HR Business Partner - 6 month FTC
Biffa Waste Services, United Kingdom
Job Description
A quick look at the role
The HR Business Partner will provide strategic HR advice and support on a wide range of operational Human Resources issues in the Municipal division across Greater Manchester and also our site in Cannock.
Your core responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational HR advice to the divisional Senior Leadership Team and their Regional Management teams, attending senior leadership meetings and operations meetings as required.
- Support in the delivery of large-scale TUPE transfers and deliver management of local consultation exercises (eg, redundancies, pay negotiations, organisational change etc).
- Provide the required employee and industrial relations support, with a particular focus on trade union engagement, high level grievances and disciplinaries and other employment law related situations.
- Support the regional management teams in the implementation of key employee relations projects and activities.
- Work with operational teams to devise succession plans and drive development of the management teams.
- Promote and drive the employee engagement agenda, particularly by assisting with completion and execution of engagement plans
- Develop and coach line managers to ensure effective people management, mitigating risks associated with ER activities.
- Implement the Divisional HR Strategy, and therefore in turn the Division’s Balanced Business Plan (BBP).
- Lead and support with people analytics to deliver insights to improve management decision making
- Play a key role in leading people change and organisational development ensuring impacts are managed appropriately
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Our essential requirements
- Experience in delivering projects within a trade unionised environment, including (but not restricted to) restructure programmes, organisational change, TUPE/acquisition activities.
- The ability to support senior managers in dealing with local and regional Trade Union representatives with local pay negotiations and other trade union activities.
- Experience of developing employee engagement action plans, and a strong understanding of performance management, talent management and succession planning.
Biffa, changing the way people think about waste
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 10,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
At Biffa we believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative working environment that delivers real results. It’s why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.