HR Business Partner (Change & Transformation)
Insurance | 12 month contract - Must be available ASAP/1week
City | Hybrid
£65,000 - £70,000
Meraki Talent are working with an insurance company looking for an experienced HR BP to join their team on a 12mFTC with a strong focus on chance, transformation and organisational development.
This is a strategic and hands-on role, partnering closely with senior leaders to deliver people-focused change initiatives, support organisational strategy and ensure colleagues are engaged throughout periods of transformation.
HR BP Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver people and organisational strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Lead and support change and transformation programmes, from planning through to implementation.
- Provide HR expertise across restructures, organisation design and workforce planning.
- Support formal consultation processes and redundancy programmes, working closely with the ER team.
- Coach and advise leaders on people-related matters, helping them navigate change and challenging situations effectively.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as a trusted and commercially focused HR partner.
- Develop and implement people solutions that support business performance and organisational effectiveness.
- Work closely with leaders to identify engagement challenges and develop initiatives to improve colleague engagement and experience.
- Communicate change effectively, ensuring colleagues are informed, supported and engaged throughout transformation programmes.
- Use data, insight and employee feedback to influence decision-making and shape people strategies.
- Work collaboratively with HR colleagues across ER, Talent, Reward, L&D and HR Operations to deliver joined-up solutions.
Person Specification:
- Proven experience working as an HR Business Partner, preferably within Insurance, if not Financial Services.
- Strong experience across change and transformation, including restructures and organisation design.
- Experience supporting consultation and redundancy programmes, with a good understanding of employment relations.
- The ability to operate strategically while remaining comfortable getting into the detail and delivering hands-on.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders.
- Strong coaching and influencing skills.
- Experience driving colleague engagement and supporting organisations through periods of significant change.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build credibility quickly across all levels of an organisation.
- A pragmatic, commercially minded and collaborative approach