Strategic HR Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Darlington, Darlington, United Kingdom Reed Full time

Reed HR is supporting a well-known retail company to recruit a People Business Partner for a 12-week temporary contract in Darlington. This role requires providing generalist HR support and giving strategic direction in line with business objectives, projects, and other site initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Build relationships across the site to drive a culture of feedback and continuous improvement to aid employee engagement.
  • Provide professional support and advice on recruitment to line managers.
  • Ensure the PDR process is fully embedded across the site, coach managers through the process to maximise output.
  • Ensure line managers are effectively briefed on any relevant changes to company policies and procedures.
  • Confidently advise on all ER issues and be actively involved in managing the processes from start to finish, including performance improvement, disciplinary, grievance, and absence for all high-level cases.
  • Work in partnership with the site management team to carry out TNA's (training needs analysis), coordinating and/or running relevant training and development workshops.
  • Work in partnership with the site management team to ensure the site structure meets business needs and supports business change or growth.
  • Coach and mentor the People Advisor and People Admin Team to be effective and efficient in their roles.
  • Support the site H&S Advisor in driving effective H&S initiatives on site.
Person Specification:
  • Depth of People experience with a strong track record in generalist HR.
  • Experience of partnering within the Distribution/Manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to build effective interpersonal relationships.
  • Credibility to influence and coach a variety of stakeholders at all levels of the business.
  • CIPD qualified.
  • Experience of working in a business partner role within a Unionised workforce environment.


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