HR BUSINESS PARTNER
Location: Watford (2-3 Days Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months
Pay rate: £450-£550 per day via Umbrella
Overview
This is a strategic and hands-on HR role supporting business leaders across a fast-paced environment, providing expert HR advice, driving performance, managing employee relations matters, and supporting organisational change initiatives.
The successful candidate will partner closely with managers and stakeholders to deliver people-focused solutions, support workforce planning, and ensure best practice across all areas of the employee lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to managers and business leaders on all HR-related matters.
- Provide expert guidance on employee relations issues including disciplinaries, grievances, capability, absence management, and complex casework.
- Support and coach managers on performance management processes and employee development.
- Manage and resolve HR queries, delivering commercially focused and compliant HR advice.
- Partner with leaders to drive employee engagement and team effectiveness.
- Support organisational change, restructures, consultations, and transformation initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with wider HR teams to deliver people strategies and business objectives.
- Utilise Workday to maintain employee records, reporting, and HR processes.
- Ensure compliance with current employment legislation, company policies, and HR best practice.
- Analyse HR metrics and trends to provide insight and support decision-making
Requirements
- Proven experience working as an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor, or equivalent HR generalist role.
- Strong employee relations experience with the ability to manage complex cases independently.
- Demonstrable experience providing HR advice and responding to a high volume of HR queries.
- Strong performance management experience, including coaching managers and supporting capability processes.
- Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing business decisions.
- Experience supporting organisational change and transformation projects.
- Previous experience using Workday is essential.
- Excellent knowledge of UK employment law.
- Strong communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
Qualifications
- CIPD Level 5 qualified or above.