HR Business Partner

QTS Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics firm in East Midlands seeks an HR Business Partner to manage day-to-day HR functions and foster strong stakeholder relationships. Responsibilities include recruitment, employee relations, talent retention, and ensuring compliance with employment legislation. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication, coaching, and relationship management skills, along with a good understanding of HR processes. This is a chance to contribute to a diverse workplace focused on employee well-being and development.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship management skills are essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence others is crucial.
• Experience with coaching and mentoring is necessary.
• Ability to manage competing business demands is required.
• Knowledge of employment law and best practices is important.

Responsibilities

• Build stakeholder relationships for HR activities.
• Support operational teams with HR-related functions.
• Develop recruitment plans and people initiatives.
• Manage employee talent and succession planning processes.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR in employee data handling.

Skills

Excellent relationship management skills

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Ability to coach and mentor others

Ability to prioritise and meet conflicting business requirements

Strong knowledge of employment legislation

Experience in gathering and analysing management information

Ability to work in fast-paced environments

Flexible and high tolerance for ambiguity

IT literate and proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Job description

The HR Business Partner will build strong stakeholder relationships and have the responsibility and authority for the day-to-day HR activities within their region including:

• Recruitment & Retention,
• ER processes,
• Management Coaching,
• Workforce Planning,

Key Accountabilities:

• Work closely with the operational team and HR colleagues to provide people-related support to the region. You will be able to deliver results and work autonomously.
• Develop and support people initiatives that enable successful delivery of company and divisional goals.
• Proactively support managers with recruitment; on-boarding; performance (appraisals); discipline & grievance; attendance, development and capability.
• Ensure that managers have the skills necessary to confidently deal with people issues and support them to resolve them in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the divisional team uses the organisation’s people processes and systems effectively.
• Work with colleagues to develop recruitment plans which deliver current and future workforce requirements.
• Actively support managers to identify skills required; and make appropriate plans to meet these needs.
• Ensure that we promote the business as an employer and that recruitment and assessment processes are carried out to ensure that we continue to attract talent.
• Manage the process for identifying and retaining talent and ensure that succession plans are in place.
• Manage employee reward in accordance with company policies and liaising with the payroll team
• Work in partnership with Learning and Development to ensure that training and development requirements are identified and met using appropriate internal and external solutions.
• Encourage employee voice and facilitate the engagement survey and exit interview analysis process.
• Promoting employee wellbeing and working with our Occupational Health team.
• Report on people metrics, highlighting any trends or issues and providing recommendations.
• Processing employee data in accordance with GDPR.
• Proactively ensure that own knowledge of best HR practice and employment legislation is shared with colleagues.
• Lead on certain group HR processes and initiatives according to areas of expertise.

Skills Required

• Excellent relationship management skills at all levels
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Ability to effectively coach and mentor others
• Ability to prioritise and meet conflicting business requirements
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation and best people practices
• Experience of gathering, analysing and interpreting management informationAbility to work effectively in fast-paced and rapidly changing environments
• Flexible and high tolerance for ambiguity
• IT literate and proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

QTS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identify or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.