and development needs analysis.
  • Facilitating and maintaining strong relationships with recognised employee groups and trade unions.
  • Establishing and maintaining effective people management systems.
  • Supporting and coaching line managers to ensure compliance to employment law, company policy, and recognised best practice.
  • Ensuring effective performance improvement approaches, including goal setting and reviewing, and management of conduct and capability.
  • Proactively supporting, encouraging, and demonstrating the organisation's visions and values to ensure that they become embedded in the culture.
  • Contributing to organisational design and delivery activity such as role design, and organisational reviews to ensure the organisation is aligned to the business strategy.
  • Conducting regular reviews and updates of HR policy and procedure to ensure continuous improvements, and compliance to legal and regulatory requirements and recognised best practice.
  • Leading and managing HR Projects as required, including participation in AUKT projects.
  • Deputising for the Head of HR Business Partnering as appropriate.

Requirements:

  • HR Generalist with level 5 CIPD or equivalent.
  • Previous HR leadership experience in complex and unionised environments, including dispute resolution.
  • Excellent working knowledge of employment law.
  • Business-focused.
  • Change leadership and management.
  • Effective project management skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent coaching skills.
  • Good numeracy and literacy levels.
  • Commercial awareness.
  • Flexible and adaptable.
  • Computer literate (Word, Excel, Access, etc).
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise.
  • Experience of building strong working relationships, with the ability to challenge and influence at different levels across the organisation.
  • Experienced in delivering coaching, training, and development interventions to drive Line manager capability.
  • Customer-focused.


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