Regional HR Business Partner, Derbyshire
Hybrid
£50,000 - £56,000 per annum plus company car or car allowance
We’re looking for an experienced Regional HR Business Partner to join a growing utilities organisation, supporting operational teams across Derbyshire and the Midlands.
This is a broad, high-impact HR role combining strategic partnering with hands-on operational HR, giving you the opportunity to influence people strategy while staying close to the day-to-day needs of the business.
The Role
You’ll partner with operational leaders and managers across the region, providing commercially focused HR advice and helping deliver the people agenda across a diverse and operational workforce.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Partnering with senior operational leaders to develop and deliver effective people strategies.
- Providing trusted advice on employee relations, performance, absence, organisational change and workforce planning.
- Supporting managers through complex HR issues and ensuring consistent application of policies and employment legislation.
- Leading and supporting organisational change, restructures and transformation programmes.
- Using people data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Coaching and developing managers to build HR capability across the region.
- Working collaboratively with the wider HR team to deliver regional and organisation-wide people initiatives.
About You
We’re looking for a confident HR professional who can operate comfortably at both strategic and operational levels.
You’ll ideally have:
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or similar role.
- Experience supporting operational, field-based or geographically dispersed teams.
- Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge.
- The ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders while building trusted relationships.
- Experience of organisational change, workforce planning and people initiatives.
- Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
- A pragmatic, commercially focused approach with the confidence to get involved and make things happen.
- Trade union experience would be useful, but is not essential.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience.
This is a permanent, regional role offering up to £56,500 plus company car or car allowance, covering the Midlands and other geographical areas.
If you are interested in this opportunity please apply now!