HR Business Partner

Marc Daniels are recruiting for a HR Business Partner join a well-established company based in Essex.

Permanent
- full time/ part time.

This opportunity offers the benefits of hybrid working, competitive salary and great benefit package.

**Responsibilities**:

- Act as a people partner to directorates, senior management and their teams, develop thorough understanding of the business plans and HR issues to ensure that workforce requirements are identified, and support planned and delivered in a timely basis.
- To act as a change agent to proactively facilitate and deliver improvements to services. To support change management projects which impact on staff, working collaboratively with managers to achieve the desired business plan outcomes.
- Provide expert advice and support on highly complex or sensitive HR cases to managers.
- To use HR metrics/scorecard to monitor performance, highlighting areas of concern for discussion and action with the regional management team.
- To work review the workforce establishment plans with your management teams and to ensure proactive information sharing back to the HR People Partner to ensure this is kept up to date with local knowledge and the recruitment function can proactively ensuresupply to shortfall areas.
- Ensure the provision of a consistent professional service across all directorates, underpinned by sound knowledge and the principles of good practice.
- Develop the management capability of line managers, coaching and equipping them with the knowledge and skills to handle staff management responsibilities in line with the companies 's strategic direction.
- Influence and drive business thinking and develop HR approaches that support operational business objectives, organisational design, and resource plans.
- Act as an advocate of change, champion 'change' for all employees of the companies 's by educating, informing, and coaching staff and managers where appropriate.
- Foster a positive climate of employee relations within the company to support the implementation of a partnership approach and develop and maintain good working relationships with representatives of Trade Unions and staff organisation.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current employment legislation and best practice, ensuring that these are reflected in companies 's working practices and operations.
- Promote good employee relations, advising managers on good practice, ensuring that appropriate HR policies and procedures are implemented across the designated area of responsibility.
- Maintain accurate, up to date and accessible records of employee issues, which enable other colleagues and HR Management to track progress of cases and deal with queries in the absence of the postholder and to enable centralised reporting.
- Maintain an effective working relationship with recognised Trade Union and staff representatives.
- Work with individual managers to assist them with the planning and implementation of change management, service development programmes, and new ways of working. Ensure that this is within Company policy and in accordance with all statutory obligations.
- Support individual managers in achieving continuous improvement. Make proposals for the development of strategies, policies, procedures and processes which facilitate this.
- Assist managers to plan, develop and implement performance management frameworks including use of the Companies s Appraisal process.
- Provide coaching and training sessions to your management teams, investigating offers, both in classroom and through more informal one to one and on the job learning.
- In liaison with training and OD colleagues assist in identifying the HR-related training needs of managers and staff. Develop miscellaneous courses/sessions to meet these needs.
- Deal with queries and advise managers and staff on terms and conditions of employment, in particular the Agenda for Change pay and conditions.
- Prepare and provide management information reports, returns and feedback as required, developing appropriate databases to support this work.
- Take part in recruitment and selection interview panels as required in support of your designated area management teams.
- Advise the HR Management teams of any shortfalls or problems in delivering the HR service and advise on corrective action
- Promote Equality & Diversity and a non-discriminatory culture.
- Identify and act when other people's behaviour undermines Equality and Diversity

**Requirements**:

- Grad CIPD or substantial evidence of continuing professional and personal development equivalent to this level.
- Degree level qualification in HR or similar discipline.
- Good presentation skills.
- Computer literate with good word processing skills and able to use databases and spreadsheets.
- Specialist HR procedural and policy knowledge across all areas of HR.
- Able to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- Able to communicate effectively and with clarity and precision both orally and in writing.
- Significant in-depth experience in general HR management or equivalent
- Experience of change management and carrying out job evaluations.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships.