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The People Business Partner is a senior HR professional responsible for delivering pragmatic, high-quality people solutions across the full employee lifecycle. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will translate business strategy and data into actionable people initiatives that enable performance, engagement and organisational effectiveness. This is a generalist role with deep expertise in Employee Relations. You will operate confidently and independently at senior level, managing complex and sensitive cases while influencing decision-making with sound judgement and commercial insight. Based in a hybrid working model with regular presence required in our Bristol office, the role also involves travel to other Assystem sites.
Job Responsibility:
Partnering with senior leaders to deliver people strategy aligned to business objectives
Leading complex Employee Relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, restructures, redundancy and TUPE
Providing expert interpretation of UK employment law to ensure fair, consistent and compliant outcomes
Coaching and influencing leaders to strengthen capability and accountability
Supporting organisational change, workforce planning and people-related projects
Using people data and ER metrics to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities
Contributing to policy development, process improvement and continuous enhancement of People services
Requirements:
CIPD Level 7 qualified (or equivalent)
Significant experience managing complex and high-risk Employee Relations cases independently
Proven experience operating as a senior HR or People Business Partner within a complex organisation
Strong practical knowledge of UK employment law and the ability to apply it commercially
Demonstrated ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders with credibility
Experience supporting organisational change and people-related projects
Strong analytical capability with confidence using people data to inform decisions
High levels of judgement, discretion and professional integrity
Competent and curious with AI
Nice to have:
Chartered CIPD status
Experience within an international environment
French language capability
What we offer:
Multicultural environment
Career progression opportunities
Chance to work on industry-leading projects that make a real difference in the world