HR Business Partner

Morson are partnering with a large Energy client who are looking to appoint a HR Business Partner. This role will partner with c15 Senior Managers & Directors and act as a strategic business partner to shape and execute their business strategy and drivethe people agenda in accordance with the HR plan. The HRBP will operate as a trusted business partner and advisor with the credibility to influence thinking, challenge, shape and identify opportunities to add greater value.

Our client employs over 2,000 people across the UK and this role will cover a headcount of c500-600 heads which are mainly spread across the North West of England. This role can be based from a number of locations which include, Manchester, Warringtron,Stockport or Lancashire.

**Principal accountabilities**
- To build and sustain effective, trusted relationships with the executive directors and their senior leaders, working in partnership to develop and influence the strategic people plan to support both the specific business area requirements and the widerbusiness objectives.
- To work in partnership with the executive directors and senior leaders to identify opportunities to lead and deliver on transformation and change initiatives across the business. To create business improvement and cost efficiencies.
- Lead the development of a High Performance culture across the business. Increasing colleague and leadership development of ‘what good looks like’. Proactively review people related performance and design/provide the necessary interventions and developmentplans to create a culture of continuous improvement.
- Act as a confidant and consultant to the executive directors and senior leaders, using informal and formal coaching methods, to support their personal and team development to bring about a culture of high performance. Provide coaching, guidance, advice,feedback and challenge to the executive directors on the leadership of their teams
- Influence and challenge executive directors and senior leaders to shape and bring to life the culture of inclusion across directorates, supporting the overall D&I business strategy, promoting an open and trusting environment where people feel safe to bethemselves.
- Act as a Talent Manager with the executive directors and senior leaders, carrying out all activities consistently with a focus on achieving organisational priorities. Maximise succession planning, and building recruitment and retention strategies to minimiserisk.
- To provide strategic input within the business to identify opportunities to design, drive and deliver changes in climate and how we maximise our engagement, creating a great place to work.
- To use expert skills across a number of psychometric testing methods for leadership development across the business. Enhancing personal development plans and the overall leadership capability across the business
- Analyse and report on monthly HRMI providing insight and recommendations of actions to deliver against company and directorate specific people KPI’s to support with benchmarking and the development of people plans and solutions across all directorates.
- To work in partnership with the Head of Talent and Head of Reward & Pension, utilising the specialist knowledge to support the delivery of business and people agendas and initiatives across the business
- To act as a coach and mentor to the HR Advisor team providing expert advice and support on complex disciplinary, grievance, absence management and performance management cases. To manage complex, high profile cases with the appropriate senior leaders.
- Be the HR lead on various projects/working groups, internally and externally to support business objectives, influencing the key stakeholders to ensure the people strategy is reflected in all decision and actions taken.

This role will involve some travel across the North West (approx 2 days per week), there is flex working available so you will split your week between working from home andtheir offices.