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Position Summary

As an HR Business Partner, you will work closely with the leadership teams to deliver initiatives to build engagement, drive performance and address operational challenges. You will have experience of operating as a strategic and operational Business Partner - building lasting relationships with stakeholders. Your experience will include driving capability and performance, organisation design and development and managing change. Commercially aware, you will possess strong communication and influencing skills.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

* Support leaders across the business to deliver organisational success in change management and organisation design

* Coach, develop and support leaders to develop their people management capability, advising on complex people issues and casework

* Develop existing reporting and MI and provide analysis on key HR trends with solutions and plans to address issues

* Work closely with the L&D team to identify training needs and strategy

* Work closely with the Talent team to hire the best talent

* Focus on talent management including workforce and succession planning

* Support the Head of HR Operations in driving and implementing the overall People plan strategy that is aligned to company- wide strategic priorities

* Co-lead on a number of HR people and culture projects including DEI, CSR, Health and Wellbeing, Rewards and Recognition, Talent Management and Succession Planning

* Acquisition and Integration management

* Ensure implementation of and adherence to employment legislation and company policies

* Act as a coach and mentor to more junior member of the HR team

* Be an ambassador of the HR function through professionalism and practice

Teams to collaborate with:

* Group HR and Operations – ensuring consistency across UK and Group functions where applicable

* Learning and Development – linking workforce planning to learning and development offerings

* Talent Acquisition – providing workforce planning and organisation design input to talent acquisition strategy and planning activities

* Business Intelligence and Planning – connecting internal communications with internal transformation projects

* SLT and SMT – for companywide strategic initiatives.

About You

Position specifications:

Behavioural competencies – organisational and behavioural fit

* Flexible and creative to take considered risks

* Learn and adapt quickly to changing situations

* Self-motivated and able to work under pressure

* Manages conflict and challenges in an open and constructive manner

* Demonstrates role model behaviours

* Passionate and agile deliverer

Critical competencies – technical fit

* Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels across the organisation

* Ability to combine strategic thinking with HR operational knowledge

* Collaborative partnering skills

* Highly organised with excellent planning skills

* Commercial thinking & acute knowledge of employment legislation

* CIPD qualification or equivalent (desirable)

* Ability to travel when the need arises

Role Mission

Claranet’s strategy is to be a people first business where every person feels engaged and empowered to make a difference. In this generalist role, you will align yourself with a specific client group working closely with the leaders to understand their business objectives, challenges, opportunities, and risks, and to plan, implement and/or facilitate HR initiatives and interventions to drive key areas such as succession planning, employee engagement, increasing capability and retention