Hr Business Partner Job at 360 Resourcing Solutions (St. Ives, Cambridgeshire)

Job Description

As a HR Business Partner (known internally as the People Partner), you will play a critical role in providing strategic HR support and ensuring effective people management across Simplify. This is a high-impact, fast-paced position, that requires a self-starter who can work independently and set clear objectives. You will partner with specific business areas to drive HR initiatives, support managers, and ensure a positive work culture that supports high performance. The role is focused on providing solutions in a high-performance, results-oriented environment.

Job Responsibility

Business Partnering: Build and maintain effective relationships with senior leaders and managers to understand business needs and provide HR expertise that supports the achievement of business objectives
People Strategy: Implement and execute people strategies that drive performance and align with Simplify’s business goals, ensuring an agile and responsive approach to HR issues
Employee Relations: Act as the first point of contact for complex employee relations matters, providing advice and support to managers in line with best practices and legal requirements
Performance Management: Partner with managers to ensure performance management processes are in place and effectively support the development and progression of employees
Change Management: Assist in driving change initiatives, offering guidance and support to managers and employees as required
HR Projects: Lead and support HR projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with overall business objectives
Workforce Planning: Collaborate with the leadership team to anticipate workforce needs, ensuring Simplify has the right talent to drive future success

Requirements

Proven Business Partnering Experience: Strong experience in an HR Business Partner role, ideally in a high-performance, fast-paced industry (e.g., FMCG, Insurance, other relevant Private Sector)
Self-Starter & Motivator: Proactive, self-driven, and able to set and work towards objectives independently while delivering results
High-Performance Exposure: Experience working in an environment that demands high performance, with the ability to support and drive a high-performance culture
Industry Experience: A background in the private sector with exposure to complex HR issues in fast-paced environments
Problem-Solving: Ability to provide effective, practical solutions to people challenges in a timely manner
Relationship Building: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build credible relationships with employees and senior leaders
Resilient & Adaptable: Comfortable working in a fast-changing environment, able to adapt to new challenges and provide flexible solutions
Experience of working in a generalist HR Business Partner or People Partner position, within a large (1,000+ employees), multi-site, complex, and fast-paced, private sector organisation
Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and ability to act as an expert ER escalation point
Ability to act as HR subject matter expert in multidisciplinary settings
Able to design, drive, and deliver HR projects
Proven evidence of HR project management and delivery, supporting on notable change management programmes
Strong communication, coaching, and influencing skills
Skilled in data-driven decision making
Proven experience of working with senior business leaders to develop and maintain High Performing Teams
Confidence working in environments with rapid pace of change and uncertainty
Proficiency in use of common software packages including, but not limited to, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Power BI, Microsoft Project
Unrestricted access to own vehicle and willing to spend at least 1 day a week at our St. Ives office with travel to other UK sites as and when required