HR Business Partner

Successionwealth; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial planning firm in the UK is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves strategic partnering with leaders, advising on employee relations, and championing a high-performance culture. Candidates should have CIPD Level 5+ and strong knowledge of UK employment law. This hybrid role supports organizational change and workforce planning while promoting an inclusive colleague experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent experience required.
• Strong practical knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices needed.
• Experience in HRBP or HR role with strong ER expertise is essential.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to align people plans to business goals.
• Advise on complex employee relations.
• Champion engagement, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Skills

CIPD Level 5+

Strong practical knowledge of UK employment law

Experience in generalist HRBP or HR role

Proven ability to influence

Strong analytical skills

Highly organised

Education

CIPD Level 7 or postgraduate HR qualification

Job description

Overview

HR Business Partner - INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

12-month Fixed Term Contract (Secondment)

Hybrid, aligned to your nearest Succession office location.

Travel across our UK office network when required.

Competitive salary + benefits

Succession Wealth, part of the Aviva Group, is one of the UK’s leading independent financial planning and wealth management businesses. With more than 900 colleagues and 200 Wealth Planners nationwide, we are committed to delivering outstanding client outcomes through high quality, ethical and future ready financial advice.

We are seeking a proactive and experienced HR Business Partner to help shape an engaging, high-performance culture across our organisation. You’ll partner with senior leaders and their teams to build people plans that deliver their immediate and long term goals, advise on complex employee relations (ER) issues, support and enable organisational change and workforce planning and champion an inclusive colleague experience.

This 12-month maternity cover is an opportunity to make a real impact; drive positive cultural change and help build an organisation where people thrive!

The Role

Strategic Partnering

• Partner with leaders to align people plans to business goals.
• Deliver people plans that build performance, capability and future workforce.
• Use people data to spot trends, risks and opportunities.

Employee Relations & People Management

• Advise on complex ER, ensuring fairness and compliance.
• Coach managers on performance, wellbeing, conduct and case management.
• Lead and support organisational change.
• Line manage and mentor the HR Advisory team.

Performance, Culture & Engagement

• Embed a high-performance, values-led culture.
• Champion engagement, inclusion and wellbeing.
• Turn employee-listening insights into actions.

Talent, Capability & Workforce Development

• Define talent needs and succession with leaders.
• Partner with L&D to build leadership and capability.
• Work with Recruitment on workforce planning and resourcing.

HR Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Optimise people processes with the HR Operations team.
• Deliver HR projects aligned to priorities.
• Ensure legal/policy compliance; contribute to policy and governance.

You

We’re looking for someone who can bring credibility, clarity and a solution focused mindset.

Essential Experience & Skills

• CIPD Level 5+ (or equivalent experience).
• Strong practical knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience in a generalist HRBP or HR role with strong ER expertise.
• Proven ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills and confident using HR data to inform decisions.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Resilient, adaptable and thrives in a fast paced or multisite environment.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 7 or postgraduate HR qualification.
• Experience with change management and organisational development.
• Exposure across multiple HR disciplines.