Senior HR Business Partner

Senior HR Business Partner
Edinburgh | 6 Month FTC | Permanent Potential | Site-Based

We're working with a well known Edinburgh-based organisation on a senior and genuinely exciting hire. The business is going through a significant period of growth, and the People function is being rebuilt with a clear strategy and real ambition behind it.

This is a senior, expert-level employee relations role. You'll lead a growing People Relations team, manage complex and high-risk casework, and be the go-to ER specialist for the organisation's senior leaders. If you're someone who thrives in a busy, operational, unionised environment and wants a role where you can genuinely shape something, this is worth a conversation.

What you'll be doing:

* Leading and managing the People Relations team, providing direction, coaching and case oversight

* Taking ownership of complex and high-risk ER cases including disciplinary, grievance, dignity at work, capability, whistleblowing and tribunal matters

* Providing expert, commercially focused advice to senior managers and leaders

* Assessing and managing employment risk and working alongside legal advisers on tribunal claims and complex matters

* Designing and delivering manager briefings, toolkits and learning sessions to build ER capability across the business

* Leading or supporting the review and development of employment policies, procedures and governance frameworks

* Building productive relationships with trade unions, employee representatives and senior stakeholders

What we're looking for:

* Significant experience managing complex ER cases in a fast-paced, unionised or operational environment

* Experience leading or supervising an ER or People Relations team

* Strong knowledge of UK employment law, ACAS guidance and employment tribunal risk

* Confident advising senior leaders on sensitive, high-risk or reputationally significant people matters

* Experience supporting consultation, restructuring, redundancy, TUPE or organisational change

* CIPD Level 7 or equivalent specialist ER experience is desirable

Interested? Get in touch with Danielle Scott at NT Engineering and Manufacturing. All applications are handled in complete confidence